Pentax has officially launched the Q, a Micro Four Thirds cam that the company claims to have the “world’s smallest and lightest body” for an interchangeable lens cam. The claim’s backed up by its use of a magnesium alloy body to keep the weight down, while the use of Pentax’s Q-Mount lenses takes care of the interchangeable lens part of the deal.
Pentax has just introduced the 14-megapixel Optio WG-1, a rugged point-and-shoot that’s considerably tougher than your average tough cam. Like every other rugged cam in the market, it also comes with a body that’s dustproof, freeze-proof and shockproof for surviving 5-foot drops, but adds water protection that allows it to go down to 33 feet. That’s good enough to take on a dive if you were so inclined to take a point-and-shoot down with you. And just so it doesn’t crack from pressure in case you do decide to take it down, this thing’s also rated to take on up to 220 pounds of pressure.
The Pentax K-x in Japan has been available in multiple colors for some time now, but they’re recently added all the options for the US market. Not that the available colors would be considered plain in the first place; they’ve previously added purple, blue, green and orange to the original black and red version in April. This most recent update adds four more exotic colors to the mix, with chocolate, beige, olive, and pink.
Around mid-2009, Pentax announced the Optio W80, a 12.1MP rugged cam that was designed to withstand drops from 3 feet, underwater dips down to 16 feet, and temperatures of -10° Celsius. The line is now being updated with the newer, tougher W90, in case you need a camera that can survive higher drops, colder temperature, and deeper water.
Pentax goes old school with the launch of two new Optio models, the I10 and H90, that pack the company’s latest imaging tech into compact, retro-styled shells. The I10 is obviously designed with vintage film SLRs in mind, although technically, it’s just an advanced compact, and not a DSLR kit.
