Category Archives: Pentax

Pentax K-30 now available in 15 new colors and finishes

By PR admin | Published: April 2, 2013

Pentax Ricoh Imaging Americas corporation announced 15 new colors and finishes for their K-30 DSLR camera:

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Pentax full frame DSLR camera is coming, but not tomorrow

By PR admin | Published: March 26, 2013

Ok, it seems that the rumors I reported in my last Pentax post were bogus, but this doesn’t change the fact that a full frame Pentax DSLR camera is coming soon – see yesterday’s tweet from Pentax Australia. Last year Pentax Australia also tried to convince their Twitter audience that “good things are coming“.

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Pentax K-3 24MP full frame camera announcement on March 27th?

By PR admin | Published: March 24, 2013

Few weeks ago I reported that Pentax is going to soon introduce several new DSLR cameras as early as this month. RiceHigh received some information that the 24MP Pentax K-3 full frame camera will be announced next week on March 27. In another post, RiceHigh reports about photographer Mike Svitek who has posted this on hig g+ […]

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Pentax introduces new rebates

By PR admin | Published: March 11, 2013

Today Pentax announced new rebate program: up to $2,199.95 savings on the 645D system and up to $750 on select lenses with the purchase of a K-5 IIs camera body:

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Pentax rumored to announce several new DSLRs and a new compact APS-C camera

By PR admin | Published: March 10, 2013

Pentax is rumored to announce several new DSLR cameras (as early as this month, as many as 5 new DSLRs) which will be priced between $400 and $2000. I am not sure if one of those will be the long awaited full frame camera, but the $2000 price tag is just too high for an […]

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Pentax K-01 listed as discontinued one year after announcement

By PR admin | Published: February 24, 2013

The Pentax K-01 fame was short-lived – one year after the camera was announced and few months after the price dropped in half, Pentax Japan officially listed the K-01 as discontinued on their website. I doubt that there will be a replacement.

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Japanese magazine Nippon Camera predictions for 2013

By PR admin | Published: February 20, 2013

The Japanese Nippon Camera published their predictions for 2013. Similar to the article published by the Impress magazine few months ago, those forecasts are often based on information from rumors blogs:

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Pentax DA 560mm f/5.6 ED AW lens now shipping in the US

By PR admin | Published: February 6, 2013

The new Pentax DA 560mm f/5.6 ED AW lens is now shipping in the US and is currently in stock at B&H. Some sample images taken with the lens can be found here. Lens technical specifications and unboxing video:

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Pentax confirms their full frame DSLR camera plans (again) *UPDATED*

By PR admin | Published: February 3, 2013

Tokina employees confirmed that a new Pentax full frame DSLR camera is under development and prototypes already exist. It seems that Pentax also confirmed their full frame DSLR camera plans in an interview with PentaxForums. Rumors about a full frame Pentax DSLR camera has been circulating since 2009. Update: here is the video clip from the interview with […]

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Those are the new Pentax products for CP+

By PR admin | Published: January 29, 2013

Pentax announced the WG-3, WG-10 rugged cameras (priced between $299.95 – $349.95 depending on the model), a new AF360FGZ II flash (previously displayed at CES 2013) and a new pinhole body mount cap lens:

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