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A year later, DxOMark officially publishes their Pentax 645Z test results

If you remember my post from December last year, DxOMark briefly published their test score of the Pentax 645Z medium format camera (now $1,500 off) and then removed it a few hours later. The results are now officially available on DxOMark’s website:

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Mitakon Speedmaster 135mm f/1.4 lens now available in Pentax K-mount

The Mitakon Speedmaster 135mm f/1.4 lens is now available in Pentax K-mount. The price of the lens is ¥330,000 excluding tax (around $2,900). Here are the technical specifications and two sample photos:

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Ricoh GR II camera on backorder at B&H and Adorama (plus a Ricoh GR III poll)

Last year Ricoh ensured us that the “Ricoh GR is one of our most important premium cameras. We want to reassure our GR lovers that the series will continue.” Many readers have asked me if I have any info on the GR II replacement. I have not seen any reliable information yet. There was an interesting Ricoh […]

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Pentax support added to Cactus V6 II TTL wireless flash trigger

Cactus announced that Pentax support was added to the Cactus V6 II TTL wireless flash trigger:

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Pentax K-1 firmware update version 1.43 released

Ricoh releases firmware update version 1.43 for the Pentax K-1 DSLR camera with a single fix: Corrected – unstable performance may rarely occur in Movie mode or Live View status of still picture in firmware version 1.42.

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Ricoh’s latest financial results

Ricoh published their latest financial results (Q2 of FY2018). Here is the info related to their camera business – sales of the Smart Vision segment (= Ricoh Imaging) went down from ¥13.8bn during H1 2017/03 tp ¥9.8bn during H1 2018/03 (-29%):

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Skylum Luminar 2018 now available for pre-order (Lightroom alternative)

The new Skylum Luminar 2018 for Mac & PC is now available for pre-order. The new version includes new filters powered by artificial intelligence, speed improvements, a dedicated RAW develop module, new intelligent Sun Rays filter, LUT support, and real-time noise removal and a forthcoming in 2018: a digital asset management platform. The new Luminar 2018 has also been […]

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