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Friday, August 31, 2012

Price Cuts of 645D, Q, K-01 and K-30 in US

See the official announcement that has just been issued by Pentax Imaging:-

http://www.pentaximaging.com/about/press/283

Via: Post @ Pentax Forums

The price cuts for the 645D, K-01 and the Q are quite significant.

On the other hand, I can only see similar major price cut for the 645D only at Japan, in 100,000 Japanese Yens, which is yet very close to the US1,200 rebate in the US. See:-



It seems that the 645D would be replaced very soon and Pentax is trying to clear its stock as fast as possible.
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Walt · 653 weeks ago

The Q has been $399 on Amazon for a while now. You thought I was crazy when I asked what you would think of the Q if it was $400 or less. Now that the new advanced compacts are $500 starting retail (albeit with larger sensors) I think the Q looks like a decent deal at this price point. It will be interesting to see if Pentax comes out with a new Q soon. The first one was a bit dated as they delayed release on it a while until the BSI sensor (the one you recently detailed) was released. If they could improve the camera's speed, add a port for an EVF and release another lens or two they might be on to something. It seems to be selling decently well in Japan (yeah I know, they like cute gadgets) so it does have at least one market where it is doing okay. I wish they would allow the SR to work with K mount lenses , provide an adapter that provides auto exposure too, have ffoucs peeking and greater focus magnifcation.

The 645D is due for a refresh too especially after the D800. It will be an interesting few months.
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Walt · 653 weeks ago

By the way, is this the sensor that the 645D currently uses - http://www.truesenseimaging.com/products/full-fra...
? Truesense is the relatively new company created from the Kodak sensor division. They also have a 645 full format at 50mb - http://www.truesenseimaging.com/products/full-fra.... That would put them into the true medium format sensor size. I wonder if this sensor is used by any of the other medium format brands?

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