Pentax Tag

Yesterday (Thursday 2nd February 2012) Pentax announced the launch of the Pentax K-01, a mirrorless interchangeable lens digital camera that joins the ever-popular Pentax K series. As well as supporting all the Pentax K mount lenses and D-SLR accessories, the K-01 also supports the dedicated XS lenses and comes packaged with an incredibly slim (1cm thick) 40mm F2.8 XS lens to match its design.

Today Pentax announced the brand-new Q interchangeable lens system camera and five accompanying Q-system lenses. The Pentax Q boasts a range of features and claims to be the “world’s smallest and lighest interchangeable lens system camera”

I shall start by getting straight to the point; I wanted to buy a tough camera that could accompany me on my climbing, walking and canoeing trips and I’d narrowed my choice down to one of 4 point and shoot cameras; the Panasonic FT3, the Fuji XP30, the Olympus TG-810 and the Pentax WG-1 GPS. As such, in an act of selfless generosity I offered to review of all four during a trip to Scotland to climb Ben Nevis.

I have a special place in my heart for Pentax. It’s what started my journey into the world of photography. I jumped on board when WEX asked me to test the new Pentax K5, hoping to bring back some early photography memories and try out a new DSLR.

For the benefit of any of you that are interested in the Photokina happenings, but didn’t want to travel to Germany, weren’t able to go to Germany, or, like some of us, had to stay behind and work while your colleagues went to Germany, we will be updating you with all the latest goings-on via the WEX blog and Twitter. What’s more, in an exciting new venture for WEX, we will be bringing you a visitor’s-eye view of some of the stands and products in the form of WEX TV video clips!

A new weather resistant Pentax 100mm f2.8 macro lens has been revealed today, designed to complement the class leading weather sealing of the Pentax K-7 digital SLR. In addition to the WR construction, the lens features Super Protection (SP) coating to protect against dust & grease and reduce reflections to deliver clear high-contrast images.

There were a host of underwater displays on show at Photokina 2008, not least of which was the Photokina Underwater Imaging World. Over 250 square meters of the massive show were dedicated to giving visitors an underwater experience and showcasing how best to take good photos of underwater scenes.

Now we’ve returned from traipsing the many and very, very long boards of the Photokina halls, we thought we’d do a run down of the things that most caught our eye whilst in Deutschland.

Designed for those new to the DSLR market who want the opportunity to take high quality images without having to spend hours studying the instruction manual, the Pentax K-m digital SLR offers a 10 megapixel sensor in a compact and lightweight body, and building on the Pentax-original Auto Picture Mode, the Pentax K-m uses further upgraded technology to set the optimal settings for a particular scene by automatically detecting its type or subject.