The shipping date of the new Pentax K-70 camera is listed as July 22nd on the official Ricoh Japan website. B&H lists the US availability as July 30th, while Amazon lists it as July 15th.
The new HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm f/4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE lens will start shipping in August.
Back in February I reported about a new Laowa Zero-D 12mm f/2.8 distortion-free lens. Similar to previous Laowa lenses, the new 12mm will also be available for Pentax K mount. Here again are the lens specification:
I received information that Ricoh is preparing to announce a new Theta spherical VR camera that could come with 4k video recoding capabilities.
Ricoh already has two different Theta models. The new version will most likely be announced for the Photokina show in September.
After the Pentax K-50, Q-S1 and 645D camera, the Pentax K-S1 DSLR camera is now also discontinued. B&H still has some K-S1 cameras in stock starting from $399.
Photonstophotos published their Pentax K-1 sensor measurements. First is the Photographic Dynamic Range (PDR) chart:
