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Pentax’s New Speedlight in Development

April 2, 2013 By Eric Reagan

Pentax Speedlight at CES 2013

Even though we are now in April, I am still digging through things I saw while at CES 2013 back in January. One of the interesting things for Pentax shooters was a new speedlight mockup on display in the Pentax booth.

The only official thing I can reveal about it is that Pentax was “showing a reference model of new flashes.” Boring, eh?

Well, you can see in the images below what Pentax might have going on with its new flash unit(s) at some point in the probably reasonably near future. Feel free to speculate away. And, if you spot something that jumps out at you, please let us know in the comments.

The current flagship speedlight is the Pentax AF-540 FGZ, which retails for around $390 and is pictured below.

Pentax AF540FGZ

This new flash (or line of flashes) would presumably replace the AF-540 FGZ and the AF-360 FGZ.

The rest of the images below are of the upcoming Pentax flash.

Pentax Speedlight at CES 2013-6

Pentax Speedlight at CES 2013-5

Pentax Speedlight at CES 2013-4

Pentax Speedlight at CES 2013-3

Pentax Speedlight at CES 2013-2

Filed Under: Pentax Tagged With: CES 2013, dslr, flash, hot shoe, hot shoe flash, Lighting, Pentax, speedlight

 

Comments

  1. George Norkus says

    April 5, 2013 at 9:22 am

    It would be nice if Pentax included a radio wireless controller with a hundred feet distance.

    They could get with a present wireless manufacture and perfect it for FCC and CE standards. That way it could be used by everyone, then I wouldn’t have to complain about Pentax being a loner and not having third party support.

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