Will There Be a K-02? (Poll)

Above is an imagined/PSed diagram by someone for a K-02, with the new short back focus 18-70 kit lens. The PS job was either done by someone who had nothing better to do or officially! ;-D To compare the original K-01 diagram, click here.

So, here is the poll:-



Do You Think That There Will Be a K-02?
Yes!
No.

  

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http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-30_s.html

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Set 1: Pentax Sigma (Click to Enlarge; Warning: Original Files in Large Size!)

Set 2: Pentax Sigma

Set 3: Pentax Sigma

Set 4: Pentax Sigma 1 Sigma 2

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The DA560 is Not Completely Full Frame Compatible

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MX-1, the first "Pentax" camera that ever made in Indonesia.


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Background

I bought this and all my current cameras have now suddenly become Wi-Fi capable! :-D



So, my Pentax Q is now the Pentax Q Wi-Fi, my K-5 is now the K-5 Wi-Fi and my 5D3 is the 5D6 now, which is actually a 5D3 with some of the Wi-Fi features of the 6D two in one!~

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http://kakaku.com/item/K0000416085/picture/#tab
(in Japanese)

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