Japanese retailers confirm that the Pentax K-1 Mark II camera and HD Pentax-D FA 24-70mm f/2.8 ED SDM WR lens are now officially discontinued (more discontinued Pentax products are listed on this page). If I am not mistaken, the last Pentax DSLR camera is now officially discontinued. The HD Pentax-D FA 24-70mm f/2.8 ED SDM […]
The HD PENTAX-DA 15mm f/4 ED AL Limited lens (black version) is now discontinued. The lens is still in stock at B&H Photo (currently $50 off): The silver version was discontinued back in 2023 (more discontinued Pentax products can be found here):
Ricoh has a new patent application released on May 30, which includes several optical lens designs/calculations: 70-150mm f/4.6-5.7 100-170mm f/4.6-5.2 70-180mm f/4.1-6.1 150-250mm f/5.3-7.9 Additional informtion:
The HD PENTAX-D FA 70-210mm f/4 ED SDM WR lens (rebadged Tamron) is now marked as discontinued at the official Ricoh Japan website (see the full list of discontinued lenses here.) and several major Japanese retailers: Kitamura Camera: on sale now Map Camera: discontinued products Bic Camera: production discontinued Yodobashi Camera: low in stock In the […]
Here are the latest Pentax lens rebates (up to $300 off):
Ricoh has a new patent (JP2024-067293A) for a 14mm f/3.5 APS-C lens for K-mount (21mm equivalent). The inventor is Takahiro Nakayama, the same person who designed the optics of the HD Pentax-DA★ 16-50mm f/2.8 ED PLM AW lens. Additional information from the patent filing:
