Two days later and the K-5 is back in stock at B&H...
There are probably enough new K-5 cameras to sell until sometime in January, maybe longer.
Pentax/Ricoh USA still lists the K-5 as a current item. The rumors of it's demise are over stated.
In fact if my little tongue in cheek diatribe about Pentax announcing a FF camera in January is correct, the K-5 will be a /current/ offering when the K-[whatever], (damn I used to be able to use X as a symbol for the unknown), is about to be released.
On 10/22/2012 5:04 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
A friend of mine who teaches Computer Science at the university may have gotten the very last B&H K-5 (new). It was only a matter of an hour or so between his purchase and the "they're out" post to PDML. Lowest seller on Amazon, as I type this, is Beach at $894 (body only). That's about the current low price for a Buy It Now from ebay (U.S.) also. If you want to take a chance on a returned one with a 30 day Square Trade warranty, as opposed to the factory 1 year... there are 5 on Amazon Warehouse Deals from $754 to $796. The lower priced ones have "minor cosmetic damage". Meanwhile, the 12-bit K-30 body is down to $659 (new by a Seller through Amazon) or $590 through Amazon Warehouse Deals. K-5 ii body is $1199 (preorder price) and the K-5 iis $100 more.
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