Competition rumor: Pentax K-1 confirmed to use Sony’s 36MP FF sensor

Pentax will soon announce their new K-1 camera. It’s their first digital Full Frame camera and we can also confirm it uses the same [shoplink 44894 ebay]Sony A7r 36MP FF sensor[/shoplink]. The full specs are:

– Number of pixels: effective 36.4MP
– Sensor Size: 35.9 x 24.0mm
– Continuous shooting: 6.5 frames / sec.
– ISO range: 100-204800
– GPS built-in
– Media: SD, SDHC, SDXC
– Size: 136.5 x 110 x 85.5mm
– Weight: 925g

Image via Pentax. Specs via Digicameinfo.