Category Archives: Pentax

Pentax 645D red limited edition camera now shipping in the US, the Silver K-5 coming soon

By PR admin | Published: February 22, 2012

  The limited edition Pentax 645D red lacquer camera is now shipping in the US. A limited number of the Silver K-5 cameras will also soon be available on the US market. Here is the unboxing video of the red Pentax 645D camera from Photogizmos:

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Expected shipping dates for some newly announced products *UPDATED*

By PR admin | Published: February 21, 2012
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Many new products were announced in the past few weeks. Here is a quick update on the expected availability dates for some of the more popular items: Olympus OM-D E-M5: April 10, 2012 Fuji X-Pro1: March 20 7, 2012 Pentax K-01: March 29, 2012 Sony 500mm f/4.0G lens: April 23, 2012 Canon PowerShot G1x: March 5, [...]

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Interview with Pentax at the CP+ show

By PR admin | Published: February 20, 2012

PentaxForums interviewed Mr. Hiraku Kawauchi (Product Manager of Pentax Japan) during the CP+ show - a must watch video for all Pentax fans or if you just want to understand the company’s philosophy.

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: February 20, 2012
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Quick recap on the remaining news from last week: Rayqual announced Leica M and Nikon G lens adapters for Pentax Q mirrorless cameras (read more). VTEC announced new lenses for iPhone: 12x telephoto, fish eye and a macro lens (read more). See also this article on iPhone accessories. Plustek introduced OpticFilm 120 – a new professional [...]

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Lens roadmap for Pentax 645 and Q mounts

By PR admin | Published: February 14, 2012
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After the K-mount, Pentax released also the 645 mount roadmap that reveals a new wide (24-45mm), standard (45-90mm) and tele (90-200mm) zoom lenses to be announced in 2013 or later. The Pentax Q mount roadmap shows plans for a new 80-300mm telephoto and 15-35mm wide zooms, a telephoto prime and a mount cap lens (pinhole lens):

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Pentax at the 2012 CP+ show in Yokohama, Japan

By PR admin | Published: February 11, 2012
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