The new Ricoh G900SE II heavy-duty industrial camera will be released on October 25th


Ricoh Japan announced that the new G900SE II heavy-duty industrial camera will be released on October 25th (check B&H listings):

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The latest Pentax/Ricoh savings


Here are the latest Pentax/Ricoh savings:

Check out also the Amazon Prime Day savings and the latest offers from Adorama and B&H Photo:



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The latest releases from DxO, Skylum, ON1, and Topaz


→ DxO released PhotoLab 8 – additional information is available here.


→ Aperty – the new AI-powered photo editing app for professional portrait photographers by Skylum is now available (additional info).


→ ON1 released a new version of Photo RAW for Mobile. A new ON1 Photo RAW 2025 will also be released later this month (additional information is available here).


Topaz Labs released several product updates – additional information is available here.

Topaz Labs is working on a lot of new “secret” projects, including a new iPhone app

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Ricoh’s positions in the 2023 global camera market share


Here is the latest 2023 global camera market share for mirrorless, DSLR, and compact cameras taken from the latest Nikkei Industry Map 2025 Edition:

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The 2024 5DayDeal photography bundle is now live


The new 2024 5DayDeal photography bundle is now available – as with previous years, you will get a package of different photography tools drastically reduced (95% off courses & plugins). Several different bundles are available, and a portion of the sales will go to charities:

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New compact Godox iM30 “Mini” camera flash announced

Godox announced a new compact iM30 “Mini” camera flash. Here are the key features (additional information can be found here):

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GR Photo Festival 2024 call for entries (photos taken with GR series cameras)

GR PHOTO FESTIVAL 2024

Call for Entries – Photos Taken with GR Series Cameras

RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. will hold the “GR PHOTO FESTIVAL 2024”, a photo contest for customers around the world who use the GR series cameras of all generations.

The GR Photo Festival 2024 is a photo contest open to all customers around the world who enjoy taking pictures with their GR series cameras, based on our passion for photography “Take out your camera. Enjoy daily photographs.” This photo contest is different from the conventional contests, where entries are ranked in order of excellence, in that professional photographers from around the world will be commissioned to select works from their own perspectives. The outline is as follows:

GR PHOTO FESTIVAL 2024 OUTLINE

■ Entry Period: October 1 – December 22 (Sunday), 2024
■ Theme: “Daily Life”
■ Judges: Reggie Ballesteros,Jeremy Cheung,Masumi Ishida,Oliver Jiang,Rikard Landberg,Annalaura Pretaroli,Ichigo sugawara,Hamish Ta-mé,Michael Young,Qianqian Zhang
■ Eligibility: All professional and amateur GR users worldwide
■ Requirements: Unpublished photograph(s) taken in December 2023 or later with a GR series camera (including film GR)
■ Entry method: Web entry only. For details, refer to the application guidelines on our website.
■ Announcement of selection: Selected applicants will be notified directly in mid- February 2025. They will also be announced on our website in late February of the same year or later.

For details, please see the GR PHOTO FESTIVAL2024 page.

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