Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Pentax accessories & lenses, Pentax K-5, Pentax K5
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
Back to the classics. Pentax announces a limited edition of the Pentax K-5. This time, despite the habits that Pentax was forming, this is not a colorful variant, but a very wise and quiet SILVER model. Back to tradition? Three nice lenses will also received the SILVER treatment: SMC PENTAX-DA 21mm f/3.2 AL Limited Silver [...]
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Pentax K-5, Pentax K5
Sunday, January 30th, 2011

Pentax finally admitted a manufacturing issue (either in the production process or in quality control) on the recent Pentax K-5. Most of the very first users had observed small stains on the digital sensor of their K5. Contrary to dust stains (unfortunately very common on all digital SLR cameras), this defect can not be wiped [...]
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Firmwares, Pentax K-5, Pentax K-r, Pentax K5, Pentax KR
Saturday, January 8th, 2011
photo credit: yellowcloud Pentax has announced a tsunami of firmware updates for its SLR photo cameras: Pentax K-5 firmware v1.02 Pentax K-r firmware v1.01 Pentax 645D firmware v1.01
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Image edit, Pentax K-5, Pentax K5, Sony NEX
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
Nouvelle version pour le produit phare de DxO Labs. Cette fois-ci (pour Windows et pour MacOS), il apporte le support des fichiers RAW de Pentax K-5, Sony NEX-5 & NEX-3.
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Pentax K-5, Pentax K5
Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Pentax has presented a new firmware version for the brand new Pentax K-5. According to Pentax, the improvements are: Increased number of maximum pictures taken in continuous shooting in RAW, throughout the sensitivity range. For instance, in RAW, this firmware increases the number of pictures from a maximum of approx 8 frames to approx 20 [...]
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Pentax K-5, Pentax K5
Friday, November 5th, 2010
It was not even a full day after I indicated that the Sony Alpha 55 was at the top of the competition since it had the best sensor evaluation ranking among the APS-C camera sensors. Here comes a new update from DxO Labs and the DxOMark ranking is revolutionized. Not only is the Pentax K5 [...]
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Pentax K-5, Pentax K5
Monday, November 1st, 2010

Pentax just announced that they will be able to lengthen the bursts of continuous shooting in the Pentax K-5 with a future new firmware. Availability: Somewhere in November 2010. Source : QueSabesDe.com
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Pentax K-5, Pentax K5
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
Pentax Japan now publishes a few test/sample images from the Pentak K-5 to allow IQ evaluation up to ISO 51200 (only ISO 100, for now). Official K-5 samples
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Pentax K-5, Pentax K5
Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

PentaxRumors published a flyer of the K-5 (in German). It lists a few of the K-5 accessories.
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Pentax K-5, Pentax K5
Saturday, September 25th, 2010

WhatDigitalCamera.com demonstrates the Pentax K-5 to us through a first look video. A kind of short guided tour. YouTube link
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