Pentax announces new *ist DS variant

By Mike Tomkins 14 February 2005 1 min read

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Pentax announces new *ist DS variant

(UPDATED)

Michael R. Tomkins, The Imaging Resource

(Monday, February 14, 2005 – 01:06 EST)

Pentax’s third pre-PMA announcement of the day isn’t a new camera per se – instead, the company is to release a new variation on an existing model.

The Pentax *ist DS,
first announced
last September in a black bodied version, will soon ship in another version sporting silver and black body panels. Specifications of the *ist DS Silver are otherwise identical to the existing version.

Pricing and availability for the Pentax *ist DS Silver have not yet been announced. Full specifications for the *ist DS can be found in our
earlier news item
.

UPDATED 2005-02-14 12:02:
According to our contacts at Pentax USA, there are no plans to bring this variant of the *ist DS to the US market at this time.

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