Rumors: full frame Pentax DSLR, K-3 specs and a new DA 18-70mm f/2.8 lens

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The above picture comes form the Chinese forum xitek and it looks like a Pentax DSLR camera with a full frame mirror box (I changed the brightness of the second image for a better view). For comparison, this is the APC-S sized mirror box of the Pentax K-5:

Pentax-K-5-DSLR-camera-mirror-box
What do you think - real or fake? Rumors of a new full frame Pentax DSLR camera have been floating for a while.

There is also a new set of Pentax K-3 rumored specifications from the Japanese forum kakaku:

  •  The K-3 will be announced near end October.
  • 20MP APS-C sensor, possibly made by Sony.
  • no AA filter
  • 100% viewfinder
  • black body marketed first, followed by a silver version later
  • price around 120,000 Japanese Yens (US$1200) for the body-only
  • announced at the end of October, on display at the Salon de la Photo show in Paris November 7-11, 2013
  • new DA 18-70mm f/2.8 lens to be announced a well

Via Pentaxforums

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