New K-series DSLR under development to be exhibited

Tighelander · 09-19-2019, 11:17 PM

I thought that might be an explanation for how there's a small door, yet room for two cards.

Sandy Hancock · 09-19-2019, 11:20 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Serkevan

Wait wait wait, the third dial isn't a third dial but the video/LV selector?.

Don't foget the joystick adds an extra level of control. It only has to move AF points while you're shooting 😉

**Serkevan** · 09-19-2019, 11:24 PM

Yeah, you might be able to change what the third wheel does with the joystick or, worst case scenario, in menus. I know I would leave it in either ISO (for M mode) or +-EV for all the Priority modes, so it wouldn't be a huge hassle for me.

Mistral75 · 09-19-2019, 11:43 PM - **3 Likes**

Kimio Tanaka posted four details on Tweeter and pointed out that the GUI could have been 'substantially modified'.

Source: Twitter

Not a Number · 09-19-2019, 11:44 PM - **1 Like**

There appears to be a rocker switch/button on the top deck between the shutter button and corner dial.

repaap · 09-19-2019, 11:47 PM - **1 Like**

Really good news! Happy to have that doom and gloom over. There is going to be lot of new things coming! Happy about photo/lv/video switch. Does this meen that whee next to it will change modes in those. Like it does now with. K-1. These new things will be inherited to next K-1. Perhaps hybrid VF ?

So much looking forward for the specs!

---------- Post added 09-20-19 at 08:49 ----------

Ah. There is a button for unnamed top wheel. S.Fn! So you press that and perhaps on top display you’ll get SR/grid/...

Karen the Star · 09-19-2019, 11:49 PM - **28 Likes**

I’m so lucky for living in Japan and have applied for this 100 years anniversary meeting, I will take some shots and bring more information about this prototype for this forum. ･:*+.\(( °ω° ))/.:+

**beachgardener** · 09-20-2019, 12:05 AM - **1 Like**

fixed or articulated rear lcd suits me, not flip up.

Fogel70 · 09-20-2019, 12:11 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by repaap

Ah. There is a button for unnamed top wheel. S.Fn! So you press that and perhaps on top display you’ll get SR/grid/...

That could be made really flexible. Perhaps you can customize which functions to contol with the top wheel, and they could be different for OVF/LV/Video.

It could make it an improvement over a dial with fixed options like on K1.

house · 09-20-2019, 12:20 AM - **2 Likes**

Lens mount light under the P in Pentax? See Tanaka's detail with shutter button. A hole of some sort anyway.

**Serkevan** · 09-20-2019, 12:24 AM

Originally posted by Not a Number

There appears to be a rocker switch/button on the top deck between the shutter button and corner dial.

Looks like it could be a second joystick.

repaap · 09-20-2019, 12:25 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Fogel70

That could be made really flexible. Perhaps you can customize which functions to contol with the top wheel, and they could be different for OVF/LV/Video.

It could make it an improvement over a dial with fixed options like on K1.

I rately use that wheen for more than SR/crop/bracketting. So maybe wheel for that lv/P/V wheel and with s.Fn it will be something else too. Handy.

Joystic sounds like good idea. Also people sound happy with their GR so perhaps there is functions from that screen at here.

**microlight** · 09-20-2019, 12:26 AM

Excellent! Looks very much like a continuation of the K-7/K-5/K-3 line but with KP bells and whistles (and hopefully accelerators). And we K-3II-ers are already used to no pop-up flash!

It’ll be fascinating to ultimately see how the control interface works; there’s what looks like a GPS lamp but with no obvious switch - but there’s a button with a padlock on it! Intriguing. It surely will have two card slots, it’s just not yet clear how you switch between them.

On the first picture (the only one that shows the front non-grip side of the camera), it seems to me that there’s probably already a model designation on it, which has been covered by a piece of black tape - what do you think?

repaap · 09-20-2019, 12:26 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Serkevan

Looks like it could be a second joystick.

No it is ’just’ a button.

**Serkevan** · 09-20-2019, 12:27 AM

Originally posted by house

Lens mount light under the P in Pentax? See Tanaka's detail with shutter button. A hole of some sort anyway.

Sounds like it, it looks like the K-1 one (and there's no reason for it not to be included)

---------- Post added 09-20-19 at 12:28 AM ----------

Originally posted by repaap

No it is ’just’ a button.

Looks substantially different, however... it's larger and has a different shape. All the other buttons are basically identical.

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09-19-2019, 11:17 PM	#76
Tighelander Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: San Diego Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 228	I thought that might be an explanation for how there's a small door, yet room for two cards.

