B&H is now selling refurbished Pentax K1000, KM, and KX SLR film cameras with 50mm lenses

By admin | Published: August 25, 2026


B&H is currently selling refurbished Pentax K1000, KM, and KX SLR film cameras with 50mm (f/1.7 or f/2) lenses. The prices vary from $299 to $419:


Here are all available combos (some of the models are already sold out):


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Ricoh removed AI slop from the official website (non-existent Ricoh GR camera with EVF)

By admin | Published: August 24, 2026

After my social media posts on Saturday (Facebook and X), Ricoh removed an AI-generated picture of a non-existent Ricoh GR camera with an EVF from the official website.

Before and after my post:


It seems multiple AI-generated images on the official Ricoh GR website have now been removed:

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2025 digital camera shipment market share: Ricoh at 2.1%, up 1.3% from 2024

By admin | Published: August 20, 2026


Here is the 2025 digital camera shipment market share from the latest Nikkei Industry Report:

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What else is new?

By admin | Published: August 15, 2026

The major new Luminar Prime Fall Upgrade 2026 is now available for pre-order with a 50% off early-bird price

MyBoook.com is a new website & gallery builder that automatically syncs with Adobe Lightroom (coupon code included)

The Peak Design modular field L-bracket system crowdfunding project ends in 5 days

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Christopher Nolan modified a Pentax 6×7 medium format camera to serve as a director’s viewfinder for The Odyssey movie

By admin | Published: August 10, 2026

 

Christopher Nolan is famous for his commitment to large-format film, especially 15-perf 65mm/70mm IMAX. What is less widely known is one of the practical tools that has helped him previsualize those towering frames: a modified Pentax 6×7 medium-format still camera used as a director’s viewfinder.

Christopher Nolan’s teams have long used a modified Pentax 6×7 as a director’s viewfinder on IMAX productions, including The Odyssey. The camera was fitted with an IMAX mount so that actual IMAX lenses could be attached, giving a nearly exact match to the large 15-perf frame. The 6×7 negative size (roughly 56 × 70 mm) is remarkably close to the IMAX camera aperture, making the old medium-format SLR an effective and practical tool for framing shots.

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The Ricoh Pentax WG-90 waterproof shock-resistant camera is discontinued, a new model will be announced at the end of the year

By admin | Published: August 8, 2026


I received information that the Ricoh Pentax WG-90 waterproof shock-resistant camera (see previous coverage) is now discontinued and that a new model will be announced at the end of the year. Ricoh already sent this information to authorized dealers, informing them of the discontinuation.

In the US, the Ricoh Pentax WG-90 is currently $30 off.

The Pentax WG-90 was announced in November 2023 as a rebranded version of the Ricoh WG-80 with nearly identical specs and different colors.

In June 2024, Ricoh expanded the WG lineup with the industrial model Pentax WG-1000 and higher-end Pentax WG-8. The WG-90 sits in the middle of the range (5x zoom, freezeproof/crushproof features, ring light/macro LEDs, etc.), and it is still available today.

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Report: a new Pentax DSLR camera is already in production

By admin | Published: August 4, 2026


Kimio Tanaka recently doubled down on his previous reports about a new Pentax DSLR camera by commenting that production has already started:


It is still not clear what exact model the new Pentax camera is – see previous coverage:

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