Several readers sent me this image and I am not sure what is the original source: the back of the new Pentax Q camera that will announced in few hours. The price of the camera will be $799.95. Update: it seems that the source of the image is the Chinese forum Xitek.
A quick correction to my previous post: the Pentax Q will be announced tomorrow and the Penatx NC-1 will be announced in August.
The 2011 PMA Australia Expo will take place on June 24-26, 2011 in Sydney. Pentax is rumored to announce their mirrorless interchangeable lens camera on June 23rd. You can expect the first reports on the new camera from the show’s floor on June 24.
Nikkei.com reports, based on information from Hoya Corporation, that Pentax will be releasing a new mirrorless interchangeable camera this summer to compete with the existing mirrorless solutions from Sony and Panasonic. This information is probably for the rumored Pentax Q mirrorless camera that will be announced in August, 2011.
According to digicame-info, Hoya corporation will have a press conference on June 23rd, 2011 at 1:00pm in Japan and will announce a “digital camera with world’s smallest interchangeable lens“.
I received some information that one year after its opening, the first Pentax store in the US is now closed as a result of Pentax dropping Willoughby’s as a dealer (the boutique was located inside Willoughby’s).
PENTAX Q I received some information from Europe about the second interchangeable lens camera called Pentax Q, expected to be announced in August 2011. Those are the specs: 12MP backlit sensor HD movie recording (720p) RAW capabilities Available in tow color: black and white Vary small and compact in size Price around 700 EUR Several lenses will be announced […]
Pentax is expected to announce a new GPS unit called O-GPS1 for Pentax DSLR cameras. Here are the main features: Geotag your images for location information on popular photo sharing websites. Chart the progress of a hike, bike, or boating trip with interval position tracking. A separate, but efficient power source will not drain your […]
I received some information on the US pricing of the upcoming Pentax NC-1 mirrorless camera – the kit with one lens will have a MSRP in the $600 range. More lenses are expected to be released later in the year. Pentax already showed a teaser for their new mirrorless camera at a recent trade show in […]
1. The first patent (2011-064919, permalink not possible to Japanese patent database) is from Sony for the upcoming 30mm f/2.8 NEX lens: Here are some excerpts from the patent: “In an imaging lens system which consists of a lens system of 4 group… It is a macro lens inner focus type”. 2. Sigma filed a patent in […]
