Photographer Kimio Tanaka shared his opinion on the upcoming Pentax DSLR K-mount camera:
I’m really looking forward to the “new product,” but considering Pentax’s current situation (development resources, parts procurement, manufacturing division), it’s undoubtedly going to be an uphill battle.
For a long time, they probably haven’t done any substantial camera development or prototyping, and their relationships with parts suppliers have been cut off at one point, so it’ll be a start-from-scratch situation not just for the development engineers but for the production division as well.
The fact that PENTAX has declared it will make a single-lens reflex camera that inherits the K-mount means we can roughly imagine what kind of camera it will specifically be. They have no other choice.
In other words, it will feature simple AF/AE/SR (essential!), and become a manual-operation-priority type of camera that returns to the origins of the single-lens reflex camera…
No other manufacturer will make such a single-lens reflex camera (at this point, let alone now). That’s right—it’s a camera that only the current PENTAX can produce, one that prioritizes slightly analog manual operations.
A highly functional automated camera that could compete with mirrorless models is simply out of the question in a K-mount system that maintains its old mechanisms as they are.
Though the road ahead is fraught with difficulties, I want to wait patiently for PENTAX to leverage their tenacity, planning prowess, and love for cameras to create a delightful camera that leaves us going, “Whoa!” in surprise.
Rather than abandoning it midway or staying silent with radio silence, I’d love some progress updates, even if they’re small things, directed at the users who are looking forward to it. So, what do you think?
PENTAX新製品開発を予告
① Ｋシリーズ一眼レフカメラの製造を終了
② 次期新製品の開発を進めている
③ 新しいコンセプトのデジタル一眼レフカメラとする
④ Kマウントレンズの資産をそのまま生かせるカメラ
⑤ 姿を現すまでにはまだ時間を要する告知文を読むと少し曖昧さと不安が入り混じる。 pic.twitter.com/RA9PSwm7Ft
— 田中希美男 (@thisistanaka) September 28, 2026
Ricoh is developing a new series of Pentax DSLR K-mount cameras based on an entirely new concept
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