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Not a lot to say about Pentax for some time.... and they don't have a lot to say for themselves. Nothing new or "soon" from the CES at Las Vegas last week and not even any new lenses in the near future. I understand that the K-5 is the only APS-C DSLR model in production, as the K-r and K-7 have been phased out. Lots of small cameras, plus the Pentax-Q line, but only two bigger products being made - the K-5 and the 645D. So much for the Full-Frame...... if it comes, it won't be for a while.
As much as I'd love it (and Santa was particularly disappointing last year), I can't afford the 645D, and, before I put my money on the K-5, I wanted to see if Pentax might come up with a Full-Frame for under 2000 pounds..... so I may be sticking with my K10d for a while yet. If there's no sign of Pentax stepping up to compete with Canon/Nikon in the next year then I don't fancy their chances of survival in the more serious camera market in the long term (even if their compacts are very good and - with Ricoh's help - can get even better).
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