Category Archives: Pentax

New Pentax K-3 leak and rumored specifications

By PR admin | Published: September 23, 2013

The not yet announced  Pentax K-3 camera was listed at the  official Japanese PPG (Pentax Photo Gallery) website. Those are the rumored Pentax K-3 specifications:

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

By PR admin | Published: September 21, 2013

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: What do you think – real or fake? […]

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For tomorrow: Pentax Theta 360 camera and Fuji XF 23mm f/1.4 R lens announcements

By PR admin | Published: September 4, 2013

For tomorrow’s scheduled press event Ricoh will most likely announce a new 360° camera called Pentax Theta 360. Such camera was rumored last year, but the Pentax acquisition by Ricoh probably delayed the announcement. Various prototypes of similar camera were shown at Photokina (by Pentax) and during the CES show (by Ricoh). The above screenshot taken earlier today is from […]

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What happened to the Pentax 645 system?

By PR admin | Published: September 3, 2013

The upcoming Ricoh press conference got me thinking about the company’s current line of photo products and I realized that this year they were supposed to announce three new 645 lenses but unless I have missed something, there has been no word on those products. The expected new 645 lenses are: Wide zoom (24-45mm) Standard zoom […]

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Updated Pentax K-mount lens roadmap published

By PR admin | Published: August 28, 2013

After yesterdays’s announcements, Ricoh Imaging published an updated Pentax K-mount lens roadmap for 2013 and beyond. The planned K-mount lenses are: 12-28mm DA wide zoom lens 24-38mm DA zoom limited lens 120-380mm DA tele zoom lens 18-85mm DA zoom lens DA AF RC 1.4x teleconverter

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The new Pentax AF540FGZ II and AF360FGZ II flash units are weather-resistant and have LED lights

By PR admin | Published: August 27, 2013

Together with the new HD lenses, Pentax (Ricoh Imaging to be exact) also announced two new weather-resistant flash units with LED lights: AF540FGZ II ($629.95) and AF360FGZ II ($429.95). Outside the US Ricoh also announced a new HX15 compact camera with the following specifications. Optical 15-times zoom lens with 24mm wide-angle coverage State-of-the-art shake reduction mechanism Stylish, easy-to-hold […]

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Ricoh Imaging introduces five new HD Pentax DA Limited lenses

By PR admin | Published: August 27, 2013

New Lenses feature enhanced performance with high-grade HD coating and rounded diaphragms for stunning bokeh effects DENVER, CO, August 27, 2013 –Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation (Ricoh Imaging) is pleased to announce the introduction of five new HD PENTAX DA Limited lenses. The acclaimed HD PENTAX DA Limited series of prime lenses, specifically designed for the PENTAX  […]

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Pentax to refresh their DA lenses with new HD coating and circular apertures

By PR admin | Published: August 27, 2013

  Update: more information is available here. Pentax will refresh the following DSLR lenses: HD PENTAX-DA 15mm F4 Limited HD PENTAX-DA 21mm F3.2 Limited HD PENTAX-DA 35mm F2.8 Macro Limited HD PENTAX-DA 40mm F2.8 Limited HD PENTAX-DA 70mm F2.4 Limited

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Pentax have not given up on a full frame camera

By PR admin | Published: August 6, 2013

In a recent interview, Pentax/Ricoh executive Mr. Kawauchi confirmed that the company is still working on a full frame camera: Q: Now, what’s going on for the Pentax Full Frame thing? A: Our development team is still working on it and the project is not aborted.

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Pentax K-01 Marc Newson camera resurrected in blue and white colors

By PR admin | Published: July 4, 2013

After the price of the Pentax K-01 camera designed by Marc Newson dropped in half and was later officially discontinued, Pentax Japan announced today a new blue and white colored K-01 model. In the press release Pentax mentioned that this new model was released because of increase demand (probably in Japan). B&H still has few two lens K-01 kits that […]

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