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Tuesday, November 08, 2011

K-r to be Discontinued Very Soon?

See this Japanese user's report:-

http://bbs.kakaku.com/bbs/K0000150297/SortID=13734206/

(in Japanese, English here (machine-translated))

It is reported that the user/OP called the local Pentax Japan customer service hotline, it was informed that all the standard colour K-r and kits (black, white and pink colours) have been discontinued but only custom colour orders are accepted for both the body and lens(es). He was further annoyed with the vague reply and statement that those custom orders could "still be accepted" in the meantime, which in his opinion is rather unclear and confusing!

It seems that there are something in chaos within Pentax/Ricoh (internally) for the time being, as it is very clear that K-r replacement is by no means come near nor there is any rumour/news for that (but only for the K-5, sort of). So, without any new K-r replacement, how could and should Pentax Japan told their customers that the K-r and kits are no long available? And, the strangest thing is even that unavailability only applies to standard (coloured) items, but not non-standard ones!? >:-o

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Hope there will be no APS-C DSRLs anymore.
Pentax, gives us the FF on K-mount and then switch to mirrorless. It would be the best.
2 replies · active 696 weeks ago
Your hope is impossible. The K-r replacement, if any, will be an APS-C for sure!
i think that he meant that the k-r replacement should be aps-c but not traditional dslr, personally I do not know if it would be a good idea, many beginners that approach to photography just want a dslr because there is still the mentality that dslr also the entry-level one are better
In Spring, there will be a weather sealed K-r² ... maybe in the Body of the K200D... this was told me by a Pentax employee. The K-5 replacement will be presented at the upcoming Photokina.
I hope the k-r replacement will address the issues I am facing currently. Need to have full hd video in h264 codec. Support vertical battery grip. No need to increase megapixels but improve the noise. Less mirror flapping noise.
2 replies · active 696 weeks ago
The most annoying issue of the K-r must be the tungsten light front focusing problem IMHO.
yeah. For sure...Pentax needs some bodys on the market, which don't suffer from technical problems like dirty sensors or FF problems in tungsten light. Some less expensive prime lenses would also perfectly fit into the lineup....i dream of a DAL 50/2.0 (or 1.7) based on the old FA50 /1.7

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