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Here you will find blog-posts with the latest Pentax related news, rumors and updates published at the main blog. In addition, you can find links to our Pentax related updates on these dedicated mini-sites:

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Pentax MX-1 hands-on and sample pictures (including RAW) at Q, January 22, 2013
With so many cameras out there, we almost forgot about the Pentax MX-1, Pentax's first fixed lens camera with RAW in the modern era! So to make sure you don't miss this because it is buried towards the bottom of... Continue

New Pentax Efina entry-level P&S camera (14mp CCD, 5x zoom), January 16, 2013
Pentax added their contribution to the ephemeral entry-level fixed-lens point and shoot digital cameras today with the new Pentax Efina. The name is probably the only thing interesting about this camera. It uses a 14mp 1/2.3" CCD (yes, CCD) sensor... Continue

Imaging Resource interviews Pentax: Lenses, DSLRs, FF, Mirrorless, Ricoh, MX1, etc, January 16, 2013
Back to Pentax, Pentaxian1, the Jedi name for John Carlson of Pentax Marketing, was interviewed in detail at Imaging Resource during the CES + PMA 2013 trade show. Here is the long detailed interview at Imaging Resource. It covers all... Continue

Pentax publishes new Lens Road Maps for K-mount, 645 and Q on Facebook, January 16, 2013
Pentax has taken to Facebook to post a trio of new lens road maps for the K-mount, 645 and Q systems. You can see them at the Pentax Facebook set (no Facebook account needed to see them) [via Yvon's Pentax... Continue

New Pentax Future Concept Product: AF 360 FGZ II external clip-on flash , January 7, 2013
Buried towards the bottom of the CES + PMA 2013 Pentax press release is a paragraph about a future concept product that I am sure we will see more of as the various websites and blogs storm the CES +... Continue

Pentax joins the compacts with RAW party with retro-ish MX-1 rawsumer (brass body), January 7, 2013
Pentax fans will likely be pleased that the company has FINALLY, after so many digital years, decided to offer a serious fixed lens compact digital camera with native RAW support. This is not an early April Fool's Day joke! It... Continue

Pentax Q10 available in 100 different colors (customizable), January 7, 2013
Here we go CES + PMA 2013! The first wave of press releases is now out! We start in a very colorful fashion. Pentax has announced 100 different color combinations for its second Pentax Q-mount camera, the Q10. Press release... Continue

Pentax Deal: Yellow K-01 with 40mm XS pancake for $317, December 29, 2012
As of a 1/1/13 recheck, the price remains the same, so the possibility of a price-error is significantly reduced! You can get the yellow Pentax K-01 with the 40mm XS lens for $317 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon... Continue

Pentax 645D body can now handle stabilized lenses (firmware update), December 28, 2012
Don't you forget about me sings the Pentax 645D medium format camera! Pentax did not forget as they have released a new firmware update that allows the camera to use stabilized lenses. Currently there is one recently-revealed Pentax MF lens... Continue

Pentax launches Pentax 645D MF without IR filter (100 copies), December 12, 2012
Oppa Pentax style! It may be mid-December, but the new product announcements are not dead yet! Pentax Japan has announced a new really-limited-number of Pentax 645D medium format cameras with the InfraRed filter removed. The camera is aptly named "Pentax... Continue

Pentax K-5 IIs also gets the DxoMark treatment, December 11, 2012
Dxo Marky Mark and the Pixel Peeping Bunch have now published their findings the Pentax K-5 IIs, three weeks after posting their measurements of the K-5 II. Here are the K-5 IIs lab test results along with their analysis of... Continue

APS-C Digest: The Sony NEX-6 and Pentax K-5 II* show (mostly), December 3, 2012
We conclude the Cameraholic Digest trilogy with a look at APS-C sensor-size digital cameras. The previous two parts of the trilogy were posted previously: Full Frame DSLR Digest and Smaller Sensor Digest (M43rds and smaller - we need to find... Continue

Pentax K-5 II was also DxoMarked (last week), November 28, 2012
Today the NEX-6 met the DxoMark Labs. About a week ago, while we were lost in the Black-Friday wormhole, DxoMark also lab-tested the Pentax K-5 II, the current co-leader of the Pentax K-mount. These are the K-5 II Test Results.... Continue

Curiosity factor: Pentax K-5 II review at Photography Blog, November 19, 2012
A new review is out for the current co-leader of the Pentax K-mount, the K-5 II. Photography Blog has finalized their review which includes a variety of samples both JPEG and RAW, both of the real-world and of the ISO-range... Continue

Curiosity factor: Pentax Q10 review at Photography Blog, November 15, 2012
Another one of the new Photokina cameras that has been flying under the radar is the Pentax Q10, which is the second generation model in the Pentax Q 1/2.x" mirrorless system that was birthed during the Mirrorless Big Bang of... Continue

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