Soem readers asked me why I did not cover Pentax in my CES coverage last week. The problem was that Pentax was part of the PMA@CES exhibition that was at a different location and was surprisingly quiet – there were only 3 people at the Pentax booth when I got there. The Ricoh/Pentax news from […]
The website p3newsreviews reported that they spotted a “rugged appearing, possibly mirrorless, viewfinderless camera sporting what looked like a k-mount limited or pancake lens” at CES.
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According to a post on kakaku.com, the Pentax K-5 DSLR camera is discontinued and will be available for sale until the stock runs out. The K-r model was already listed as discontinued back in November of 2011. I have not heard any rumors of Pentax releasing a new DSLR for the PMA show next week. Maybe they will […]
There is a new firmware version 1.12 for Pentax K-5 listed on Pentax UK website but the files are not available for download yet. Expect the firmware to be released in the next few days. Via PentaxForums
Here is a better translation of the key points from the interviews with several camera manufacturers about their future plans (thanks Erik): Olympus Working on a new mirrorless camera that is very “Olympus-like”, but not PEN. The viewfinder is the key. E-5 replacement is in the works. Canon Does a mirrorless camera really need exchangeable lenses? Can […]
A Xitek forum member translated he key points from the Impress Japan interviews with various camera manufacturers about their future plans – see previous post about Olympus, Pentax and Nikon (Google translation):
Mikio Tanaka (well known photographer in Japan) posted on his blog that a Japanese magazine recently interviewed Mr. Kitazawa (head of Pentax camera R&D department) who claimed that Pentax is working on a mirrorless 35mm full frame camera and is even considering a mirrorless medium format camera with the sensor used in the 645D. The magazine will be […]
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