Not much after PMA there was a 'rumour' that german Pentax fan forum users met the german Pentax guys to test the K20D and they said there will be two new Pentax cams at Photokina, one with 3 digits and one with 1 digits. So K2D (since K1D existed as a prototype) is very probable and I hope the 3 digit one is the 645D (remember PMA? There was a hint about 645D).
I believe the K2D will use the new Full Frame Samsung CMOS and hopefully not targeted to be a competitor to the Pro (Canon EOS 1D MarkIV/Nikon D3) level but the EOS 5D/D700. K1000D low budget cam? I don't really think that would be necessary. The K200D is very well placed in the budget category (it's cheap enough but with only a few compromises need to made). A few bucks cheaper cam would make no sense at all to me (like Canon EOS 1000D...) since so far Pentax seemed to me to target quality over marketing features. An "entry-level" MF camera would be a big hit and nowadays the technology is ready for a cheaper production. If Pentax could manage to sell it around a bit higher than the EOS 1Ds MarkIV (approx 10K$) then it could easily take place next to the Pro Level DSLRs of Canon and Nikon. Lens are already available for the 645 system... So let's hope :D Also at http://www.pentaximaging.com/purchase/find_a_store you can still see the product category: digital medium format. Cheers, .t > Please don't tell me you don't care, subject is clear so if you don't > want to know or discuss anything, don't read ! > > * BEGIN RUMOUR NEWS * > > In the current state of things (if that can be said for rumours), > Pentax is beleived to introduce at least one new camera around > Photokina, possibly two. > There're a no details about this/these camera(s) but it should be > fairly easy to speculate if anyone wants to. > > * if one camera -> budget camera (e.g. K1000D) or high end (K1D/K5D)... > * if two camera, seems clear it would be those two except if Pentax > feels they need to upgrade K200D or K20D but it seems doubtful to me. > > * END RUMOUR NEWS * > > One usualy good source has confirmed that at least one camera was > coming, without giving any detail (NDA as usual). > > At least two Pentax distributors have indeed confirmed to a couple > users that the 60-250 wouldn't be there before Photokina :( :( > > > That's it (much isn't it?) you can get back to your usual stuff. > > -- > Thibault Massart aka Thibouille > ---------------------- > Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... > Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB > Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
