Pentax Instant Rebate, Nikon Rumors and More: This Week in Photography News

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Pentax Instant Rebate, Nikon Rumors and More: This Week in Photography News

Pentax Extends K-5 Instant Rebate
Pentax has officially extended the $300 instant rebate on the K-5 through March 31st, 2012. With a list price of $1499.95, this means that the camera can be acquired for no more than $1199.95 throughout the US. While this is great news in itself, it also suggests that the K-5 will remain Pentax’s top APS-C model for at least two more months.

Nikon D800 rumors intensify
More and more rumors about the likelihood of a D800 seeing a release in the next couple of weeks are emerging.

Many people hoped that the D800 would make its appearance at CES last week, but as the show drew to a close without any such announcement, rumors are now circulating that it will be unveiled in early February, at the same time as the CP+ photography show in Japan.

It’s happened before, and will no doubt happen again, but a number of events have led to increased suspicion that the D800 is soon to be unveiled.

Kodak was never going to be the Kodak of digital photography
First, an important point: The fact that Eastman Kodak has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy is no reason to begin talking about this iconic American company in the past tense.

Kodak isn’t going out of business. In fact, the whole point of chapter 11 is to help an ailing business avoid death and move forward. I’m still hoping that Kodak will find a way to be viable–even successful–for years to come.

Selling Photography: PhotoShelter Introduces Stripe, A New Integrated Payment Processor
PhotoShelter the worldwide leader in photography portfolio websites, sales and marketing tools for photographers is pleased to announce the integration of Stripe,a new payment processor now available with all PhotoShelter websites. PhotoShelter is one of the first major online companies to offer Stripe to its customers.