Rumours of a Pentax Pro DSLR in May

[dnaxe]

The leak may have been somewhat irritating, but it's useful to see how sales change. The K20D at 670 is still an exciting proposition: if sales are good what I would do in their position would be to delay the announcement further, until products were ready to ship. If sales were bad I would bring up the announcement, and bump the price of the announced model (but not to completely unrealistic heights). Only if that failed would I try a price cut.

Cutting prices to boost demand is generally a worst case scenario.

 

[ahkong]

I am a little blur here... but why are so sure Fengwei? Do you have insider info? :bsmilie:

BTW, I think 1.3x crop is a disaster when it comes to ultrawide shooting. APS-C lenses will vignette and FF lenses are not wide enough. Doh...

Just guessing......perhaps a viewfinder magnification of 1.3x instead of 1.3x crop sensor? This plus the 100% FOV viewfinder would make it the biggest ever viewfinder in the APSC class, and the most comfortable to use. Professional photographers will definitely appreciate it, reduced eye strain from aiming with one eye all day long.....become pa jiao liao:bsmilie: One eye big, one eye small lol:bigeyes:

 

[art2d2]

I hope I can still use my DA 21mm on the 1.3 crop sensor if it is true, that will make it 27.3mm ;p. Anyway from those full-frame film test shows the DA40 and DA70 still can be used except for the DA21 with vignetting on the corners. So I hope 1.3 crop should be ok.

 

[fengwei]

Don't worry, you won't see a 1.3x sensor implemented on a Pentax dSLR camera anytime soon, if ever at all

 

[phantasmal]

From Ricehigh's Pentax Blog.

Camera Name: Pentax K-7 (It Is "K Hyphen Seven" - *No* "D" Letter and *With* the Hyphen)
Size: Width Slightly Less than K20D, but Slightly Taller for the Body's Head; Slimmer Body Design - Overall Volume Comparable to the K200D, but Still Slightly Larger

RTF:
Yes, Manual Pop-up

Live View:
Yes, Activated by One-touch Dedicated "LV" button at the thumb position; Video with Audio Recording possible under the LV mode

Monochrome status LCD:
Yes

Rear Colour LCD:
3.0"

e-Wheels Control:
Front and Rear Wheels

Green Button:
Yes, Directly Under the Rear Wheel

Dedicated AF Button:
Yes

Dedicated AF Point Selector:
Yes: Central, Auto and User Select

Dedicated Metering Mode Selector:
Yes: Evaluative, Centre-Weighted Average, Spot

Controls Around Shutter Release:
Optical/Digital Preview; Separate Buttons for ISO and +/-EV Compensation; Top LCD Panel Backlight/Illumination

Other Direct Controls:
With the Four Ways plus "OK" Buttons: WB, Flash, Drive and Colour Mode, AF Point Selection Activation

Standard Controls:
Play/Delete (at Upper Left), INFO/MENU (at Lower Right)

"Fn" (Function) Button:
No (Not Needed with New Direct Controls Design)

Shake Reduction Switch:
No (to be Enabled and Disabled via System Menu)

PC Sync Socket: Yes
Accessory:
Vertical Battery Grip D-BG4 (So, the "Square Sensor" Rumour Bubble is Blasted!)

 

[P3ntx]

I wait for K13D, my favourute number.

 

[woonsin]

K-7 has no built in flash????:think:

 

[alanswan]

RTF?
Don't know what it stands for, but "Yes, Manual Pop-up" sounds like built-in flash.

 

[fengwei]

RTF?
Don't know what it stands for, but "Yes, Manual Pop-up" sounds like built-in flash.

RTF - ReTractable Flash or Retractable TTL Flash And yes, the K-7 would have built-in flash which is RTF just like the other Pentax dSLR cameras.

 

[le petit prince]

Latest from rumour mill: It'll be very my-kind-of-size!

Really got to save for it now...

K-7 Dimensions - Very Compact!!