Category Archives: Pentax

Pentax NC-1 mirrorless camera

By PR admin | Published: February 3, 2011

I received multiple emails regarding the Pentax NC-1 mirrorless camera picture and they all indicated that this is the real thing. The camera will be initially available with in one lens kit and the sensor will be 1/2.33″ in.  The Pentax NC-1 will have a flash hot shoe. Announcement should be in the next 1-3 months.

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Is this the mirrorless Pentax NC-1 camera?

By PR admin | Published: February 2, 2011

This is is suppose to be the mirrorless interchangeable lens Pentax NC-1 camera. The image is pixelated, but you can see a built-in flash. a small grip and some kind of a selection wheel on the front. I do not know at that point the authenticity of that images, so take it with a grain of […]

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New Pentax RZ-18 Optio compact camera

By PR admin | Published: January 31, 2011

In addition to the Silver Pentax K-5 and the medium format Pentax D FA 645 25mm f/4 lens, Pentax will also announce one or more new compact Optio cameras for the CP+ Camera and Photo Imaging Show in Japan (February 9-12, 2011). The previous rumor was about a new Pentax Optio RZ-18 with 3″ swivel LCD, 14MP sensor, […]

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Pentax K-x and K-7 now officially discontinued

By PR admin | Published: January 31, 2011

Pentax K-x and K-7 are now listed as discontinued on pentax.jp. Both models were replaced by the Penatx K-r and K-5 in September 2010. The now discontinued K-x and K-7 were announced in September 2009. It will be interesting to see if Pentax will keep this 12 months refresh cycle.

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Pentax D FA 645 25mm f/4 lens (medium format) to be announced soon

By PR admin | Published: January 28, 2011

I just received this rumor from Asia – Pentax will be announcing a new lens for its digital medium format 645D camera: Pentax D FA 645 25mm f/4. The Google translation is not very clear, but here are some of the mentioned specs: built-in hood lens built-in filter holder weather proof some kind of a special coating/lens element […]

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Pentax acknowledges K-5 sensor issues, offers a fix and an apology

By PR admin | Published: January 26, 2011

Pentax issued this statement about the stains on the Pentax K-5 sensor: “To PENTAX K-5 Digital SLR Camera Users We would like to express our heartfelt appreciation for your patronage of PENTAX products. We deeply regret that the first shipment of our PENTAX K-5 digital SLR camera included some products with a stained image sensor […]

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Pentax K-5 Silver leaked

By PR admin | Published: January 25, 2011

I mentioned about the upcoming Pentax K-5 SIlver last week and today two pictures were leaked by Pentax Europe. This also means that the other rumors about the upcoming NC-1 mirrorless camera from Pentax are probably also true. The images are now removed but a pentaxforum member was able to capture them:

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