This is the new Pentax full frame K-mount DSLR camera. As I already mentioned earlier today, a prototype will be on display at at he CP+ show next week. No specifications were released for now. Shipping should start by the end of 2015. The product name is still to be decided. The camera will be […]
Pentax may will have their new full frame DSLR camera on display at the CP+ show that starts in Japan next week. I am not sure if any specifications will be officially revealed. Shipping should start after the summer. In addition to the new lenses, there will be also other new Pentax products announced. Update: the Pentax […]
Ricoh France posted on their Facebook page that the new full frame Pentax DSLR is scheduled for release in 2015:
Pentax Russia gave some new information on their upcoming full frame DSLR camera in a recent interview with penta-club.ru (via Pentaxforums):
The above picture comes form the Chinese forum xitek and it looks like a Pentax DSLR camera with a full frame mirror box (I changed the brightness of the second image for a better view). For comparison, this is the APC-S sized mirror box of the Pentax K-5: What do you think – real or fake? […]
In a recent interview, Pentax/Ricoh executive Mr. Kawauchi confirmed that the company is still working on a full frame camera: Q: Now, what’s going on for the Pentax Full Frame thing? A: Our development team is still working on it and the project is not aborted.
In a recent interview, the Managing Director and General Manager of Pentax Ricoh China made some interesting statement, including the development of a new professional APS-C based Pentax camera. Mr. Tomoyoshi Shibata also confirmed that Pentax is working on a full frame DSLR camera that will be different than anything else available today. Via PCPop
Ok, it seems that the rumors I reported in my last Pentax post were bogus, but this doesn’t change the fact that a full frame Pentax DSLR camera is coming soon – see yesterday’s tweet from Pentax Australia. Last year Pentax Australia also tried to convince their Twitter audience that “good things are coming”.
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