Hi guys,FWIW The latest Rice High prediction announcements for photokina,with % probabilties,articulated screen for the K3!,still claiming that the 560mm 5.6 is collapsible,three new APS-Cs. Sorry I didn't give the link address last time so http://ricehigh.blogspot.com/The New Item Characteristics RH's Certainty Percentage 1. K-30016MP old CMOS sensor used in K-01 and K-30, re-using the K-r body, i.e., penta-mirror at 0.85X and 96% coverage. Close to 100%! 2. K-5N16MP new CMOS sensor technology, new image processor, APS-C of course, 100% penta-prism finder at 0.92X, articulated screen, new 21-point SAFOX X AF system (central 9-crossed, surrounding 12 points linear), improved continuous tracking and zone focusing, 8 fps, improved video functions (with manual control and continuous AF option during video recording, very possibly). Close to 100%! 3. K-3/K-3S* Name Tentative24MP APS-C flagship, Sony IMX096 CMOS sensor, new image processor, newly designed 100% coverage 1X magnification penta-prism (equivalent to 0.65X at 50mm for 135), articulated screen, 21-point SAFOX X AF system, 6 fps, enhanced white balance detection, enhanced video functions, stereo microphone built-in. Version without AA filter to be marketed later in early 2013, targeted/suggested price set at 1,400 Euros. The K-3 Super will be the highest resolution APS-C camera body ever on Earth and would put almost all the existing Pentax lenses to death! ;-p Close to 100%! 4. 645DII*645DN* Name TentativeNew 50MP CCD sensor, SAFOX X, overall improved/updated specs, no video function, of course! :-> Close to 100%! 5. DA 18-200/3.5-5.6 WR DC Product is self-explanatory for its name, kit lens option with the K-3. 90%+ 6. DA560/5.63 sections dividable, simplified weather resistant, new-type in-lens motor with quick-shift manual focus overriding capability, built-in astro-tracking, set price at US$3,800, manufactured only upon special ordering. 90%+ 7. DFA645 90/2.8 Macro Its name is self-explanatory. 90%+ 8. O-GPS2 Updated/improved version of the O-GPS1 75% 9. AF1x0/2x0FGZ New FlashgunFWIW Dave's clichés

Why link to and refer to Rice High's site, though? These rumours are available elsewhere.

I HOPE all that's right David -- ESPECIALLY the K-5N. THAT'S the camera I've been waiting for, I think, NOT this slower (possibly noiser) 24MP K-3 (unless specs AND reviews can convince me otherwise)! Jeff -- A word is worth 1/1000th of a picture... Maybe that's why I use so many words!

That all sounds great. How reliable are Mr. Rice High's predictions?Cheers. Ernie

Merci David." How reliable are Mr. Rice High's predictions?"The coming days will respond. Patience! -- JLS

moving_comfortwrote:Why link to and refer to Rice High's site, though? These rumours are available elsewhere.Yep getting a little tired of it -- K-5 some Len

tele is supposed to be on the way; but most of us - I think - would prefer a decent wide prime (not a toy lens).

sure! + 1 (nt)

moving_comfortwrote:Why link to and refer to Rice High's site, though? These rumours are available elsewhere.Very risky promoting a known banned dpreview member , could end in tears for David.

JL Salvignolwrote:Merci David." How reliable are Mr. Rice High's predictions?"Very unreliable hes a plagiaris with a fast hand on Google.What he got banned from dpreview for quoting information 2nd 3rd and even 4th hand often as if his own..The coming days will respond. Patience! -- JLS

http://www.devilinsidemovie.com/My apologies. -- JLS

Pentax K-5 MK2 prediction on PentaxForum : http://goo.gl/HqFZFI'm curious to test the new 21 points AF module, if there is one coming, of course.Regards, Arno -- http://www.labellelumiere.fr http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/labellelumiere

Or something like that ..

Hi guys,I would like to just state that I have no bias towards or otherwise the Rice High site, I'm just interested in the solid future of Pentax for all of our sakes,and when I saw the posts,naturally I was pleased and "hopeful" that they will be right,so I wanted to share it with you all,even if he is a controversial figure. I always used FWIW, because I don't know what it's worth either. -- Thanks, Dave's clichés

We should know by the 9th that is usually when pentax releases there news. -- - Gear Listed in "About Me"

If Pentax announces a full-framer soon, it will take sales away from the K-3. Some potential K-3 buyers will just wait for the full-framer. So I suspect that, even if the full-framer is coming, it won't be announced until the K-3 has been on sale for a while.Joe

Starting to look like another Rice-Low puppet ...

... they are likely stolen from another source (like everything he posts).ernieFwrote:That all sounds great. How reliable are Mr. Rice High's predictions?Cheers. Ernie

Interesting logic... Canons' 5DIII and Nikons' D800 are cannibalizing sales of 60D's and D7000's. If and when the Nikon D600 hits the market at the rumored price point, Pentax/Ricoh will not even have a full frame market. The D600 is the camera that will cannibalize Pentax sales. You snooze, you loose....

Catalanawrote:Interesting logic... Canons' 5DIII and Nikons' D800 are cannibalizing sales of 60D's and D7000's. If and when the Nikon D600 hits the market at the rumored price point, Pentax/Ricoh will not even have a full frame market. The D600 is the camera that will cannibalize Pentax sales. You snooze, you loose....Hearsay or fact, Lets see the colour of your money.Show us the statistics you used to come to this conclusion, Because you can bet your bottom dollar the Ricoh bean counters have run the figures rather than run their mouth