What do you think is the most exciting product of Pentax this year?

rustynail925 · 10-02-2010, 09:14 AM

What do you think is the most exciting product of Pentax announce this year?

Zav · 10-02-2010, 09:34 AM

The choices offered make me think the Pentax products are not really exciting this year...

PePe · 10-02-2010, 10:09 AM

I am disappointed with the lenses, but impressed with the bodies !

jimr-pdx · 10-02-2010, 10:19 AM

It's not for me, but as a market-changer the 645D is my choice for biggest news. The 35FF players are now squeezed from the top as well as the bottom, and the MF players are scrambling too. Getting the 645D right is more important to Pentax than 35FF in the next year or more, to my mind, as their reputation there is still solid.

**dadipentak** · 10-02-2010, 11:16 AM

Originally posted by jimr-pdx

It's not for me, but as a market-changer the 645D is my choice for biggest news.

Agree. I'm really looking forward to getting a K-5, though.

sjwaldron · 10-02-2010, 11:49 AM

Had to vote for the 645D even though I can't afford one.

Kunzite · 10-02-2010, 12:42 PM

I voted for the 645D, but the K-5 is the one I'll buy.

benjikan · 10-02-2010, 02:45 PM

Originally posted by Kunzite

I voted for the 645D, but the K-5 is the one I'll buy.

I agree wholeheartedly. If Pentax wants to offer me a 645D, I may consider using it...

Col · 10-02-2010, 02:57 PM

The little multicoloured charmer really punched above its weight this year.

**Buffy** · 10-02-2010, 03:50 PM

While K5 will no doubt have greater sales, the 645D is more significant (IMO) in that it makes Pentax a major player again with pros--and that, I think, is exciting.

m8o · 10-05-2010, 09:12 PM

Originally posted by PePe

I am disappointed with the lenses, but impressed with the bodies !

If Hoyantax can get into the habit of doing that for us on even years, and swap to impress us with the lenses on odd years, we'd really have something there.

sterretje · 10-05-2010, 10:37 PM

Voted 645D as being the most exciting.

Like others, the K5 however is on the list (to 'replace' my K10D).

**wizofoz** · 10-05-2010, 10:44 PM

How come there is no voting category for the tartan face plates?

deadwolfbones · 10-05-2010, 11:20 PM

Originally posted by Kunzite

I voted for the 645D, but the K-5 is the one I'll buy.

Yes indeed.

janneman · 10-05-2010, 11:58 PM

The one lens truly missing in the line up was a sealed more or less all-round zoomlens. Most exctinig thing abut it, I have been sayng this since the K10D was introduced, so I guess Penatx finally listened to me....

View Poll Results: What do you think is the most exciting product of Pentax on 2010?
K5	123	48.05%
Kr	4	1.56%
DA 18-135 WR	11	4.30%
DAL 35 f2.4	13	5.08%
645D	105	41.02%
Voters: 256. You may not vote on this poll

10-02-2010, 09:14 AM	#1
rustynail925 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Philippines Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,551	What do you think is the most exciting product of Pentax this year? What do you think is the most exciting product of Pentax announce this year?

10-02-2010, 10:09 AM	#3
PePe Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Helsinki, Finland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 597	I am disappointed with the lenses, but impressed with the bodies ! Last edited by PePe; 10-02-2010 at 11:05 AM.

10-02-2010, 02:57 PM	#9
Col Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Stansted Essex Photos: Gallery Posts: 614	Still got to be the K-x The little multicoloured charmer really punched above its weight this year.

10-02-2010, 03:50 PM	#10
Buffy Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Greater Boston area, Massachusetts Posts: 389	Exciting or significant? While K5 will no doubt have greater sales, the 645D is more significant (IMO) in that it makes Pentax a major player again with pros--and that, I think, is exciting.

10-02-2010, 09:34 AM	#2
Zav Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2009 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,371	The choices offered make me think the Pentax products are not really exciting this year...

10-02-2010, 10:19 AM	#4
jimr-pdx Pentaxian Join Date: May 2010 Location: now 1 hour north of PDX Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,897	It's not for me, but as a market-changer the 645D is my choice for biggest news. The 35FF players are now squeezed from the top as well as the bottom, and the MF players are scrambling too. Getting the 645D right is more important to Pentax than 35FF in the next year or more, to my mind, as their reputation there is still solid.

10-02-2010, 11:16 AM	#5
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	Originally posted by jimr-pdx It's not for me, but as a market-changer the 645D is my choice for biggest news. Agree. I'm really looking forward to getting a K-5, though.

10-02-2010, 11:49 AM	#6
sjwaldron Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,235	Had to vote for the 645D even though I can't afford one.

10-02-2010, 12:42 PM	#7
Kunzite Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Romania Posts: 15,132	I voted for the 645D, but the K-5 is the one I'll buy.

10-02-2010, 02:45 PM	#8
benjikan Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Paris, France Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,308	Originally posted by Kunzite I voted for the 645D, but the K-5 is the one I'll buy. I agree wholeheartedly. If Pentax wants to offer me a 645D, I may consider using it...

10-05-2010, 09:12 PM	#11
m8o Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: 40°-55'-44" N / 73°-24'-07" W [on LI] Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,092	Originally posted by PePe I am disappointed with the lenses, but impressed with the bodies ! If Hoyantax can get into the habit of doing that for us on even years, and swap to impress us with the lenses on odd years, we'd really have something there.

10-05-2010, 10:37 PM	#12
sterretje Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Roodepoort, South Africa Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,561	Voted 645D as being the most exciting. Like others, the K5 however is on the list (to 'replace' my K10D).

10-05-2010, 10:44 PM	#13
wizofoz Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Melbourne, Outer east. Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,695	How come there is no voting category for the tartan face plates?

10-05-2010, 11:20 PM	#14
deadwolfbones Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: La Crescenta, CA Posts: 7,450	Originally posted by Kunzite I voted for the 645D, but the K-5 is the one I'll buy. Yes indeed.

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janneman Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Netherlands Photos: Gallery Posts: 908	The 18-135 The one lens truly missing in the line up was a sealed more or less all-round zoomlens. Most exctinig thing abut it, I have been sayng this since the K10D was introduced, so I guess Penatx finally listened to me....