See: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036&message=40033351
Do note that the OP, Mr. Peter Fang, does have some some kind of closer contact with a dealer whom is yet close to the official insider source of the Pentax China. So, whilst this rumour seems to be somehow "unbelievable", I do regard the reliability and "trustability" of it should be higher than what an average Joe imagined oneself and then told us! A successful previous example is that Peter was the first Pentaxian who did and published a K-7 hands-on report one day before the official product announcement of the K-7 (which was on May 20, 2009), immediately after the unofficial product announcement by me at my this Blog here! ;-D
So, with the discontinuation of K-r and possibly also of the K-5 very soon, let's open our eyes to watch out what "big" stuff Ricoh will give us hungry and eager Pentaxians! :-o
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Latest Pentax Rumour: New 24MP Full Frame DSLR and APS-C ILDC are Coming!
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Peter Fang · 688 weeks ago
Thanks for recounting my K-7 hands-on preview story. Most people do not know that I had done the hands-on more than one month before the announcement and had prepared the hands-on images at the same time. Out of respect to my source I did not publish anything until one day before the official announcement and it turned out that even this timing had caused some trouble to my source at the time.
You mentioned my relations to a certain dealer. While I have heard information from them before, this time my information came from another source whose past track record has been quite consistent regarding upcoming Pentax products. I actually know several people that work at Pentax China but I don't try to dig information from them and then publish stuff that would likely cause them their jobs. I have many other sources and I only chose to publish information when I feel the credibility level is high enough AND that publishing it will not affect my source in the negative way.
PF
Peter Fang · 688 weeks ago
Thanks for the trust. As for the time of the new DSLR it's still up in the air, I was just told next year. If Pentax does use Sony's 24MP full-frame sensor, I'd imagine Pentax to release its product after Sony and perhaps even after Nikon. My own guess is that Sony's A99 and Nikon's D800 will likely use the same sensor. Although there are rumors about a 36MP D800, I personally think it's more likely to be a 36MP D4X, a successor to the 24MP D3X. Using a 36MP sensor in the D800 would make its price prohibitively high. A sensible pricing for a 24MP full-frame DSLR can be $2000 - $2500 and my own guess is that the Pentax model will be priced within this bracket.
PF
Warpig · 688 weeks ago
Nik M · 688 weeks ago
Alexander Evensen · 688 weeks ago
Just give me manual video controls damn it!
Toomas Kadarpik · 688 weeks ago
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Otto · 688 weeks ago
So, I agree it is best not to hold your breath. This is an expensive FF camera that probably sell in limited numbers mainly to old Pentaxians who own many old lenses and who are happy to wait for new digital FF lenses to be released, and who still have faith in the Pentax brand. Rich needs to think whether this can attract enough new buyers in the next years to spend this kind of money on a new Pentax FF system and whether it is worthwhile to continue to fund and develop this system until it can finally sell in sufficient volume to become profitable.