(SR3) Pentax future APS-C mirrorless system with Sony sensor (will they join the NEX system?)
The picture on top shows the Pentax mirrorless system with very small sensor (1:2.33). The second system will have a Sony APS-C sensor.
As you know Pentax is now using Sony sensors only (instead of the Samsung sensors). Alejandro from MirrorlessRumors.com just published a rumor about Pentax launching two different new mirrorless system. And he has been told that Pentax will use the same Sony NEX sensors for their large sensor APS-C system. The other system has a small 1:2.33 sensor made by Kenko.
I didn’t hear anything about a possible Pentax and Sony mirrorlress partnership but I would love if Pentax would join the NEX system and you? That would put a bit of pressure on Sony and we could enjoy Pentax lenses too! Let’s dream…
P.S.: The weird design of the camera is based on the old but popular Auto 110 camera.
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2 years ago |if they are using an APS C chip then the lens info is totally wrong. with a1.5 crop factor how dose a 8.5mm x1.5 = 47mm and same maths for the other lens 5-15mm x 1.5 isnt 28-80mm
Gunnar
2 years ago |this time there is a description below the image
spir
2 years ago |So obviously thes are for the very small sensor…
Gunnar
2 years ago |have to admit the NC-1 looks like a beauty..if it had a different color
Larry
2 years ago |MirrorlessRumors states that the second Pentax mirrorless system (with APS-C) will take Pentax K-mount lenses, so sounds like it won’t be a NEX mount camera.
Matt
2 years ago |Why not? The NEX takes Alpha lenses with the LA-EA1 after all, and noone’s disputing that that has an E-Mount…
Carl
2 years ago |Get the former Minolta team in Osaka to design the lenses, Sony the sensors, and let Pentax release the cameras in a timely fashion (preferably sans streaks on the sensors). It’d be win-win.
Not going to happen, though.
Alfonso
2 years ago |It would be totally awesome to have more cameras using E-mount, but I don’t think that’s possible.
spir
2 years ago |To me the Auto 110 looks very different from the NC-1, cannot see how the NC-1 would be based on the Auto 110.
Carl
2 years ago |The cameras look different, but the lenses are quite similar. The 110 was an SLR, so needed to be constructed with internal space for the mirror box, whereas the NC-1 is a digital MILC and can be made quite compact.
bonzoo
2 years ago |I dont care that much for the bodies. NEX needs more lenses! Well I guess a NEX body with IBIS would be nice but I doubt we’ll see such camera. In my opinion it would sit to close to the A77 :/
ypocaramel
2 years ago |If anything, the Pentax Limited series of pancakes and primes is very well-regarded.
AVESTA
2 years ago |i still shoot with the auto 110. will be interesting to see the conversion.
Xavierdjx
2 years ago |I think that pentax would make the same alliance as for dslr with samsung and use the i-function… And the existing lenses…
kevin
2 years ago |What’s the point in offering interchangeable lenses for one of the smallest sensors used in cameras today? How many compact pocket-able cameras have 4x-10x zooms attached to 1/2.3″ sensors?
kmfan
2 years ago |Yes, the 1/2.3″ sensor compact camera market is crowded. And yet, how many with competent manual controls? Most compact camera’s zooms operates like switches. Manual focusing isn’t much better. Hold down a button and wait for the lens to focus on the target spot. Press-hold another button when you missed that sweet spot. Something that’s simple, intuitive, and more enjoyable when done on an slr or rangefinder.
Or i’m completely wrong, and Pentax is just trying to sell mini glass hockey pucks. Which made complete sense, since the Asahi in Asahi-Pentax is a glass company.
Carl
2 years ago |Actually, Asahi Glass (AGC) and Asahi Pentax are two different companies.
Asahi, which means “morning sun” in Japanese, is a very common company name in Japan, kind of like “Acme” was in English speaking countries. Probably because it comes in the front of phone books.
Curiously, AGC is part of the Mitsubishi group, just like Nikon is.
And Pentax is now owned by Hoya, one of the world’s biggest glass manufacturers.
kmfan
2 years ago |Thank you for the reprimand and insight Carl. My prior understanding was that Asahi Optical was the company that initially produced the Asahi Pentax line of cameras?
richard
2 years ago |It definite help, as long you can use pentax and sony lens in both body kinda like olympus and panasonic. Pentax probbly has build in IS and better high ISO.
Charles Ramsey
2 years ago |There are other cameras that have interchangeable lens and small sensors. One of them is the FC2 camera designed by fireman. This camera is not a toy it has a .01 lux rating is waterproof and able to survive briefly 1000 degrees.