Pentax & Ricoh Rumors

Two additional Pentax lenses have been discontinued

By admin | Published: March 25, 2023

Two additional Pentax lenses have been discontinued:

HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED WR (source): 生産完了品／在庫限り= discontinued, while stocks last – previously reported here
HD Pentax-DA 15mm f/4 ED AL Limited Silver (source): 生産完了品／在庫限り= discontinued, while stock last, 生産完了品のため、なくなり次第終了 (in red) = discontinued product, will end as soon as it’s gone.

In the US the HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED WR lens is in stock at B&H and Adorama (currently $100 off) and the HD Pentax-DA 15mm f/4 ED AL Limited silver lens is still in stock at B&H.

More discontinued Pentax lenses can be found here:

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Rumors: new Pentax lens with weird specifications to be released soon

By admin | Published: March 24, 2023

The Japanese photographer Kimio Tanaka, who has Ricoh/Pentax insider information and a good track record of reporting relevant information, recently tweeted about a new Pentax lens with “weird/unusual/innovative” specifications to be released soon – here is the translation:

I’ve heard rumors that PENTAX is going to announce a lens with “strange = strange = innovative” specifications soon, but while I was excited, it was half talk (or rather, “fake”).

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President Noboru Akabane had always habitually said that he wanted PENTAX to become a cute brand that people could look at and say, “look at them, they’re doing something crazy again, but I guess that’s just what they do”

By admin | Published: March 20, 2023

The Japanese magazine Barfout published an interview with Takeo Suzuki (Product Planner and Designer of Ricoh Imaging’s PENTAX Business Unit), here is an interesting quote:

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Pentax digest #65

By admin | Published: March 19, 2023

→ B&H has listed several new SD cards (64GB and up) with V60 ratings along with a 512GB V90 card (V60 cards read speed: up to 250MB/s, write speed: up to 130MB/s; V90 cards read speed: up to 300MB/s, write speed: up to 250MB/s).

→ KEH March promotions:

→ The Benro Theta self-leveling intelligent modular tripod already raised over $1.2M on Kickstarter from more than 2300 backers with another 32 days to go.

→ New updates to Adobe Lightroom Classic.

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New medium format camera from Pentax?

By admin | Published: March 18, 2023

Probably more clickbait than real rumors, but here it is – a new medium format camera from Pentax:

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The latest photo editing software updates and offers

By admin | Published: March 18, 2023

→ AlexOnRAW released a new AI-Powered Workflow for photographers video course. The course is created for a broader audience than the AlexOnRAW Capture One products and covers the hot topic of AI editing. The course contains three hours of high-quality video lessons. All videos are available online or for download, and as transcripts for quick reference. Until the 31st of March, you can pre-order the course with a 40% discount. PentaxRumors readers can use code RUMORS for an additional 10% off on top of the pre-order discount.

→ Topaz Labs released Video AI version 3.1.9 with improved slow motion and fps conversion and a new version of the Apollo AI model, better Motion Deblur quality, and various fixes. Topaz Video AI is now $50 off until March 31st (purchase includes 1 year of upgrades). The pricing of all Topaz products is available here. Additional information is available here.

→ DxO released PureRAW 3 photo enhancement/noise reduction software with DeepPRIME XD AI tech. A free 30-day trial is available. DxO also released PhotoLab 6.4 (product page | additional information | free trial). Additional information is available here.

→ All ACDsee digital asset management and photo editing software packages are currently on sale. The sale will end on March 22nd. Free trials are available.