>> Unless Ricoh/Pentax have been maintaining abnormally good secrecy and >> threatening dire consequences to any 'leakers', it looks like it's not >> going to happen - this September anyway.
There is another possibility, that I am starting to think might have some credence. The leaks have been "hiding in plain sight" all along. In other words, the PF "April Fools" joke was an unauthorized leak by Pentax Forums, but they got away with it because they released it on April 1 and then played it off as if it were a joke. That page contains an "Update" that ends with " Despite this, we do hope to have the pleasure of making this announcement for real at some point in the near future!" http://www.pentaxforums.com/news/pentax-k-3-announced.html If you go back and look at the time line of the rumors, you'll find that Tanya's info was right around the same time that others started leaking more info about a FF K-3 (in June 2012). Part of the info at that time stated that Sony and Pentax have an agreement that gives Sony's A99 (a 24.3MP FF) 6 months lead time in the market. The A99 is supposed to be officially announced on Sept. 12 and being sold in stores by October (in time for the 2012 holiday shopping season). Such an agreement would make Pentax miss that shopping season, and would have them shipping in the Spring of 2013. (Unclear when they would be free to announce it, however.) Other rumors stated that a new grip and flash would be introduced along with a new FF kit lens that would start at 28mm. Certainly a flurry of stuff all related to a new FF camera could result in a lot of simultaneous press releases. The two things that have the "ring of truth" to them (to me) are: Sony requiring a 6 mo. lead time (and a full holiday shopping season advantage) to themselves, before letting Pentax market the same sensor. "The World's Smallest Full Frame" (the purported tagline) sounds exactly like something that would come from Pentax's lame marketing department (or whoever they hire for that stuff). The reason for no new leaks is partly because the accurate info has been out there for quite a while. That would make more recent news that the K-3 is a APS-C camera a deliberate misdirect (and I'm not sure what good that does anybody other than make the roar bigger when it turns out to be a FF)? Just trying to think of all the possibilities. -- 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.
