Category Archives: Pentax

Pentax joining Micro Four Thirds?

By PR admin | Published: April 17, 2010

Back in September of 2009 Pentax did acknowledge that they are evaluating the m4/3 option. Today Valentin Sama wrote on his blog: “From very well informed sources, we could know that in Hoya-Pentax it is very seriously considered the, rather than convenience, necessity to enter “in the Micro Four Thirds” Via PentaxForum

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Pentax 645D pre-orders for worldwide shipping through third party

By PR admin | Published: March 28, 2010

Pentax 645D can now be pre-ordered for international shipping through the third party reseller JapanTrendShop.com. Officially, the 645D will only be available in Japan. Some reports indicated a possible release in Poland.

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Pentax 645D is coming to Poland

By PR admin | Published: March 21, 2010

Pentax Poland is now displaying the new medium format Pentax 645D camera on their website and some online stores have it listed as avaailable in July 2010: Via PentaxForums

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Pentax 645D will start shipping on May 20th in Japan

By PR admin | Published: March 21, 2010

According to Amazon Japan, Pentax 645D will start shipping on May 20th, 2010: The price is ￥848,000 with tax (around $9370). Amazon Japan does not ship electronics to other countries (for now the 645D will be sold only in Japan). Some other sites, like JapanTrendShop.com will probably offer shipping outside Japan for a premium.

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Pentax 645D will not be sold in the US

By PR admin | Published: March 10, 2010

“Pentax has finally introduced a medium-format digital SLR. The ruggedized, outdoor-friendly 645D is compatible with Pentax 645 lenses. The Bad news? No plans as yet to sell it in the U.S.” The source is Adorama. Their source was a Pentax US rep (twitter link):

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Pentax 645D and FA 645 55mm f/2.8 AL[IF] SDM AW announced

By PR admin | Published: March 9, 2010

Read all the Pentax 645D details @ Pentax Japan and dpreview (price aprox. US $9,400). Read all the 645 55mm f/2.8 lens details @ Pentax Japan and dpreview (price aprox. US $1,100). Full press releases after the break:

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Pentax 645D will have a 40MP sensor

By PR admin | Published: March 8, 2010

DC watch reports (in English) that the upcoming Pentax 645D will have a 40MP sensor.

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Pentax 645D to be revealed on March 11, 2010

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2010

The Pentax 645D will be officially announced during the CP+ Camera and Imaging Show in Japan (March 11th-14th, 2010): Source

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Which sensor will Pentax 645D use?

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2010

At that point it is not clear which sensor will be deployed in the upcoming Pentax 645D medium format camera. My first guess few months ago was for the KAF-39000 from Kodak. The only problem is that neither of those sensors will give us the reported “1.7 times bigger than a regular full frame sensor” ratio (official information […]

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Pentax K-5

By PR admin | Published: March 3, 2010

There are some rumors about a potential Pentax K-5 DSLR camera that will be placed above the K-x and below the K-7. This information came comes from sales representative for Swedish Pentax distributor (source).

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