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Thursday, January 21, 2021
The LA-KE1 is Delayed

BCN Japanese Camera Market Shares in 2020
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
3% |
2.4% |
3.1% |
4.2% |
4.8% |
6.7% |
4.5% |
5.2% |
Thursday, December 24, 2020
DC Watch's Hands-on of the K-3 III



https://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1296875.html (Google English translation here)
https://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1297078.html (Pentax' brand statement with the K-3 III, Google English translation here)
And, the below video recorded the shutter sound and demonstrates the burst modes of the K-3 III:

Thursday, December 10, 2020
Confirmed SAFOX 13 Layout (in K-3 III)
Monday, November 23, 2020
Monster Adaptor (Pentax K to Sony E) Pre-production Reviews
1. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/4ekKr7wJePbjEOcf01lWaA
(in Simplified Chinese, Google English translated page here - but there will be no picture nor video as the Weixin server has disabled hot-linking from other websites)
The video clips for the AF tests with the FA31 are dead links anyway.
2. The below YouTube video tested the Monster Adaptor with the DFA*85/1.4 lens, it seems that the new SDM motor as well as the KAF4 electromagnetic aperture are both well supported by this version of the adaptor:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz_5huMytRo)
The AF speed and response of the combo looks good.

Saturday, November 07, 2020
SAFOX 13 (in K-3 III)

Thursday, October 29, 2020
Ultimate Savior for Pentaxians who Had been Hoping for a True K-mount Mirrorless (with Eye-AF etc.)
A Chinese adaptor manufacturer has announced (Google translated English here) the world first full function K-mount to Sony E-mount adaptor, which will be made available by the end of this year 2020 (and is earlier than the launch date of the upcoming K-3 III)!
This adaptor will have screw-driving AF motor and aperture motor built-in and will support full auto functions of all K-mount lenses (possibly without any aperture block problem ;-P). The manufacturer states that the adaptor will first support A/F/FA/DA/DFA lenses which are screw-driven for the AF and will support SDM/DC/PLM AF function at a later stage via firmware upgrade.

Saturday, October 17, 2020
K-New is Delayed
See what Mr Tanaka said a few hours ago:
https://www.twitter.com/thisistanaka/status/1317335422540763136
Google translation of his post as follows:
"It seems that the next model of PENTAX, for example, will be "a little later" than my expected (expected) release date.
I wanted to get it quickly and try it, but I can't help it. Do you want to be patient and wait? As with other manufacturers, given the circumstances surrounding cameras today, we will have to struggle to make better ones."
Pentax (Ricoh) is really helpless and sad these days.
Saturday, September 05, 2020
Too Much Bullshit about the K-New by Ricoh Pentax Recently
The talks by Ricoh Pentax become more and more absurd recently. This time they argue on keeping the old body design without any flipped monitor.
This move again disappointed many Pentaxians. Live viewing and framing will become difficult on quite some occasions. Even worse, it is widely believed that the K-New does not even have any GPS module built in. And, they compared the thickness of the K-New against the K-1, which is utterly nonsense.
A Pentaxian at the Chinese Xitek quickly compared the thickness of the K-new and KP and he proved that the two cameras actually measure similarly, even the KP equips with a flipped monitor.