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The current Pentax lens rebates

By admin | Published: January 28, 2016

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

By admin | Published: January 28, 2016

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

By admin | Published: January 28, 2016

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

By admin | Published: January 27, 2016

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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Ricoh’s patent for contrast AF by the AE sensor

By admin | Published: January 26, 2016

Ricoh filed a patent for contrast AF by the AE sensor in order to achieve accurate AF without using live view. Additional information available at Egami (Google translation).

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Pentax 645Z medium format camera cutaway

By admin | Published: January 25, 2016

This is how the $7,000 Pentax 645Z medium format digital camera looks like on the inside (picture taken at the 2015 CP+ show in Japan, image credit: Morio via Petapixel). More Pentax cutaway cameras can be found here.

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