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Sunday, April 01, 2012

Pentax K-3 Full Frame? April 1st Fooling News?

https://www.pentaxforums.com/news/pentax-k-3-announced.html

* Sensor: 24.0 Megapixel CMOS (36x24mm)
* ISO Range: 100-25,600 (50-102,400 expanded)
* Autofocus: 29-point SAFOX X w/light wavelength sensor
* Shutter: stepless, 30s-1/8000s rated for 200,000 actuations
* Framerate: 6FPS at maximum resolution
* Video: 1080p/720p recording at 60/30/25/24 FPS, VGA recording at 120/30FPS
* Image processor: Dual PRIME M
* Media: Single SDXC/SDHC/SD card
* Body Color: Graphite black

It is also rumourised that "Together with this camera, which will likely not start shipping until this fall, Pentax will also be re-releasing many of their FA-series full-frame lenses as D-FA lenses."

Seems not to bad if all these are true and I would possibly withhold my 5D3 purchase plan if it really happens. The 5D3 and Canon lenses are just too large to my like, frankly, hope the K-3 should not be anything as large and heavy as the Canikon FF gaints like the 5D3 and D800! And, if I am satisfied with the K-3, I think I shall sell all my Canon glass (which surely worth more than a brand new current FF body!) and completely come back to the Pentaxland! :-D

N.B. It says it is "announced" but I could not find elsewhere on the Net had this "announcement", neither at DPR nor Pentax own official sites. So, just treat this as grains of salts or even hoax, as on April the 1st we should trust nothing! :-o

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VladimirYo's avatar

VladimirYo · 675 weeks ago

Rice please I hope you skip down this predictable joke )))
Let's it work as visualization =)
It's indeed an April's Fool Joke.
Pentax who ?
The fact that you fell for this is funnier than the joke itself!
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justmy2cents · 675 weeks ago

A new format then: Fool Frame :-)
Font for the 3 is all wrong
UHS-1 support not listed - no way the K-01 has it and not a FF
I call shenanigans
1 reply · active 675 weeks ago
The camera image surely is not real, but the "leaked" information could be.
Obviously an April Fool's Joke, I just want to take the moment to say any rumored Pentax device that does not use the new-old "K" that the new K-01 and the old KM sports is just a creation of some fool around the web. Clearly, Pentax is likely to embrace some old styling cues.
Actually it sounds plausable. Could it be an ultra April fools joke that fools people into thinking something is a joke that is in fact real? :)
3 replies · active 675 weeks ago
That's what I think actually. PF, being a semi-official Pentax site, shouldn't be too stupid to make such a joke or even hoax, unless it is somehow true.
Well they said that they were fortunate to get a peek at it right? We will see, but it matches with previous rumblings regarding the sensor etc. I agree too that Pentax is using them as a semi-official site, so it would be pretty stupid to pull off a lame FF hoax.
Michael A.'s avatar

Michael A. · 675 weeks ago

It could be a clever gauging for Pentax if they should get in FF or not... It's just too specific and the Sony 24MP FF exists... If they can cram it in K-5 class body, it would be a helluva device (for $2500 or so).. :o)
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Pentax Revenge · 675 weeks ago

About as likely as meeting Elvis in your local corner shop!
Wakey wakey folks it's that special day. Ricoh couldn't even lace their own boots let alone give the green light for a full frame camera
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Michael A. · 675 weeks ago

Even as a mean joke, it can serve Pentax as an inspiration and interest gage. Look at the buzz it created...
I want to think that this is some kind of opinion poll disguised as a April fool's prank.
"Update: If you're gotten this far, we hope you also realize that today is April 1st. With that said, we hope to have the pleasure of making this announcement for real at some point in the near future!"
1 reply · active 675 weeks ago
For the wording they have used that makes me believe more that this "joke" is actually real!
it's a really sad hoax..
adam is not letting on to something judging by his comments....there's something big coming I think.....just look at the price restructuring....they are gearing up....

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