Category Archives: Pentax

New Pentax 400mm lens

The latest issue of Outdoor Photographer references a new Pentax 400mm lens. No further details were given. Source

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Hoya (Pentax) looking for digital camera alliance

In an interview with Reuters Hoya’s CEO Hiroshi Suzuki said: “I’m afraid it will need some sort of alliance with another company in the long term.” Hoya owns Pentax, so indirectly this will be an alliance for Pentax. There is a whole discussion on this topic @ pentaxforums.com.

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Pentax K20D discontinued

Pentax K20D is now officially discontinued. See the official Pentax Japan website.

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Pentax K-7 user manual now online

Uploaded personally by Ned Bunnell (President of Pentax Imaging USA): K-7 User Manual Via Imaginginsider

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Pentax K7 final version will have a modified sensor

“Amateur Photographer (AP) has delayed its review of the Pentax K7 digital SLR after learning that the final version will include a modified imaging sensor.” There must be a reason for this last moment modification and every pre-production Pentax K7 review should be “voided” at that point. I cannot recall another company making such a […]

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Norway will end up only with one Pentax DSLR (K7)?

The confusion about the different Pentax product lines continues. Just few days after the official statement from Pentax UK, the Norwegian importer Aronsen states that it will no longer acquire any K20D and offer the K7 instead. The Km is also on the way out, which along with the phasing out of the K200D would mean that in […]

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Pentax K7 is not a replacement for the Pentax K20D

There was a report at one point that the new Pentax K7 is a replacement for the Pentax K20D. A Pentax UK spokeswoman confirmed to Amateurphotographer that “The K7 is not replacing the K20D.”

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