09-19-2019, 11:20 PM - 1 Like	#77
Sandy Hancock Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Adelaide Hills, South Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,272	Originally posted by Serkevan Wait wait wait, the third dial isn't a third dial but the video/LV selector?. Don't foget the joystick adds an extra level of control. It only has to move AF points while you're shooting 😉

09-19-2019, 11:24 PM	#78
Serkevan Site Supporter Join Date: May 2019 Photos: Albums Posts: 5,976	Yeah, you might be able to change what the third wheel does with the joystick or, worst case scenario, in menus. I know I would leave it in either ISO (for M mode) or +-EV for all the Priority modes, so it wouldn't be a huge hassle for me.

09-19-2019, 11:43 PM - 3 Likes	#79
Mistral75 Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Paris, France Posts: 7,527	Kimio Tanaka posted four details on Tweeter and pointed out that the GUI could have been 'substantially modified'. Source: Twitter

09-19-2019, 11:44 PM - 1 Like	#80
Not a Number Moderator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Venice, CA Posts: 10,526	There appears to be a rocker switch/button on the top deck between the shutter button and corner dial.

09-19-2019, 11:47 PM - 1 Like	#81
repaap Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2010 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,242	Really good news! Happy to have that doom and gloom over. There is going to be lot of new things coming! Happy about photo/lv/video switch. Does this meen that whee next to it will change modes in those. Like it does now with. K-1. These new things will be inherited to next K-1. Perhaps hybrid VF ? So much looking forward for the specs! ---------- Post added 09-20-19 at 08:49 ---------- Ah. There is a button for unnamed top wheel. S.Fn! So you press that and perhaps on top display you’ll get SR/grid/...

09-19-2019, 11:49 PM - 28 Likes	#82
Karen the Star Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Sapporo, Hokkaido Posts: 150	I’m so lucky for living in Japan and have applied for this 100 years anniversary meeting, I will take some shots and bring more information about this prototype for this forum. ･:*+.\(( °ω° ))/.:+

09-20-2019, 12:05 AM - 1 Like	#83
beachgardener Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,842	fixed or articulated rear lcd suits me, not flip up.

09-20-2019, 12:11 AM - 1 Like	#84
Fogel70 Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Photos: Albums Posts: 3,062	Originally posted by repaap Ah. There is a button for unnamed top wheel. S.Fn! So you press that and perhaps on top display you’ll get SR/grid/... That could be made really flexible. Perhaps you can customize which functions to contol with the top wheel, and they could be different for OVF/LV/Video. It could make it an improvement over a dial with fixed options like on K1.

09-20-2019, 12:20 AM - 2 Likes	#85
house Pentaxian Join Date: May 2015 Photos: Albums Posts: 3,306	Lens mount light under the P in Pentax? See Tanaka's detail with shutter button. A hole of some sort anyway.

09-20-2019, 12:24 AM	#86
Serkevan Site Supporter Join Date: May 2019 Photos: Albums Posts: 5,976	Originally posted by Not a Number There appears to be a rocker switch/button on the top deck between the shutter button and corner dial. Looks like it could be a second joystick.

09-20-2019, 12:25 AM - 1 Like	#87
repaap Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2010 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,242	Originally posted by Fogel70 That could be made really flexible. Perhaps you can customize which functions to contol with the top wheel, and they could be different for OVF/LV/Video. It could make it an improvement over a dial with fixed options like on K1. I rately use that wheen for more than SR/crop/bracketting. So maybe wheel for that lv/P/V wheel and with s.Fn it will be something else too. Handy. Joystic sounds like good idea. Also people sound happy with their GR so perhaps there is functions from that screen at here.

09-20-2019, 12:26 AM	#88
microlight Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,129	Excellent! Looks very much like a continuation of the K-7/K-5/K-3 line but with KP bells and whistles (and hopefully accelerators). And we K-3II-ers are already used to no pop-up flash! It’ll be fascinating to ultimately see how the control interface works; there’s what looks like a GPS lamp but with no obvious switch - but there’s a button with a padlock on it! Intriguing. It surely will have two card slots, it’s just not yet clear how you switch between them. On the first picture (the only one that shows the front non-grip side of the camera), it seems to me that there’s probably already a model designation on it, which has been covered by a piece of black tape - what do you think?

09-20-2019, 12:26 AM - 1 Like	#89
repaap Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2010 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,242	Originally posted by Serkevan Looks like it could be a second joystick. No it is ’just’ a button.

09-20-2019, 12:27 AM	#90
Serkevan Site Supporter Join Date: May 2019 Photos: Albums Posts: 5,976	Originally posted by house Lens mount light under the P in Pentax? See Tanaka's detail with shutter button. A hole of some sort anyway. Sounds like it, it looks like the K-1 one (and there's no reason for it not to be included) ---------- Post added 09-20-19 at 12:28 AM ---------- Originally posted by repaap No it is ’just’ a button. Looks substantially different, however... it's larger and has a different shape. All the other buttons are basically identical.