Category Archives: Pentax mirrorless camera

Pentax mirrorless camera mockup

By admin | Published: June 27, 2021

A reader sent me some Pentax mirrorless camera mockups that actually look pretty good (Ricoh has repeated on multiple occasions that they will never produce a mirrorless camera system):

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Pentax Q mirrorless camera: “hope is almost completely gone, unless a miracle happens, it will never be revived”

By admin | Published: May 9, 2021

The Japanese photographer Kimio Tanaka, who has Ricoh/Pentax insider information and has a good track record of reporting relevant information, mentioned on Twitter that a new Pentax Q mirrorless camera is out of the question – “hope is almost completely gone, unless a miracle happens, it will never be revived“:

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Ricoh CEO: “Some say Pentax should be mirrorless. I cannot do it.”

By admin | Published: December 28, 2020

In a recent interview with Alfa Romeo Japan (both companies had a collaboration recently), Ricoh’s President and CEO Shinobu Takahashi confirmed again that Pentax will not release a mirrorless camera  (this is nothing new really, a similar statement has been repeated for a while):

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Kimio Tanaka: Ricoh has no plans for a 24×36 or 645 mirrorless camera

By admin | Published: April 5, 2020

A recent tweet from Kimio Tanaka states that Ricoh has no plans for a 24×36 or 645 mirrorless camera:

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Ricoh executives think that in 1-2 years mirrorless users will start switching back to DSLR

By admin | Published: May 18, 2019

Imaging Resource published their interview with Ricoh executives. Here are some interesting quotes:

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Ricoh interview at Nippon Camera magazine (recap)

By admin | Published: January 7, 2019

The January edition of Nippon Camera magazine has an interview with Ricoh/Pentax about their plans for 2019. Here is a recap:

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There is no Pentax LX mirrorless camera, but there was a Pentax Digital K mirrorless camera concept back in 1997

By admin | Published: January 3, 2018

The Pentax LX mirrorless camera was just a concept drawings created by a Pentax fan 7 years ago. The Pentax Digital K mirrorless camera with K-mount, on the other hand, was real (pictured above) – it was designed back in 1997 and was on display at the 2006 Photokina show:

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