PENTAX Corporation is pleased to announce the exhibition of a medium-format digital SLR camera, all currently under development, at Photokina 2006. This is one of the world’s largest photo and imaging merchandise fairs, and will be held this year from September 26 to October 1 in Cologne, Germany.

Lens-interchangeable medium-format SLR camera

Model name ( tentative ) : PENTAX 645 Digital

Product information & marketing schedule :

18 effective megapixels
PENTAX 645AF mount
Compatibility with existing smc PENTAX 645-series lenses
Marketing schedule to be announced later
Other information :

This product will be continuously upgraded by incorporating newly developed image sensors, with its final effective megapixels expected to reach a 30-megapixel level.