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Pentax poised to reveal high-end, compact K-01 camera (Albuquerque Journal)

The Pentax K-01

(Credit: PR Web/B&H Photo)

Pentax fans will be delighted to know that they won't have to make do with the
ill-starred Pentax Q when it comes to higher-end compact cameras.

Thanks to a gun-jumping announcement by camera retail powerhouse B&H Photo
Video, details on the rumored Pentax's K-01 have now emerged. The camera uses
the relatively large APS-C-sized sensor and corresponding K mount lenses from
Pentax's SLR line, but omits the bulk-inducing flip-up reflex mirror used for
SLRs' optical viewfinders.

In short, Pentax seems to have made more of a mini-SLR than a mega-compact,
compensating for the runty Pentax Q sensor with a large, premium-sensor
design. (Though of course it's not nearly as vast and expensive as the sensor
in the medium-format Pentax 645D camera.) The K-01 approach means that Pentax
shooters can keep their lenses--a contrast to how Sony came up with its new E
mount for its NEX line of compact interchangeable-lens cameras with APS-C
sensors.

Pentax's new 40mm f2.8 pancake lens

(Credit: PR Web/B&H Photo)

Pentax's choice also means that th... [Read more]

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