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Just released: Pentax K-1 and 645z firmware updates, Image Transmitter v2.3.0

By admin | Published: April 20, 2017

Ricoh released new version of Image Transmitter and firmware updates for the K-1 and 645z cameras: Image Transmitter 2 (v. 2.3.0): Windows | macOS Pentax K-1 firmware update version 1.41 Pentax 645z firmware update version 1.23

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Ricoh lost 10 billion yen, will revise downward forecast, planning to expand Theta

By admin | Published: April 12, 2017

Ricoh lost 10 billion yen and will revise downward their financial forecast (Google translated): Ricoh Co., Ltd. announced that it will revise downward forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007 on April 11. Approximately 10 billion yen (over 90 million USD) is recorded as impairment loss. Because we can not anticipate expected profits […]

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Ricoh issued an official statement regarding their camera business

By admin | Published: April 12, 2017

Ricoh issued an official statement regarding the earlier reports of the company abandoning their camera business:

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Ricoh is considering to withdraw from the camera business

By admin | Published: April 11, 2017

Ricoh is considering to withdraw from the camera business – this news comes from Nikkei, here is the English version: The Japanese company will radically review a production and manufacturing strategy centered on cameras for the retail market, including such brands as Pentax and GR. Options include withdrawing from this segment altogether. In America, Ricoh is […]

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Adobe Lightroom CC 2015.10 and Camera Raw 9.10 released with Pentax KP support

By admin | Published: April 11, 2017

Adobe released Lightroom CC 2015.10 and Camera Raw 9.10 with support for the Pentax KP DSLR camera. Here are direct the download links: DNG Converter 9.10: Win | macOS Adobe Lightroom CC 2015.10: Adobe keeps making it more difficult to download the standalone version, see this download info and also this page  

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New server and HTTPS for PentaxRumors

By admin | Published: April 10, 2017

In the past week I have been busy upgrading PentaxRumors to a new server at HostDuplex. The old server could no longer handle the increased traffic. You also probably already noticed that PentaxRumors is now a “secure” website (HTTPS) which is the industry’s standard. A lot of other changes were also introduced on the back end […]

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Pentax deals on Amazon UK

By admin | Published: April 7, 2017

Some new Pentax DSLR camera deals are available for limited time on Amazon UK: Pentax K-70 Body + 50mm f/1.8: £601.99 (ave £56.01) Pentax K-70 18/135mm + 50mm f/1.8: £776.9 (save £71.01) Pentax K-1 + 24-70mm: £2,789.98 (save £249.64) Pentax K-1 + 70-200mm: £3,419.98 (save £379.01) Pentax K-1 + 15-30mm: £3,149.98 (save £164.76) Via Ephotozine

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