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Up to $300 savings on four Pentax K-1 camera and lens kits

By admin | Published: December 6, 2016

    B&H currently offers savings on several Pentax K-1 kits and the Ricoh Theta S Spherical VR camera. Four different K-1 camera/lens kits are currently listed with up to $300 in instant savings:

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Mitakon Zhong Yi Optics CREATOR 135mm f/2.8 II lens for Pentax mount

By admin | Published: December 5, 2016

I do not remember seeing this Mitakon Zhong Yi Optics CREATOR 135mm f/2.8 II lens for Pentax mount being covered online since it was announced a few months ago. The US price is $229 (special order that requires 2-4 weeks for shipping). Here are the details:

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Ricoh’s patent for a Bayer sensor without a color filter array

By admin | Published: December 5, 2016

Ricoh has a new patent (2016-201400) field in Japan for a Bayer sensor without a color filter array (CFA) which should create sharper monochrome images.

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PentaxRumors posts for November 2016

By admin | Published: December 1, 2016

These are all PentaxRumors posts for November in case you may have missed something: Pentax K-1 firmware update version 1.40 coming soon? Pentax K-1 firmware update version 1.40 released Pentax/Ricoh Black Friday deals The latest Pentax deals Pentax K-3 and K-50 firmware updates released The Pentax smc DA 50mm f/1.8 lens is now $40 off Deals: […]

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Pentax K-3 and K-50 firmware updates released

By admin | Published: November 27, 2016

    Ricoh Imaging announced new firmware updates for the Pentax K-3 (version 1.30) and K-50 DSLR cameras (version 1.10) that add the possibility to use K-AF4 lenses with these two cameras (K-AF4 corresponds to lenses, the aperture of which is electromagnetically controlled instead of being controlled by the traditional coupling lever; this is the […]

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Pentax/Ricoh Black Friday deals

By admin | Published: November 20, 2016

Two new deals from Adorama: Pentax  K-1 + $100 Adorama gift card: $1,946.95 with free shipping (valid through December 3rd.) Up to $150 off with purchasing K-1 + lens Ricoh  Theta S 360 camera + $50 Adorama gift card: $346.95 with free shipping HD Pentax DA 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6 ED DC WR lens now $147 off List of all Pentax […]

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Pentax K-1 firmware update version 1.40 released

By admin | Published: November 16, 2016

The previously reported firmware update version 1.40 for the Pentax K-1 camera is now officially released. Here are the details:

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