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Ricoh Japan announced a price increase coming on October 1st

Ricoh Japan announced a new price increase that impacts several compact cameras and accessories (see table above). The price increase will take effect on October 3, 2022. I assume the price will impact other countries as well. Almost all photo companies announced price increases this year (Nikon, Canon, Sony, Sony again, Leica, TTartisan, Tokina, OM, and Zeiss). Here is the translated text of […]

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New release: Ricoh TW-2 underwater housing for THETA X (360° video and stills underwater)

Ricoh released a new TW-2 underwater housing for THETA X cameras where you can record 360° videos and stills underwater (it replaces the previous TW-1 model): Adorama Amazon B&H Photo Additional information:

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The latest photo editing software updates

→ Skylum will release 7 new extensions for Luminar Neo. The first Noiseless Ai extension is already available (use code RUMORSNEO for $10 off). → Cyme released Peakto version 1.0.5 – see what’s new here (Cyme also makes the popular Avalanche migrating tool). → Best Adobe Lightroom alternatives in 2022. → Topaz Labs will release a new app […]

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HD PENTAX-D FA★ 85mm f/1.4 ED SDM AW lens review by Ephotozine

Ephotozine published their review of the HD Pentax-D FA* 85mm F/1.4 lens: “The lens delivers the highest quality, unfortunately at the highest price in its group as well. However, the quality cannot be denied, so if that is what is required the answer is clear. It is large and heavy, there is no escaping that, […]

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Ricoh currently has three cameras in the top 10 best-selling compact digital cameras at Yodobashi Camera (#1: GR IIIx, #3: GR III, #7: WG-80)

Ricoh currently has three cameras in the top 10 best-selling compact digital cameras at Yodobashi Camera, Japan: 1st place: Ricoh GR IIIx 2nd Place: Sony VLOGCAM ZV-1 3rd place: Ricoh GR III 4th place: Olympus Tough TG-6 5th place: Sony Cyber-shot RX100 VII 6th place: Sony Cyber-shot WX500 7th place: Ricoh WG-80 8th place: Canon […]

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Sell or trade your used equipment to Adorama

Sell or trade your used equipment to Adorama – this is how it works:

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Pentax digest #50

→ Gura Gear released new Kiboko camera backpacks. You can get 10% off your next purchase with coupon code rumors at checkout (Gura Gear is also sold at Amazon). → Pentax/Ricoh Europe summer deals. → Topaz Labs released Gigapixel AI version 6.2 which introduces auto model selection, along with quality improvements to all AI models and fixes […]

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