There are already rumors that Ricoh is planning to revamp the current DA★ lenses with new motor drives and electronics and the first two lenses benefiting from this treatment will most likely be the current 16-50mm f/2.8 and 50-135mm f/2.8 models. In the case of the DA★ 16-50mm f/2.8 the revamping could include some tweaks […]
Nikkei published a new article titled Japan’s Ricoh to book $1.72bn impairment loss as North American business slumps: “Japanese office equipment maker Ricoh Co Ltd on Friday said it would book an impairment loss of 180 billion yen ($1.72 billion), citing a slump in North American business as users shift from print to digital.” Earlier this […]
Ricoh Japan announced that the new Pentax K-1 Mark II DSLR camera will start shipping on April 20th. In the US, B&H and Amazon list the K-1 Mark II shipping date as April 11th. Pentax K-1 Mark II pre-order options: B&H Photo | Adorama | Amazon | WEX (UK).
ALPA recently announced a new Pentax 67 lens module:
Some pictures of the new Pentax products at the 2018 Photography Show in Birmingham courtesy of PhotographyBlog.
Vello recently announced a new LA-FX-PK-A lens adapter that will let you use Pentax K-mount lenses on Fujifilm X-mount cameras. Additional information after the break:
Ricoh released an updated version 1.1.6 of their Image Sync software that creates wireless communication between the camera and a mobile device and now supports the new Pentax K-1 Mark II DSLR camera:
