I think your answer about the Samsung sensor is to be found here:
<http://www.dpreview.com/news/0510/05101201samsung_pentaxdslrs.asp>
As to why they'd abandon Samsung for Sony I can only speculate. If I
were Pentax or Olympus or any of the smaller camera companies without a
silicon foundary I'd be very careful about who I played with and also
with how long I played before switching friends.
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/14/2010 8:02 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Interesting they dropped the Samsung sensor. Not sure why they used it
> in the first place. I would bet this will be a real nice cam.
> We'll see. I still want a real Oly FF OM 5D.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> From a few sites, so it appeared to be a real leak.
>
> http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/09/10/pentax-k-5-dslr-pictures-and-specs-leak/
>
>
>
>
> From Pentax forum
> Possible Complete K-5 Specs (Still rumour until the 22nd!)
> I had this emailed to me today from a friend who works a camera store
> here, to be honest I am not entirely convinced as the layout and some
> wording looks VERY VERY similar to the K-r specs from dpreview.com
>
> Disclaimer:
>
> I take no responsibility for any of whats written below, as I said
> above i'm not fully convinced that my mate isn't having me on, but
> either way
>
>
>
> • $1699 US Body Only
> • $1999 AU Body Only
>
> • Magnesium body with plastic and rubber exterior, 80 weather seals.
> • Tempered glass top and rear LCD
> • 16.2mp Sony EXEMOR Sensor • 23.6 x 15.8 mm CMOS sensor
>
> • Dimensions 131 x 97 x 73mm
> • Weight 770g
>
>
>
> Focusing
> • Complete new AF system superior algorithms.
> • 18-point wide autofocus system (SAFOX IX+)
> • AF-Single
> • AF-Continuous
> • 4 Custom AF-C modes, auto, action, portrait, night
> • Manual focus
>
> Sensitivity
> • ISO standard : 200-12800
> • Expanded ISO : 50 - 25,600
>
> Movie mode • AVi (Motion JPEG)
> • 1920 x 1080 25p, 30p
> • 1280x720 25p, 30p
> • 640 x 480, 25p, 30p
> • Av, Sv, Tv and M modes for video.
> • External stereo mic jack.
> • Movie processing including Custom Image, Cross Process and selected
> Digital Filters
>
> Viewfinder
>
> • penta-prism
>
> • Hybrid VF utilizing translucent LCD to display focus points and
> framing grid.
>
>
> Flash
> • Angle of view coverage: 28mm wide-angle (35mm equivalent)
> • Flash Exposure Compensation: -2 EV - +1EV (1/2EV steps)
> • P-TTL (Is same P-ttl as in 645D)
> • Hot shoe, sync-speed: 1/180 sec. (will have 1/250 available with new
> flashes to be released First half 2011)
> • Wireless-sync with PENTAX dedicated flash and IrSimple.
>
> Continuous shooting • Hi speed: 8fps
>
> Connectivity • USB/Video
> • USB 2.0
> • HDMI
>
> Storage
>
> • Dual SD or SDHC card
>
>
> Read more at:
> http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/113895-possible-complete-k-5-specs-still-rumour-until-22nd.html#ixzz0zYF8pHbv
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