Category Archives: Pentax

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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Pentax 645D red limited edition camera now shipping in the US, the Silver K-5 coming soon

By PR admin | Published: February 22, 2012

  The limited edition Pentax 645D red lacquer camera is now shipping in the US. A limited number of the Silver K-5 cameras will also soon be available on the US market. Here is the unboxing video of the red Pentax 645D camera from Photogizmos:

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Expected shipping dates for some newly announced products *UPDATED*

By PR admin | Published: February 21, 2012

Many new products were announced in the past few weeks. Here is a quick update on the expected availability dates for some of the more popular items: Olympus OM-D E-M5: April 10, 2012 Fuji X-Pro1: March 20 7, 2012 Pentax K-01: March 29, 2012 Sony 500mm f/4.0G lens: April 23, 2012 Canon PowerShot G1x: March 5, […]

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Interview with Pentax at the CP+ show

By PR admin | Published: February 20, 2012

PentaxForums interviewed Mr. Hiraku Kawauchi (Product Manager of Pentax Japan) during the CP+ show – a must watch video for all Pentax fans or if you just want to understand the company’s philosophy.

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: February 20, 2012

Quick recap on the remaining news from last week: Rayqual announced Leica M and Nikon G lens adapters for Pentax Q mirrorless cameras (read more). VTEC announced new lenses for iPhone: 12x telephoto, fish eye and a macro lens. See also this article on iPhone accessories. Plustek introduced OpticFilm 120 – a new professional grade film […]

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Lens roadmap for Pentax 645 and Q mounts

By PR admin | Published: February 14, 2012
Pentax 645 mount lens roadmap

After the K-mount, Pentax released also the 645 mount roadmap that reveals a new wide (24-45mm), standard (45-90mm) and tele (90-200mm) zoom lenses to be announced in 2013 or later. The Pentax Q mount roadmap shows plans for a new 80-300mm telephoto and 15-35mm wide zooms, a telephoto prime and a mount cap lens (pinhole lens):

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Pentax at the 2012 CP+ show in Yokohama, Japan

By PR admin | Published: February 11, 2012
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Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company re-organization

By PR admin | Published: February 9, 2012

The newly established Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company will take control of the future design, development and sell of Ricoh digital cameras. Initially that unit was responsible only for the Pentax brand. Ricoh bought Pentax for $124.2 million back in July, 2011.

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Pentax lens roadmap for 2012

By PR admin | Published: February 8, 2012

Pentax Japan released images of their upcoming lenses for 2012:

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