Pentax is not dead, as Ricoh announced development of new flagship APS-C DSLR
Sep 21, 2019
John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
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So, we don’t know what it’s called, but it will be a Pentax K mount DSLR, it will have an APS-C sized sensor and it will be released at some point in 2020. That’s pretty much all that Pentax has announced so far, other than the picture above. It doesn’t even have a name.
Perhaps some more info will appear in the coming days, though, as Ricoh say that it will be shown off at the “Pentax Meeting 100th Anniversary Special” event, scheduled to be held in Japan from September 21st.
Despite the fact that the camera’s going to be on show for the next few days, this is still just a development announcement. And despite the fact that no specs have been released, they are subject to change.
A lot of Pentax shooters have been wondering what’s been up with Ricoh. They’ve been waiting for new camera announcements for a long time and heard nothing but crickets. And with Sigma completely dumping their line of Pentax K mount lenses, it seemed like all hope was lost. But it looks like Ricoh hasn’t abandoned Pentax, after all.
So, Pentax shooters, what do you want to see in a new APS-C flagship body?
John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
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8 responses to “Pentax is not dead, as Ricoh announced development of new flagship APS-C DSLR”
Yeah boy that will really show up the competition.
Lol
Inbody is and great video capabilities with afc in video.
They are already really good at everything else. They need more lenses now…
No sigma lens = not doing well…
good joke!
Look at that absolute unit
a proof they are not yet die but …. wait, the back screen doesn’t look like a flip-screen even! Fan will buy anyway but it won’t make a splash in the market and if they don’t sale enough unit, it will be harder for Ricoh to justify keeping the brand.
Pentax has been traditionally great with features… good optics, gps, IBIS and the like. Given their price point they have offered superb value too. But this announcement is pretty vague and comes across as an afterthought. They had better flesh it out or even Pentaxians will be disillusioned.
I really admire how robust Pentax bodies are, hope they can incorporate this if they finally decide to jump to Mirrorless.