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After teasing them for what seems to be an eternity, Pentax has now finally announced the availability of the K-01 ILC and WG-2 cameras, which the company says are shipping as we speak to retails across the US.
The retro-styled K-01 interchangeable lens camera was sketched out by renowned designer Marc Newson and it... |
13 March 2012
05:44 GMT |
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Pentax is one of the few companies that has waterproof cameras which don't necessarily drain people of all their funds. The new Optio WG-2 is one of them.
Pentax has officially introduced the Optio WG-2 series of consumer-oriented cameras, even though it is not ready to sell them yet.
Still, it should not tak... |
8 February 2012
04:50 GMT |
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Pentax is going to launch its first mirrorless interchangeable lens DSLR camera later today, but it looks like some info made it to the web a bit sooner than the company intended.
Pentax is getting ready to send out the K-01 camera, though it is unclear if sales will start immediately or sometime after the release.... |
2 February 2012
05:33 GMT |
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Pentax has just announced the introduction of a new compact digital camera dubbed the Optio VS20, which sports a 20x zoom lens, as well as a secondary shutter button and zoom lever for portrait-orientation shooting.
While this certainly isn’t the first time that we get to see a second shutter button being adde... |
26 January 2012
04:41 GMT |
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We live in a world full of color, so why wouldn’t our gadgets be just as colorful as the images surrounding us? Well, it turns out that Pentax and Walmart are thinking along the same lines as we are and recently announced that the latter will carry a new set of Pentax K-r digital SLR models which will be availa... |
28 November 2011
07:59 GMT |
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Hoya, the company that owns the Pentax brand, just announced that it has reached an agreement with Ricoh to sell its camera business for 10 billion yen which translates into approximately $124 million US.
The move was expected by many as Hoya has bought Pentax in 2007 mainly for its medical technology, which will ... |
1 July 2011
08:50 GMT |
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Pentax has recently unveiled the company's first compact interchangeable lens camera which goes by the name of the Pentax Q and, according to its maker, is the smallest such device available on the market.In order to achieve this feat, Pentax has built the camera around a 12.4MP 1/2.3-inch image sensor which mea... |
24 June 2011
09:23 GMT |
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Although the possibility of customizing the look of their digital camera is not exactly the first thing that comes to mind when deciding to purchase such a product, it seems that Pentax considers it quite a major feature, because it turned it into the major selling point of their new Optio RS1500 model.According to P... |
17 March 2011
05:17 GMT |
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Pentax has come up with quite a few interesting surprises back at CES 2011, and now, the company's back with yet another addition to their line of Optio compact digital cameras, namely the S1 model.The Optio S1 is what we'd like to call a fully-packed, yet fairly affordable point and shoot digital camera, t... |
3 March 2011
05:01 GMT |
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We've already talked about the two rugged compact digital cameras Pentax recently announced, but these are by no means the only imaging solutions the company had in store for today, as they've also come up with a special, limited edition K-5 DSLR, who's main selling point is the fact that it's dom... |
8 February 2011
13:51 GMT |
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Since rugged, weatherproof digital cameras are always popular with people leading a more adventurous lifestyle, Pentax has just released two new such products in its Optio lineup, namely the WG-1 and WG-1 GPS models, that will really be able to take a beating, while in the same time producing good quality photos and ... |
8 February 2011
06:56 GMT |
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Pimping up one's electronic devices with Swarovski crystals seems to be quite a popular trend nowadays, although the taste of those who actually "adorn" their gadgets in such a manner is rather debatable. We've seen all sorts of products being covered in crystals, but Pentax went a bit too far with this pro... |
26 September 2008
05:43 GMT |
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Over the past few weeks, you've been able to see just what some of the biggest names in digital photography have planned for this year's Photokina show. However, one name was missing (Pentax), but it seems that the company's not about to let this major event go by without launching a new product, so th... |
22 September 2008
04:32 GMT |
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Samsung yesterday officially announced the GX-20 digital single lens reflex camera and not surprisingly, it bears a striking resemblance to Pentax's K20D. It has a slightly different design and, according to dpreview.com, a proprietary JPEG engine, but other than that you get the same features as the K20D. First... |
25 January 2008
04:12 GMT |
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As part of the wave of DSLRs and lenses hitting the consumer and advanced consumer "beaches", Pentax announced two important upgrades to their existent models and five much-needed new lenses.For those who have been following our reports and the rumors circulating the Internet for some time this will come as no surpri... |
24 January 2008
09:07 GMT |
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Attention passionate Pentax fans! The giant company has just announced the addition of three new binoculars to its line of sport optics products. And with such a diverse line range of products, Pentax proves once again it has something remarkable to offer to just about any shopper.The new series of Pentax DCF SW roof... |
14 December 2007
12:16 GMT |
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It has been a while since we had some decent, bone-chilling rumors, but the wait is over and this time, the rumor mill has some "news" about Pentax. If you are not aware, the only news about Pentax over the last period have concerned the merger/take-over (they've changed their statements so many times nobody kno... |
28 November 2007
05:54 GMT |
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Aside from the 18-250mm lens for DSLRs, Pentax also announced yesterday two compacts, the Optio A40 and the Optio V10. The A40 boasts more features and a higher resolution, while the V10 is a more stylish model aimed at users who care more about the looks than the specs. Equipped with a 1/1.7-inch CCD, the A40 is the... |
2 October 2007
04:20 GMT |
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Good news for Pentax DSLR owners who are craving for an all-around zoom lens like the Nikon 18-200mm or the Tamron 18-250mm. Speaking of Tamron, it appears that the new smc DA 18-250 f/3.5-6.3 ED AL [IF] is in fact the AF 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 Di II LD Aspherical (IF), which raises some questions regarding the famous smc... |
2 October 2007
03:06 GMT |
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If you enjoy wide-angle perspectives and manual focus, you'll be glad to hear that Carl Zeiss has announced a new lens for the Nikon F bayonet cameras and Pentax K single lens reflex products.The Distagon T* 2/28 offers a fast aperture paired with a 28mm focal length, the f/2.0 making it ideal for low-light envi... |
20 September 2007
05:48 GMT |
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Carl Zeiss is giving Pentax/Samsung DSLR owners a helping hand in the burning matter of available lenses with a new series of special K bayonet primes to be sold under the ZK name.Although future owners will not benefit from autofocus capabilities, they will be able to enjoy the excellent Zeiss image quality. The fir... |
25 July 2007
09:21 GMT |
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Pentax and Samsung have announced new models of compact cameras aimed at the less savvy photography users. The key feature of the Pentax Optio M40, Optio E40 and the Samsung L730, L830 and L83T is the face recognition technology, also seen in the Fujifilm Finepix models. Other than that, these are all your ordinary p... |
12 July 2007
03:05 GMT |
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Pentax is upgrading the Pentax K100D by adding one of the hip features in today's DSLR photography, namely the dust reduction system, which supposedly keeps all dust bunnies away from the sensitive sensor. The Dust Removal (DR) system, previously found on the company's top of the line K10D, works by vibrat... |
28 June 2007
04:53 GMT |
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Amidst merger talks between Pentax and Hoya, the camera manufacturer had enough time to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The company behind the famous "pancake"-type lenses revealed the AP50 classic camera, which houses digital internal components from the digital single lens reflex camera K10D. However, when it comes... |
4 June 2007
05:28 GMT |
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