Category Archives: Pentax

Pentax rumors: K-5 Silver, compact RZ-18 and mirrorless NC-1 cameras coming next

By PR admin | Published: January 21, 2011

Similar to the Pentax k-7 Silver, there will be a new Pentax K-5 Silver DSLR that will be announced next month (February 2011). In addition, there will be a new point and shoot camera Pentax RZ-18 with 3″ swivel LCD, 14MP sensor, 18X optical zoom (28-504mm) and a price tag of $300. The camera is expected to […]

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Monday updates

By PR admin | Published: January 17, 2011

The previously rumored Silver Efex Pro 2 just got announced today with ten new features. The upgrade will be available in February and will cost $99. Sandisk released Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-I card together with a new Extreme Pro ExpressCard Adapter: “The SanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC card’s write speed of up to 45 MB/sec delivers improved shot to […]

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Pentax files a patent for a DA*25-350mm F3.3-5.6ED [IF] SDM lens

By PR admin | Published: January 13, 2011

Similar to Nikon, Pentax filed a patent for a high-powered zoom lens DA*25-350mm F3.3-5.6ED [IF] SDM:

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Two interchangeable lens cameras are expected from Pentax in 2011

By PR admin | Published: January 8, 2011

In an interview published by dpreview, Pentax said that they have not ruled out a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera: “If a product makes sense, and is feasible economically, we’ll come out with it”. Here is some interesting information I received: Pentax is currently working on two different cameras with interchangeable lenses. The first one will be a digital version of the […]

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Today is CES press day (part 2)

By PR admin | Published: January 5, 2011

The Pentax firmware I reported yesterday is now official. Samsung dropped 4 more camcorders and a new, dual screen point and shoot camera. Casio announced the previously leaked TRYX and a point and shoot camera with back-illuminated CMOS sensor. Panasonic announced camcorders and several entry level compact cameras. Sony also did their camera announcements including the 3D Bloggie camera […]

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Pentax released new firmware for K-5, K-r and 645D

By PR admin | Published: January 4, 2011

Pentax just released new firmware updates not only for the K-5, but also for the K-r (ver. 1.01) and 645D (ver. 1.01) cameras. The firmware can be downloaded from network.pentax.eu. Update: the firmware updates are now official.

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Pentax K-5 firmware v1.02 is unofficially available

By PR admin | Published: January 4, 2011

The firmware is available on this site: https://network.pentax.eu. You have to be a registered user in order to download the software. Since there are no release notes, it is unclear what exactly is fixed with this firmware update (maybe they fixed the sensor issue, that made Amazon.de halt the selling of the K-5).

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