‘New Pentax ilc-camera K-mount’

Pentax will be at the Japanese CP+trade show, reportedly, a new compact system camera introduce. The Pentax K-01, as the camera is probably going to be called, would be equipped with an aps-c sensor and a Pentax K-lensmount.

Pentax has been a compact system camera, the Pentax Q, but the new ilc camera would be according to the Japanese Digital Camera Info are equipped with an aps-c image sensor, the Pentax K-lensbevestiging. The usually well-informed RiceHigh’s Pentax Blog mentions the rumor credible.

Pentax would be the choice for the K-mount differ from other manufacturers with an ilc camera system. The al, in 1975, developed the K-mount is designed for full-frame cameras; Sony does for its NEX cameras, for example, the E-mount was developed, which is significantly smaller than the A-mount Sony dslrs.

The Pentax K-01, which is in cooperation with Ricoh is developed, the sensor and the 3″vga lcd of the K-5 dslr. The optical viewfinder will disappear because of the lack of a mirror in the camera, but it is not known whether, instead, an electronic viewfinder is built in, or that the user has to rely on an external viewfinder or the display.

The autofocus system with 81 af points with contrast detection work, and the camera would have a built-in flash. Digital Camera Info believes further know that the camera 121x79x59mm measure and including battery pack 560g in weight. The unit at the beginning of February at the CP+trade show be officially introduced.