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Is the compact camera dead? The market price of old compact digital cameras has increased 20-fold in one year

Is the compact camera dead? BCN Retail published the article “Is the compact camera dead?” Here is the recap from digicame-info: Casio has left the compact camera market, Nikon has stopped development, and Sony and Fujifilm have significantly scaled back their lineups. Some may fear that the category itself will disappear as it is pushed […]

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What else is new?

→ Airtag holder case for camera straps. → New Profoto D30 monolight announced.   → SanDisk announced new 2TB Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I memory cards. → DxO released PureRAW version 4.6 with new features and integration. Here is what’s new. Additional informtion is available here. → Several new memory card readers were recently announced: SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II SD USB-C […]

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Rumors about new Ricoh GR IV and GR Monochrome cameras got debunked quickly

Rumors about new Ricoh GR IV and GR Monochrome cameras are nothing new – they have been circulating for years without any leaks, concrete details, or reliable information. Recently, there was another wave of false claims that these cameras are imminent but they quickly got debunked:

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Ricoh released Q2 financial results: “The Camera business performed well thanks to the contribution of new products, resulting in increased sales and profits”

Ricoh released their Q2 financial results. Here is the overview for the “Other” segment that includes also the camera division:

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Ricoh Japan: partial resumption of orders for some GR models

Ricoh Japan announced a partial resumption of orders for some GR models. Check Ricoh GR camera’s availability at: US: Adorama | B&H Photo | Amazon DE: Foto Erhardt UK: WEX | Park Cameras Full text of the press release (Google translated):

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New Pentax K-3 III/Monochrom firmware update version 2.20 released

Rioch released new firmware updates version 2.20 for the Pentax K-3 III/Monochrom cameras:

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Ricoh/Pentax interview at the 2024 Paris Photo Show

Phototrend published their interview from the 2024 Paris Photo Show with Yazid Belmadi (Ricoh sales manager). Here is the recap by digicame-info:

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