RiceHigh's Pentax Blog: New Pentax XG-1, 52X Zoom, 1/2.3" BSI Sensor

Friday, July 18, 2014

New Pentax XG-1, 52X Zoom, 1/2.3" BSI Sensor

http://photorumors.com/2014/07/14/pentax-xg-1-camera-to-replace-the-previous-x5-model/

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werku · 557 weeks ago

I wish you all merry christmas and the best wishes for 2007

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RiceHigh 110p · 557 weeks ago

Yes, you are right that Pentax' products are still staying at age earlier than 2007 and they are far lag behind!

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tipentax · 557 weeks ago

oh my god ricoh is doomed !

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RiceHigh 110p · 557 weeks ago

The fact is Ricoh Pentax is dying than ever before. No one talks about Pentax these days - there are only very few people. Even when there are news, they are boring and not excited which are only promulgated very narrowly and slowly. Enough said.

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Mike Kawasaki · 556 weeks ago

Actually 645Z is splashing some nice waves.
Don't let the announcement of a boring consumer zoom puts your spirits down Rice. This camera above is just an OEM product Pentax did not spend a week worth of tweaking it. This Fotokina will be very, very good.

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zosX · 554 weeks ago

It will? I hear that the full frame is *still* not ready for photokina and all they have ready to show is a FF capable long zoom.

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werku · 557 weeks ago

I would say that these line of cameras is being replaced in the last years by low-end dsrl cameras, let alone the mirroless market. Ricoh may have the numbers, the planning and the knowledge of the market.... but I sincerely don't understand the reason why this camera is produced now. I suspect that they ignore that these cameras are not sexy anymore.

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Andres · 557 weeks ago

It's the new retro camera everybody's been hoping for! Seriously, why doesn't this thing say Ricoh on it? Is Pentax Ricoh's new crappy budget brand now? I give up!

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werku · 557 weeks ago

extremely unexpected move.
Sad.

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Dan Johnson · 557 weeks ago

Thanks for the heads-up Rice, it's nice to see Pentax using Back Side Ilumination, I recently bought a Nikon CoolPix L620 P&S with for $85 that fits the pocket of my safari shirts because it has a Back Side Illumination and takes the AA batteries that I use in the flashes for my K-5s. I also see the Sony DSC-RX10 with Back Side Illumination has a great lens (similar to the lens on the Pentax XG-1) but they don't fit in my pocket, I hope they both do better than my Nikon CoolPix L620 which has been discontinued within a year of it's release. More important than a multi-conglomerate's net profit is giving us what we want and that will include a new tech image sensor for DSLR cameras.

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pjalves · 557 weeks ago

This a cheap, big store model. For people who don't need/want to change lenses and for whom anything better than cameraphone quality will do.
It's a little too late for the (north hemisphere) holiday season, but nevertheless maybe it's a good sign it's being announced before Photokina as we can hope there's more important gear to be revealed there.