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Two new Ricoh patents for improved live view and random pattern focusing screen

Two new Ricoh patent applications were filed in Japan: The first Ricoh patent is to improve live view image quality and reduce flickering. The second patent is for a random pattern focusing screen  – on the left you can see a schematic diagram showing moire on a general focusing screen, on the right you see a focusing screen […]

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Ricoh published their Q3 financial reports

Ricoh published their Q3 financial reports today. Their camera business falls under “other” in the financial reports and it is hard to get any Pentax specific data (Pentax was not mentioned anywhere in the report):

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Top 10 PentaxRumors.com posts for January 2016

         These are the top 10 most visited PentaxRumors posts for January, 2016:

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The current Pentax lens rebates

You can find the current ongoing Pentax lens rebates (instant savings) on this B&H page.

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Ricoh/Pentax gained market share in Japan in 2015

BCN released their 2016 camera rankings for Japan. Ricoh/Pentax actually increased their sales in Japan by nearly 50% last year (sales share up from 4.5% to 6.7%):

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New Pentax full frame DSLR camera update

Ricoh published another update on the Pentax full frame DSLR camera:

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Adobe Lightroom version CC 2015.4 / 6.4 released with support for 19 Pentax lenses

Adobe released Lightroom version CC 2015.4 / 6.4 with added profile support for 18 Pentax K mount and one Pentax 645 lenses:

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