Ricoh Japan: partial resumption of orders for some GR models


Ricoh Japan announced a partial resumption of orders for some GR models.

Check Ricoh GR camera’s availability at:

Full text of the press release (Google translated):

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New Pentax K-3 III/Monochrom firmware update version 2.20 released


Rioch released new firmware updates version 2.20 for the Pentax K-3 III/Monochrom cameras:

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Ricoh/Pentax interview at the 2024 Paris Photo Show


Phototrend published their interview from the 2024 Paris Photo Show with Yazid Belmadi (Ricoh sales manager). Here is the recap by digicame-info:

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Pentax digest #90


→ Ricoh now also sells the new “Grad ND” software for the latest Pentax DSLR cameras in Europe.


→ Ricoh issued a notice of resumption of orders for the Pentax 17 film camera.


→ A guide to disassembling the Ricoh GR camera for sensor cleaning.


→ New app for Ricoh GR recipes: Camset.

→ GR SPACE TOKYO will host the “Fuchigami Yuta “Harajuku” and “Road” and Masuda Sara “Lil Tour” exhibitions.


Meeting by the Pentax Ricoh Family Club on November 10th.

The new ON1 Photo RAW 2025 is now available

Updates on the latest Kickstarter+Indiegogo photography projects

TTArtisan announced a new mini RGB LED Light

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Somebody converted their Ricoh GRIIIx camera into Monochrome (DIY)



There have been some rumors about a Ricoh GRIII Monochrome camera in the past.

An old Ricoh patent (2016-201400) suggested a Bayer sensor without a color filter array (CFA) for sharper monochrome images.

Check out this amzing Ricoh GRIIIx Monochrome DIY conversion performed by a fan in China (more videos available here):

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The latest releases from Topaz, Luminar, DxO, ON1, and Adobe


→ Topaz Labs released several new updates:

  • Photo AI 3.3: includes new improvements like Super Focus and Recover Faces Gen 2.
  • Gigapixel 8: with new Redefine Model (Creative Upscaler), Recovery Model, and Gen2 Face Recovery.
  • New Gigapixel Cloud Service: a credit-based server processing option that allows you to offload processing tasks for faster and more efficient image enhancement.


→ DxO ViewPoint 5 released.


→ The Skylum Luminar “Big Fall Upgrade” is now available (additional information).


→ The beta version of Luminar Mobile is also now available.


→ Check out the new Luminar NEO Autumn Bundle.


→ The new ON1 Photo RAW 2025 will be announced on October 21st.


DxO also released new Optics Modules for the latest cameras and lenses.


The latest Adobe releases.


→ Photography tutorial eBook Autumn sale – here is the table of contents:


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The Ricoh GR III is the 7th best-selling camera for the month of September at MAP Camera Japan


The Ricoh GR III is the 7th best-selling camera for the month of September at MAP Camera Japan:

  1. Canon EOS R5 Mark II
  2. Canon EOS R6 Mark II
  3. Fujifilm X-T5
  4. Sony a7C II
  5. Fujifilm X-T50
  6. Nikon Zf
  7. Ricoh GR III
  8. Sony a7IV
  9. DJI Osmo Pocket 3
  10. Nikon Z6III

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