Category Archives: Pentax

First leaked (partial) image of the Pentax K-01 mirrorless camera

By PR admin | Published: January 29, 2012
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This is the first partial image of the Pentax K-01 mirrorless camera from a Chinese forum (as seen on dpreview). Here is another crop, probably from the front of the camera:

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Few more Pentax K-01 details

By PR admin | Published: January 26, 2012
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Here are few more details on the upcoming Pentax K-01 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera: The camera is designed by a famous designer The new 40mm f/2.8 pancake lens is less than 1 centimeter thick and my understanding is that it will work only with the new K-01 body The Pentax K-01 and the 40mm lens are [...]

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The new Pentax Optio VS20 compact camera has two shutter release buttons

By PR admin | Published: January 25, 2012
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  The new Optio VS20 point and shoot camera from Pentax has a second vertical shutter-release button with zoom lever for portrait oriented shooting. The rest of the specs: 3in. LCD display, triple shake reduction, sensor-shift-type shake reduction (SR) mechanism, 20x optical zoom, 16MP sensor, HD video.

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Some more Pentax rumors (full frame DSLR, mirrorless camera)

By PR admin | Published: January 24, 2012
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The Pentax full frame DSLR and mAPS-C mirrorless camera rumors are back. I received several new tips on those products. After it got acquired by Ricoh, Pentax is reportedly determined to provide a full range of cameras, including a new full frame DSLR and the upcoming K-01 APS-C mirrorless camera. A Ricoh representative  recently said that they “will plug a [...]

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Rumor: Pentax K-01 APS-C mirrorless camera to be announced next month

By PR admin | Published: January 19, 2012
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Rumors for a second mirrorless camera from Pentax are intensifying again. Here are the first detailed specs from digicame-info: to be announced at CP+ show in Japan in early February the model name is K-01 K-mount will come with a new lens: DA 40mm f/2.8XS there will be three new lenses three different colors: Black & white body color, [...]

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New Ricoh GXR body with rotating LCD, Pentax K-mount GXR unit

By PR admin | Published: January 16, 2012
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Soem readers asked me why I did not cover Pentax in my  CES coverage last week. The problem was that Pentax was part of the PMA@CES exhibition that was at a different location and was surprisingly quiet – there were only 3 people at the Pentax booth when I got there. The Ricoh/Pentax news from [...]

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Rumors about a second mirrorless camera from Pentax are back

By PR admin | Published: January 10, 2012
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The website p3newsreviews reported that they spotted a “rugged appearing, possibly mirrorless, viewfinderless camera sporting what looked like a k-mount limited or pancake lens” at CES.

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What else is new? (Lexar, Spyder4Pro, Phottix, Sinar)

By PR admin | Published: January 6, 2012
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Lexar Introduces Industry’s First 1000x Memory Card Fremont, CA, 5 January, 2012 – Lexar, a leading global brand of flash memory products, today announced the industry’s first 1000x memory card, the Lexar® Professional 1000x CompactFlash® (CF) card. The new card provides professional photographers and advanced photo and video enthusiasts with blazing-fast 150MB per second minimum guaranteed [...]

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