Not sure if this would be the aiming target price for the Pentax full-frame body only, but...

Will try to confirm the information on location at the trade show in Asia. Other unofficial information so far... That the new Pentax full-frame body will also offer versions of a release with a still unnamed and unspecified and not yet released full-frame WR lens. Battery grip options also to be offered at initial release.

The initial price point should be interesting. Also please take not of current prices of a variety of items from Pentax, Sigma (especially lenses), Sony, Nikon, etc... Sigma PK non full frame lenses will most likely reduce in price substantially in the near future. Camera body prices have already dropped considerably; especially with news (official and otherwise) of upcoming releases from Canon and Nikon of 50mp++ camera bodies

[quote][Well if the 150-450 can come close in sharpness to my DA*300 at the 400 + range and the new focusing system is better I will find a way of funding it! Even more so if, being f5.6, it works well with the 1.4x converter.
Sell my Bigma, DA*300 and 55-300 and I'll only need another £1000 /quote]

Unfortunately there is not a zoom lens on the market by any company that can come close to the quality of any fixed lens. In terms of PK; the lens which come the closest are the Sigma 24-70 f2.8, but at the "price of" both size and weight,

Unfortunately even a preset 400mm or also a preset mirrored 400mm will exceed any zoom lens

Actually several conditional contract have already been drawn up between various third party companies and Pentax

Glad to see that this will be a reasonably sized full frame; with the user having the option of adding in items such as a battery grip. Sure is better than having to carry around a flagship Nikon D3 or D4, with all of that added size and weight

About pricing...

Expect the new Pentax full frame to be priced above the Nikon "entry level" full frame, but not much above it.

With the new unnamed Pentax full frame expected out in the market by the end of this year; there has been considerable concern over the lenses, and how they will work with the new full frame PK.

For todays existing PK full frame options for sale (as new) there are some 49 selections that will enable one to use the camera maxed out to it's full frame settings. Add to that the number of used lenses. Most of the others will automatically switch the camera over to cropped sensor mode by default.

Not sure IF Pentax will be releasing this information formally at the upcoming event in Japan somewhat soon, but... Expect the availability of PK full frame lenses to increase by at least 40%++ within about the next year. Most of the offerings will be third party lenses; ones that will be relatively easy to convert over; such as Sigma ones. Also expect Pentax to update a significant number of both their existing lenses, and also bring back a few of the lenses that are no longer on the market

If the investment was only in camera related technology... One again has to remember that ONLY as camera technology goes, that Nikon and Sony are both running circles around Pentax.

In terms of finances of the entire company goes though... Sure Nikon takes a temporary hit, but then again take a look at the entire investment field such as NYSE. But then again, when people invest their entire retirements and even countries do the same, that's a recipe for disaster. Which is why one happens to see so many people still having the need to work at over age eighty; not the desire to work, but the need.

Nikon will be around far longer than Pentax ever will. Why does everyone think there was a Pentax Ricoh type of merger?

[quote50mpCMOS wrote:
Few questions about the over saturating...
2. If K3, which variation?


What difference does that make?

I thought they all had the same internals. ][/quote]I thought the same thing as well, but...

I have taken highly controlled photographs under exactly the same controlled conditions with variations of the Pentax K3's... I could not happen but notice somewhat of a "processing" difference (similar to adjusted settings under items such as bright and natural) between versions of the Pentax K3.

But also specifically noting... There are "different factory run" versions of the Pentax K3 other than cosmetic differences. These have addressed items such as "mirror flap".

The differences in model runs: Between the initial release of the Pentax K3, then to just before the silver model was released, then to the most recent run - including the gunmetal version. This could also be in the coding of the firmware updates. Anyone else out there notice a difference between firmware versions??

With all of the postings from Vegas that concerned the new camera body release; not much press was given to the three new lenses. Guessing that this must be one of them.

Btw did anyone else happen to notice the available pictures of those somewhat featureless lenses? One of the features available, one could not happen to notice the lens barrel colors and other key items

If one had to choose a company based upon what could be publicly traded stock, but only in cameras...

I'd place most all of my chips with Nikon. Take a look at the near future for Nikon. Nikon will soon release an entry level full frame that is priced almost directly with what will eventually replace the Pentax K3.

Also, the business is not all that tough. Take a look at the Sony company. The company overall is doing terrible, but their consumer cameras... Take a look at what Sony cameras used to be like ten to fifteen years ago, and where they are today. Sony also offers quite the variety of cameras; even full frame, and even mirrorless. And Sony excels at mirrorless, where Pentax has failed at it.

I see both Sony and Nikon as taking initiative and taking the lead. I see Pentax cameras as losing market share at an unbelievable rate.