A Little History on Pentax DSLR

[KhoKing]

I thought this would be useful and interesting to some (including myself) by knowing a little bit more on Pentax DSLR evolutions 

Pentax *ist D
The first DSLR from Pentax
Announced on 26 Feb 2003
6.1MP
Compact Flash Type I, II, MicroDrive Memory Card

Pentax *ist DS
Announced on 13 Sept 2004
6.1MP
SD/MMC Memory Card

Pentax *ist DL
Announced on 01 Jun 2005
6.1MP
SD/MMC Memory Card

Pentax *ist DS2
Announced on 22 Aug 2005
6.1MP
SD/MMC Memory Card

Pentax *ist DL2
Announced on 06 Jan 2006
6.1MP
SD/MMC Memory Card

Pentax K100D
First Pentax DSLR with Shake Reduction (SR)
Announced on 22 May 2006
6.1MP
SD/MMC Memory Card

Pentax K110D
Announced on 22 May 2006
6.1MP
SD/MMC Memory Card

Pentax K10D
First Pentax DSLR with Dust Removal (DR)
First Pentax DSLR with Weather Seal
Announced on 13 Sept 2006
10.0MP
SD/MMC Memory Card

[Pilot de Guerre]

Let me add "Canceled" products in development stage.

http://dc.watch.impress.c...ther/2006/02/17/3233.html

K-1 and EI-2000, you can see in this article. They are now concentrating for 645Digital, but after that, we can expect once abundant K-1d?

[dch]

K-1 has a very menacing look ... the top displays and dials are slanted to the users view instead of conventional top view. Looks bigger than the competitor top model version.

[Dark Mist]

The K-1 was based on the semi pro 35mm MZS and was to come with a full frame 6MP CCD. It would have been a direct competitor to the Contax N1 digital. Unfortunately it never saw the light of day, presumably because of the excessive cost of the the sensor. THe N1 never did Contax much good, they hardly sold any and went belly up not too long after bringing it to market.

[MonkeySpanker]

K-1 has a very menacing look ... the top displays and dials are slanted to the users view instead of conventional top view. Looks bigger than the competitor top model version.

I like K1

[dkondrikov]

Note the interesting thing: in 2003 and 2004 there was 1 new camera per year, in 2005 there were 2, in 2006 there were 3! The Digital Train ir rolling down the hill!! In film years companies made 1 new SLR per year and for their flafship models even one per 2-3 years and those cameras were big steps forward. Now, they put in every new small thing and there is another "best ever" camera . That sad...

[pentaxie]

Note the interesting thing: in 2003 and 2004 there was 1 new camera per year, in 2005 there were 2, in 2006 there were 3! The Digital Train ir rolling down the hill!!

2007 - will there be 4 new cameras? Or the Hoya Pentax merger taking its toll on introducing of new cameras.

[JAZZer]

K-1 looks great !!! 

Canon & Nikon .... beware !!!!!!!!!!!!  >D

[DigiFilm]

WoW!!!

[calsan]

K1 looks like the death star.

[enhaw82]

i was thinking that K1 looks like something Darth Vader would have in his Kit bag :p

[rawelectrik]

I think K-1 was awesome, but a good call it never went to production, don't think it would've sold as many as the K10D!!!!

I'm guessing the next Pentax DSLR will be more like the new Sony A700... Only better... of course 

[msknight]

I saw the ME Super in that discontinued list.  I'm sure the ME Super made it out.  I had an ME, and I'm almost sure that my mentor owned an ME Super.

[pentaxie]

I think the forum can add the K200D, K20D and K-M model to the original list as posted by khoking.

[AhJian]

Oh... yup, thanks for sharing,
May be can add on the K-X and K-7 as well!