Monthly Archives: May 2009

Pentax K-7: more interesting stuff

By PR admin | Published: May 11, 2009

This info comes from dslrmagazine (for English translation, click here). The bottom line: Pentax K-7 will be the top of the line DLSR it will be an APS-C camera it will be able to use medium format lenses (developed for the upcoming Pentax 645) with an adapter it will have a optical glass pentaprism (Hoya), upper LCD […]

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Pentax K30D

By PR admin | Published: May 11, 2009

Pentx K-7 is not released yet and rumors about the K30D started to float around. According to Pentax sales rep the K30D will be available in January-February 2010. Another rumor based on the Czech photo magazine PHOTO Life says that the Pentax K30D will come at the same time as the K-7 (May 21st). Source: dpreview & dpreview

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Zeiss 70-200mm f/2.8 and 85mm f/1.8 SSM for Sony?

By PR admin | Published: May 10, 2009

Looks like another set of 3D rendered images (similar to SONY 80-200F1.4 G SSM Lens): Source: Xitek

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New Pentax kit lens – weather resistant

By PR admin | Published: May 10, 2009

Via: dpreview – the same thread on dpreview has some more K-7 specs (see first post). Another version of the Pentax K-7 specs can be found here.

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More Pentax K-7 leaked pictures

By PR admin | Published: May 9, 2009

A reader emailed me this picture (it is much easier now since the email is working 🙂 – the top LCD screen does not look like any of the existing models. Here is another one:

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More info on the 3 new Sony DSLR models leaked

By PR admin | Published: May 9, 2009

The leak this time came from http://www.sony.ru/hub/dslr/. This page was translated by Google – that’s why the English is a bit odd (click on image for larger view): Here is the chronology on this rumors. Via Photoclubalpha

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Email issues

By PR admin | Published: May 9, 2009

Update: email is now working – you can send tips/rumors/leads here. The PhotoRumors.com email system is currently down. If you need to contact me, please do so via NikonRumors.com or LeicaRumors.com. If you have contacted me through this blog in the past few days/weeks, there is a chance that I may not have received your email. Please […]

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Pentax K-7: with CF card support?

By PR admin | Published: May 8, 2009

Does this memory card door look too big for a SD type memory type? Will the new Pentax K-7 support CF memory cards? The leaked Pentax K-7 specs did not provide any details on the memory card (images form Pentax China).

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The return of Polaroid?

By PR admin | Published: May 8, 2009

Few days ago Polaroid announced the availability of the Polaroid Two/Pogo Instant digital camera. Now Polaroid is coming with even bigger plans: “A senior source at the US-based company said it is likely that the firm will launch a 6x4in version as part of its upcoming range of cameras that use existing Zink printing technology.” In […]

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The new Pentax K banners are everywhere

By PR admin | Published: May 8, 2009

The above screenshot was taken form Pentax Canada. The official release will be on May 20 (US & Canada) and May 21 in Japan (not sure about Europe yet). There is a whole web site dedicated to the new Pentax K. It is also not clear if the model name will be K or K-7, […]

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