A new rumor came from Korea, but I'm unsure of the source.
The product will be announced in February of 2024, and will be available for purchase in Korea in March or April.
It's expected to cost less than 1 million won, and the lens angles will be 28mm and 43mm.
1,000,000 won = Approx. $740
Thank you very much for the info. Of course concerning rumours we always have to be very careful.
But this looks at least quite reasonable / likely.
The difference in focal length makes much sense: One with a normal focal length, the other with a wide angle significantly wider, with a really visible difference.
And the 28mm focal length make much sense for also another reason: Ricoh has a lot of market experience with it: Their former Ricoh GR film compact camera with the 28mm lens was a great success on the market. And a 28mm lens can still be designed compact enough for a compact camera.
If this rumour proves to be true, then I have been right with my assessment in my original post:
"My assumption:
The cameras will be "twins": Same body, but with different lenses, e.g. one with a normal focal length, the other one with a wide angle lens."
We will see........the excitement / suspense is increasing.
I am also very curious whether in the case that there will be one version with a 43mm lens, if then this lens will have a similar design approach as the current, by Pentaxians very much loved 1.9/43 Limited lens.
Best regards,
Henning
Are we assuming they’ll be SLRs? I would be interested if rangefinders. They would also be more compact.
No, we are not assuming that they will be SLRs because we already definitely know that they won't.
Because Ricoh / Pentax had officially told that they will first start with compact camera type, and not with SLR type.
But if the first compact camera introduction will be successful, they plan to go further by adding also film SLRs.
First a manual, non-AF SLR, and later also an AF SLR.
Best regards,
Henning
I - and I assume many other Pentaxians - are looking forward to see what Pentax will do for a new film based SLR. Fingers crossed for something MX/LX like.First a manual, non-AF SLR, and later also an AF SLR.
It reads to me that someone working for Ricoh, but not familiar with the details of the project, said more than he was supposed to or more than he actually know (that never happens on the internet!) and everyone took it for an official statement, so Ricoh corporate had to do damage control.
That's my impression as well. Without any evidence whatsoever, I am quite certain that a newly designed Pentax film camera will one day come onto the market.
Note that the article that one is based on does not actually say that the new camera will be half frame. They’re discussing the Ricoh Auto Half, an old half frame camera.
From the article:
"The new Pentax camera is to be a half-frame camera"
The article you linked to says that, but it's reporting based on the article in Barfout, which does not say that. I'm pretty sure it's a misinterpretation of the original article (which I've read). https://barfout.jp/feature/6133/
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