A quick update on my previous post: Ricoh Japan listed more 645 medium format lenses as discontinued. Half of the Pentax 645 lens lineup has been discontinued Here is the complete list of discontinued 645 lenses (B&H currently has 15 medium format Pentax lenses in stock):
The latest version of the Pentax 645 medium format lens lineup is from February 2017 and it lists a total of 16 lenses – half of those lenses are now discontinued: smc Pentax-FA645 33-55mm f/4.5 AL smc Pentax-FA645 45mm f/2.8 smc Pentax-FA645 45-85mm f/4.5 smc Pentax-FA645 55-110mm f/5.6 smc Pentax-FA645 150-300mm f/5.6 ED [IF] smc […]
Four different Pentax 645 medium format lenses are now up to $3,800 off:
Dpreview just published their interview with Ricoh executives where they confirmed that a new GR camera is coming soon: Speaking of smaller cameras, our readers really want a GR III – is this something you’re working on? Good question. Although we don’t know whether it will be called ‘GR III’ or not, the study for […]
The Pentax 645D medium format camera is listed as discontinued at B&H (the last price was $3,399 back in January): Adorama and Amazon still have the 645D in stock. The Pentax 645Z is currently listed for $6,996.95. A new Pentax medium format camera with a 100MP sensor is rumored to be announced at Photokina this year (September).
Ricoh announced firmware update for the Pentax 645D medium format digital camera (now priced at $3,399!). Version 1.33 comes with only one change: Corrected – SR function does not operate normally when using lens equipped with SR function on Version. 1.32.
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