Pentax to announce high-end dSLR end May?

Leonard Goh | Apr 22, 2009

A blurry shot of the supposed next Pentax dSLR, the K7D. (Credit: CrunchGear)

Over the past week, blurry pictures of what was supposed to be Pentax's next high-end dSLR have surfaced on the Web. This has sparked off heated discussions in photo forums in the model name of this shooter. According to an Austrian imaging site, fotographie, a source said the new camera will be known as the K7D, with the Japanese company announcing it at the end of May.

If that's true, it will be an interesting development as previous dSLRs have always steered clear of the D suffix, probably to avoid confusion with Canon and Nikon's shooters.

The specifications of the rumored K7D are unknown, but speculation is that it will be a pro-level dSLR with a high resolution sensor and solidly-built camera body. Given that Pentax and Samsung have been collaborating on several digital imaging products, can we expect to see a similar iteration from the Korean chaebol soon? We'll report when we get more information.

Via CrunchGear

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gordonh says...
Just a point of fact: Pentax have been using the "D" suffix for some time now - K100D,K10D,K200D,K20D,K2000D to name only the most recent.

Apr 27, 2009 15:13