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Thursday, February 05, 2015

Pentax Forums Discloses Image of the Upcoming Pentax 135 FF Prototype

Maybe with the consent of Ricoh, the PF has done this:

http://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/pentax-news/pentax-full-frame-officially-coming-cpplus-2015.html

Do note that the PENTAX logo is a sticker, though. :o :(

So, after waiting for more than ten years, the Pentax 135 K-mount should come this fall, finally.

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fullframe_finally · 528 weeks ago

A long wait indeed. At dpreview, one guy said "by autumn". Wow! Thank yous are in order if this materializes. And thank you for ignoring the wrong decision to go mirrorless or continue with APS-C/MF only!

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John · 528 weeks ago

The wait is not over. I have to wait for the specs. I have to wait until the end of the year for it to be released. Then I have to wait to see what kind of bugs it's going to have. Then I have to wait for the bugs to be worked out. Then I have to wait for the price to go down while I'm waiting for more lenses to be released.

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Kuntul · 528 weeks ago

And you must buy this cam, Rice.

Don't complain with price, bad review or any bad things about this camera. You have to or you must buy this cam. Why? Ask yourself hahahahaha

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Guest · 528 weeks ago

Finally!

Remember the Pentax Fanboys poo-pooing FF all those years ago when Pentax should have released an FF camera? Those people did huge damage to Pentax by encouraging complacency and also a massive disservice to Ricey by driving him of the main photo boards. Now after many years of patience Pentax have finally seen the light and are tuning the corner by proposing this new body and a couple of super longer lenses to go with it.

Happy days!

Pentax - listen to your critics in future and not to your 'fans'.

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Sony camera do mondo · 528 weeks ago

Don't count your chickens before they hatch. By the time this camera comes out, you can get a used Sony A7 for about $700 and it was $1045(new) black Friday in the US. When the Pentax FF does come out (if ever), it will be around $1800 or more! It's all about performance/price ratio. bang for the buck! Oh ! forget about ergonomics, this thing might as well be the size of a D800 and that 70-200mm lens.. right on Pentax.. small camera and a bag full of primes! And the old time Pentaxians will say, I get one when it's below $1k. I smell a dud for inception!

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Bukaj · 528 weeks ago

You can finally shut thid blog down:-D

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Dan Johnson · 528 weeks ago

I'll pre-order one if it's got great Dynamic Range ( like the Sony A7S, but for stills not as a video camera) so I can do HDR and/or Panoramics without the Digital color noise of others instead of loosing more review (being Penny Wise & Pound Foolish) by waiting for it to sell for 1/2 price.

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Jonathan · 528 weeks ago

RiceHigh,

I had to come to your blog to see what you had to say about this and I'm disappointed to see you've said so little (because even though you criticise Pentax I actually think what you say most of the time makes a lot of sense and is done because of your frustration with a brand you clearly love and care about). So in a way I think you should feel triumphant tonight, you were right all along and Pentax have finally done it!! I think it's hugely exciting news, especially with the launch of six new full frame lenses this year too to build the system before the camera arrives.

I for one am in and the issue of buying on day one versus further down the line has nothing to do with bugs for me (because Pentax have concistently shown that they have the design and engineering expertise to launch cameras that work out of the box on day 1) unlike Nikon for example who have messed up all of their recent product launches. My limitation relates more to finance but I'm definitely going to be buying this either day 1 or when the price falls a little.

Traditionally Pentax price their bodies very competitively and their lenses less so just like Gillette do with razor blades. They could really make some inroads with this if they launch below the Nikon D750 price (which is already well below the Canon EOS 5D Mk3). I think many of us ended up with pentax precisely for this reason, I actually wanted a Nikon (FM2 I think) when I was 12 but couldn't afford one and the Pentax ME Super offered more for the money. That started my thirty year journey with Pentax and I'm one of millions who've grown up with the brand. There are Nikon D750 owners over on the other sites saying they're ditching their Nikon systems to buy this and use the old Pentax lenses they still have plus there will be thousands of aspiring amateurs and pro's looking to move to full frame every year who will look at this, then look at the Canon and Nikon equivalents and say: It feels better made, more compact, more features and it's cheaper so I will buy the Pentax...

Jonathan

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Frank · 528 weeks ago

The shape of the camera reminds me of the old pentax 67 - the shape of the prism hood and one side seems to be a bit higher than the grip side...like the 'retro' design - does not look like a toy. does not look like mirrorless -
i think it will be with a 24mpix sensor that can be found in the d750 - similar to k5 and nikon d7000. but pentax will have some unique features.

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Frank · 528 weeks ago

I don't know if this is a realiable source... some more specs in here:
2000€ 36Mpix http://www.pentax-full-frame.com/ficha-especifica...

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Frank · 528 weeks ago

In my opinion the product photo shows a real early kind of prototpye - maybe only a design prototype without function. the structure of the plastic seems to be prototype plastic without graining. look at the lugs for the strap, they are made out of plasitc - so this seems to be only a design verification prototype without function. but looks nixe anyway

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Mike · 528 weeks ago

Please, please make the following full frame AF lenses:

14-24mm f/2.8
24-70mm f/2.8
70-200mm f/2.8
24mm f/2.8 tilt shift (better than Samyang's)
50mm f/1.2
85mm f/1.4
135mm f/2

Sigma 35/1.4 Art already in K-mount
I already have the 31/43/77 Limited's, K-50/1.2, 100/2.8 Macro WR.

I have the Sony A7r and it's a ghastly camera to use. Going to sell along with grip and FE55 now.

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Mike · 528 weeks ago

Also, don't make it a cheap thing, just don't bother. Just get it spot on and I'll happily cough up what Pentax want for it. £3000 body only. No bother.

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full frame pricing · 528 weeks ago

The 24-70f2.8 SHOULD be the next lens. I'd like to see the 20-35f4 re-released too. Throw in the fisheye zoom too.

You'll pay 3000 pounds? Isn't that $5000-6000. Are you kidding? That's 645 level. It would price them right out. $2500 should be the max. I'm hoping for $1900.00 myself.

I'm not getting carried away. I'm going to wait before buying the lenses.

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Mike · 528 weeks ago

I reckon the big surprise is that this camera will actually be unveiled at CP+ and be on sale a week later. Why market the full frame zooms now and not issue the camera around the same time?

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pentaxfan · 528 weeks ago

That'd be cool! I wonder the same thing.

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Mike · 528 weeks ago

In the last six months I have been in contact with Deo-Tech, encouraging them to make a PK>E-mount autofocus adapter, like the Eagle for Contax and Falcon for Canon. They say they don't have the load map for it, whatever that means.
http://www.deo-tech.com/products/product-01/

If the Sony A7rII or A9 removes the dreadful bugs and design flaws of the A7r, this will be the killer. This, with an effective Pentax-K mount AF adapter from the likes of Deo-Tech or even Sony themselves would likely kill off Pentax . . . which I shall reiterate, would be a real shame, because I'd sooner shoot with K-5 styled Pentax than anything else. But if Pentax can't deliver what the market wants, then the market will respond accordingly.

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Padmakar Srivastava · 507 weeks ago

I have been waiting for this for the last decade, but I will not buy it immediately, I will wait for at least three months. I bought my Pentax LX 6 months after it was introduced. By that time Pentax added an extra exposure meter turn on button on the left hand side. The reason was that initially, the shutter release button on the right hand side also acted as exposure meter turn on button, but one has to depress it only half. Most people could not do it and in order to turn on the exposure meter, they will also trip the shutter, wasting one frame.

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