Pentax K5

Veyr detailed, very long but also very korean Review at SLRclub. Why “korean”? Because they are used to post articles as jpeg images! So google translation won’t work. There is also a new review at Colorfoto.de. That time with google translation! Full test charts are available for download at Magnus.de.

Pentax 645D

Image test at Focus Numerique. A few image samples have been posted by reality Scanner on Flickr.

Pentax K-r

Pentax K-r Review at Digitalcamerareview.

Let’s start the Pentax news roundup with the tons of new K-5 news
Canon cameras vs Pentax K5 at Guillermoluijk (via RiceHigh). At low ISO the K-5 has a higher dynamic range than the Canon 5D MarkII. Falk Lumo tested the K-5 shutter. Pentax K-5 review at Photoradar and Techradar. “Asian” K-5 reviews at ZOL.cn and Ganref. And finally a “french” Pentax K-5 review at Lemondedelaphoto.

Dpreview and Imaging Resource posted a few Pentax 645D image samples.

Pentax K-r receives a rainbow paintjob, 35mm prime lens for limited edition kit (Engadget)

After Zeiss also Voigtländer-Cosina announced that they will not make K-mount lenses anymore. That’s bad news! I liked the lenses a lot because of the very compact size and good build-quality. Here is the list of Lenses that will soon run out of Stock (with link to Amazon):
- Voigtlander Nokton 58mm f/1.4 SL-II
- Voigtlander Color Skopar 20mm f/3.5 SL-II
- Voigtlander Ultron 40mm f/2 SL-II

Via Photoscala

Pentax K-5 review at Pentaxforums and Photographyblog.

Pentax K-r image samples by Ned Bunnell.

K-5 Default NR (Auto) Destroys All Red Details! (RiceHigh)

Pentax 645D tested: The New Contender (British Journal of Photography)

Pentax K-r review at Techradar

Today Pentax posted the new firmware upgrade for the [shoplink 1725]Pentax K-5[/shoplink]. Click here to visit the download page: http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-5_s.html

Changes to V1.01

• Increases the number of continuous shot at RAW format and High sensitivity shooting.* Ex. Setting condition: RAW/ISO100, Increases the number of continuous shot from maximum approx. 8 frames to approx. 20 frames.
• Improved stability for general performance such as exposure range on HyP mode

One more news, RiceHigh found that Pentax will add a tethering option to their application software (for the Pentax 645D).

Via Pentax Japan

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