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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
12-16-2018, 03:46 PM
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I wish! It’s Monday and I’m commuting on a very busy train to work.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
12-16-2018, 03:15 PM
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See this account. It’s one of the attendees.
?????? (@k_rspkyoto) on Twitter
It is of course possible that I’ve misunderstood some of this. But it looks like that’s what he’s saying.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
12-16-2018, 08:09 AM
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There has been some interesting talk on Twitter this weekend about upcoming Ricoh/Pentax products.
I should explain the context first. The Osaka camera store Yaotomi hosted an evening with Mr. Wakashiro (name edited after correction on another site), of the Ricoh Imaging Product Planning Dept. and some of their loyal customers. The Tweets are exchanged between Yaotomi and the people who attended. There are clearly a lot of things they heard that they are not at liberty to mention, but still there is some interesting information.
Upcoming products
- The first thing to come will be a lens or lenses (not clear if referring to one or multiple)
- K-3 Evolved camera is under heavy development (they have used this "evolved" phrasing before - it's clear they don't want it to be seen as a mere K-3 III)
- Two other products that were discussed specifically, but cannot be mentioned. I assume these are not things on the roadmap, and it’s just my speculation but I think they are cameras
- He loves the idea of an LX Digital, but I don’t see any indication that it is actually coming
- When asked whether anything would come out for the centenary, he hinted at something silver (just a k-1 II limited edition?)
DA* 11-18
- The rep brought a prototype of the DA* 11-18. It looks basically complete.
- It has an indentation for attaching a “lens heater for shooting stars”.
- It doesn’t seem to be confirmed that the heater will be released.
Other
- He also brought along one of the original, never-produced K-1s. You can see it in the photos.
- When they develop cameras, they don’t ask themselves “What will sell?”, they ask “Will it be interesting to use?”
- They sold loads of Qs in Japan, but overseas was a different story (not such a surprise)
- The GXR A12 was selling well right up until the end (this is interesting to me)
Overall, it sounds like there is lots to look forward to next year.
Here is the Twitter page for Yaotomi Camera (in Japanese, of course): ??????? (@yaotomicamera) on Twitter |
