Category Archives: Pentax

Pentax 12-24mm f/3.5-4.5 lens patent

By PR admin | Published: April 2, 2012

In addition to a patent for the already announced 25mm f/4 medium format lens, Pentax recently also filed a patent 201263756 in Japan for a APS-C sized 12-24mm f/3.5-4.5 lens (Pentax already has a 12-24mm f/4 lens):

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This is the full frame Pentax K-3 DSLR camera

By PR admin | Published: April 1, 2012

The first Pentax full frame DSLR camera will be called K-3. Here are the detailed specs:

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Pentax DA 645 25mm f/4 lens announced again

By PR admin | Published: March 22, 2012

For some reason Pentax US decided to announce the D FA 645 25mm f/4 lens today. This lens has been listed at B&H since February 7th. Here is the full press release:

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Pentax K-z?

By PR admin | Published: March 20, 2012

Just like the first banner, I don’t know much about those images and how reliable this information is. At least we can now clearly see the model name in the top right corner: Pentax K-z.

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Pentax K-r successor?

By PR admin | Published: March 19, 2012

I received this image today of what appears to be an advertising for the Pentax K-r successor (Pentax K-r is already discontinued).

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The latest patents from Pentax and Panasonic

By PR admin | Published: March 12, 2012

Pentax filed a patent 201048084 in Japan for a 90mm f/2.8 (medium format) and 60mm f/2.8 (full frame) macro lenses.

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Pentax K-01 now shipping

By PR admin | Published: March 6, 2012

The Pentax K-01 is now shipping in limited quantities in the US (update: B&H and AcePhoto also has some in stock). Unboxing video: Here are the results of the poll posted here few weeks ago:

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Pentax K-5 silver special edition with a Marc Newson designed DA 40mm f/2.8 XS ultra-thin lens announced

By PR admin | Published: March 1, 2012

As previously reported, Pentax Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation announced the Pentax K-5 silver special edition camera kit with a Marc Newson designed DA 40mm f/2.8 XS ultra-thin lens (the same lens from the K-01 kit). The kit will be available in April 2012 for $1599.95.

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What were they thinking?

By PR admin | Published: February 25, 2012

In addition to rugged, waterproof, dustproof and shock-resistant, the new Pentax Optio WG-2 is rumored to be also sh*t proof… based on this image courtesy of Pentax Imaging.

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MS Optical Sonnetar 25mm f/1.1 lens for Pentax Q mirrorless camera

By PR admin | Published: February 22, 2012

This is a prototype of the Sonnetar 25mm f/1.1 lens for the Pentax Q mirrorless camera by MS Optical. Miyazaki san, the man behind MS Optical, has created some unique lenses in the past (for example the Perar Super Triplet 28mm f/4 and the 3.5/35mm f/3.5 lenses for Leica M-mount). The Sonnetar 25mm f/1.1 lens was briefly listed […]

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