Pentax releasing full frame(35MM) dSLR this year

Cosimo said:
Going for £1599 and £1,698 with the -BG6 Battery Grip.

No date as yet for when it will be available.

SRS (Watford) will have it on show on 26th and 27th:

https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/to...l----pre-order-and-open-day-information-55648

Another look:

https://www.pentaxuser.com/review/pentax-k-1-hands-on-preview-971
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So £1600... £250 more than a D750 and around £600 less than a Nikon D810.

I guess that pricing hike isn't too bad by UK market standards and is still significantly less than a D810, but the US price of £1250 makes much more sense and I can see why people are excited about it over there.

Strange how it only has USB 2.0 when the K-3 has USB 3.0... makes no sense to reduce transfer speeds given the significantly higher file sizes of the new camera.
 
Cosimo said:
Anyone tempted?
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Not in the slightest but I'm not a Pentax user.


What I find most disturbing is there is still no release date. A Pentax user could have got a D800 back in 2012 and had 4+ years of enjoyment, or waited for a near identical camera. That is why Pentax's market share is more ore less non-existent.


TBH, I would be way more interested if {Pentax ignored FF, and concentrated on affordable medium format cameras. They are so late to the FF game that it is entirely pointless. The affordable MFD market is wide open and Pentax is in the leading position. If I was as serious about landscape as I was 3-4 years ago I would own the Pentax 645Z right now. Put out a few different models, a cut-down budget one and a slightly superior pro model (Perhaps cut the resolution and increase the FPS) for example and Pentax would see a healthy busy IMO. Stop developing FF lens, make MF lenses, especially some tilt-shift offerings to give the ultimate landscape setup. Sales wont be huge of course but Pentax has almost no sales anyway so they should go the Leica route of selling fewer products at higher values. Its a very lucrative model, forget the race to the bottom and trying to shave every dime off your $800 DSLR that is barely differentiable from the Nikon and Canon models, sell $4-7k MFD cameras with $2-8k lenses, without any worry of people buying a Sigma or Tamron alternative.
 
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Cosimo said:
A good description of all the features:

http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/products/k-1/feature/

Anyone tempted?
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Maybe as an upgrade to my k3ii, will be interesting to see if they start introducing a new line up of lenses and if the third parties come back.

At least Pentax has a new upgrade path instead of k3 > 646d.

Plus I do love it when it rains and most of the other makes dive for cover and I'm like what???
 
Richdog said:
It's unwise imo to invest in Pentax DSLR gear... their future is uncertain and their lens choices limited.
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This sort of thing is why this forum is so quiet now, it isn't about photography, its about gear and fanboys :(

Im interested, this is a camera for Pentaxians, we have asked for full frame, and they have given us a solid, well thought out camera at a decent price that allows me to use all my M and K series glass at their natural focal length. It isn't a world beater, but I don't want that or the price it will come at.
I will try before I buy as with Sony I have become very used to the all the manual focus aids that the EVF brings especially wide open @ F1.2. I can't see me giving up on that, but I will take some fast glass to a shop and try a few shots and then make a decision.

At least if I want a native full frame I now have an option and don't need to switch systems, which makes me a very happy man..
 
Not to mention the weather has been pretty inclement so you'll only really see portraits or time lapse stuff with the darker days.
Fingers crossed it'll be a cracking summer.
 
Let alone this forum is about overclocking computers and buying hardware, shock horror how people are interested in gear. But then 90% of the photography forums are there are mostly discussing gear, just like the content of a photograph magazine.

Then there is the fact a quick search of the forum shows that edgedemon has hardly been the pinnacle of photographic posting. I don't see any recent photos and almost everything he posts was gear related. Pot kettle black
 
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That tilt screen mechanism is quite impressive.

Camera seems to be a little smaller than I thought. I think its to do with the pentaprism design - it looks very similar to the Pentax 6x7 (120 format) and anyone who used or has seen one of those knows they're fairly large. When the camera is photographed on its own it looks oddly bigger than when someone is handling it!
 
Test and Try’ events being held if you are interested:

26 February
SRS Microsystems
90-92 The Parade, High Street, Watford, Herts, WD17 1AW 15:00

27 February
SRS Microsystems
90-92 The Parade, High Street, Watford, Herts, WD17 1AW 11:00 & 15:00
Clifton Cameras
28 Parsonage Street, Dursley, GL11 4AA 10:00
London Camera Exchange
8 Pump Street, Worcester, WR1 2QT 13:00

01 March
Castle Cameras
11 Endless Street, Salisbury, Wilts, SP1 1DL 10:00

02 March
Chiswick Cameras
4 Chiswick Terrace, Acton Lane, London W4 5LY 10:30
J&A Cameras
Gammon Walk, Barnstaple, EX31 1DJ 18:00
WEX Photographic
Unit B Frenbury Estate,Drayton High Road,Norwich,NR6 5DP 18:00

04 March
Camera Centre Cardiff
14-16 Morgan Arcade, Cardiff, CF10 1AF 11:00 & 14:00
Park Cameras
Rathbone Place, London W1T 1JR 17:00

05 March
Cambrian Photographic
87-89 Abergele Road, Colwyn Bay, North Wales LL29 7SA 10:00

09 March
Wilkinsons Cameras
St Georges Shopping Centre, 27 Friargate, Preston, Lancashire PR1 2NQ 18:00

10 March
Park Cameras
York Road, Victoria Business Park, Burgess Hill, West Sussex RH15 9TT 10:30
Peter Rogers
39 Mill Street, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST16 2AJ 16:00
Carmarthen Cameras
1 Parcmaen Street, Carmarthen, SA31 3DP 18:00

11 March
Seymour Harrison
25 Guildhall Street, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1EB 10:30
London Camera Exchange
53 The Horsefair, Bristol, BS1 3JP 10:30

12 March
Camera Solutions
18 Frodsham Street, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 3JL 13:00

14 March
London Camera Exchange
17 Sadler Gate, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 3NH 14:00

15 March
Great Western Cameras
4-5 Market Street, Swindon, SN1 1RZ 18:00
Jessops
107 Market Street, Manchester, M1 1NN 18:00

16 March
Jessops
Unit 3, 55 Temple Row, Birmingham, B2 5LS 18:00

17 March
Jessops
129-131 Oxford Street, London, W1D 2HU 18:00
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Had a play with one in March. It is a lovely body but I couldn't justify the cost of a part exchange for this and a couple of the new full frame lenses so the K3 II stays.
 
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