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Lensbaby announced new Double Glass II Optic + Composer Pro II for Pentax K mount

By admin | Published: February 23, 2023

Lensbaby announced a new Double Glass II Optic and Composer Pro II for Pentax K-mount, here are the details:

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Pentax trade-in program (USA)

By admin | Published: February 22, 2023

Ricoh US has a new trade-in program where you can trade in your old DSLR and get up to $250 in credit towards the purchase of a new Pentax K-1 Mark II or Pentax K-3 Mark III cameras. This offer is valid until March 31st. Additional information is available here. You can try also the […]

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This new OpticExplorer lens simulator/database has the details on over 100 Pentax lenses

By admin | Published: February 21, 2023

Optic Explorer contacted me about their new lens simulator/lens database website (http://www.opticexplorer.com). You can use this web application to simulate the characteristics and performance of many lenses. There’s also a sizable database of existing lens designs that can be searched for and simulated. You can explore the lens database and tinker with lenses, light sources etc. […]

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How to follow PentaxRumors (email subscription, RSS feed, social media)

By admin | Published: February 20, 2023

I still have readers emailing me with questions on how to subscribe to PentaxRumors. The previous email subscription service called Feedburner is no longer available – Google decided to kill it after I have been using it for 15 years. Email Subscription You can subscribe for email notifications on FeedRabbit for free (you will need […]

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Pentax digest #62

By admin | Published: February 18, 2023

→ There is a new Camera Sling by Clever Supply Co. crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter that has already raised $82,200 by 358 backers out of a $15,000 goal. → Gura Gear launched a new version of the KIboko 30L+ camera bag with an added laptop sleeve. You can use coupon code rumors for 10% off. Additional information is available […]

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Ricoh GR III v1.71 and GR IIIx v1.21 firmware updates released

By admin | Published: February 17, 2023

Ricoh released new firmware updates for the GR III and GR IIIx cameras:

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DxO adds support for the Pentax KF camera and HD D FA Macro 100mm f/2.8 ED AW lens

By admin | Published: February 16, 2023

DxO released 492 new Optics Modules and now supports the Pentax KF camera and Pentax HD D FA Macro 100mm f/2.8 ED AW lens. There are now over 81,000 unique Optics Modules and the performance of supported lenses/cameras can be boosted by processing RAW files with DxO software: DxO PhotoLab DxO PureRAW DxO FilmPack DxO […]

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