Nikkei.com reported that Ricoh Pentax will announce another low-priced miorrorless camera (priced at ¥50,000, around $600). Pentax already has the entry level Q model and the recently announced K-01 mirrorless camera, while Ricoh has the mirrorless GXR system. Via Digicame-info
After Leica, Nikon and Sony, now also Pentax have raised the price of their lenses, in same cases up to 90%:
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):
The first Pentax full frame DSLR camera will be called K-3. Here are the detailed specs:
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:
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.
I received this image today of what appears to be an advertising for the Pentax K-r successor (Pentax K-r is already discontinued).
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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