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President Noboru Akabane had always habitually said that he wanted PENTAX to become a cute brand that people could look at and say, “look at them, they’re doing something crazy again, but I guess that’s just what they do”

By admin | Published: March 20, 2023

The Japanese magazine Barfout published an interview with Takeo Suzuki (Product Planner and Designer of Ricoh Imaging’s PENTAX Business Unit), here is an interesting quote:

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Pentax digest #65

By admin | Published: March 19, 2023

→ B&H has listed several new SD cards (64GB and up) with V60 ratings along with a 512GB V90 card (V60 cards read speed: up to 250MB/s, write speed: up to 130MB/s; V90 cards read speed: up to 300MB/s, write speed: up to 250MB/s). → KEH March promotions: Buy, sell, and trade pre-owned equipment Three focal […]

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Pentax digest #64

By admin | Published: March 11, 2023

→  Topaz Labs released a new Photo AI update (additional information is available here). → The new ON1 Sky Swap AI plugin is now officially released – additional information is available here. → Pentax HD D FA Macro 100mm f/2.8 ED AW lens review at Capa Camera. → Pentax HD D FA Macro 100mm f/2.8 ED AW […]

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Pentax digest #63

By admin | Published: March 6, 2023

→ New: Pentax 645Z medium format camera+lens combo offer in the US. → Skylum released Luminar Neo version 1.7 with additional plugin functionality, presets preview, and more. → New firmware update version 2.30.1 released for the Ricoh Theta Z1 camera. → New Pentax KF camera reviews at Shutterbug and Digitalcameraworld. → Pentax HD D FA […]

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Migrating to a new server, expect some hiccups this weekend

By admin | Published: March 3, 2023

PentaxRumors will be migrating to a new server this weekend (starting at 10 pm tonight EST). With the increased traffic and a large number of posts (almost 1,500 posts, over 5,000 photos, and over comments), it is time to move to a server with a new generation of processors. In theory, the migration should be […]

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Ending soon on Kickstarter: Clever Supply camera sling bag and SPINN CP camera strap 2023 edition

By admin | Published: February 28, 2023

The latest Kickstarter/Indiegogo updates: 39 hours left: Camera sling bag by Clever Supply Co.: $93,724 pledged of $15,000 goal (additional information) 44 hours left: SPINN CP camera strap 2023 edition: $91,099 pledged of $13,237 goal Many previously crowdfunded projects are still available for purchase: KUVRD camera protection SPINN CW.01 protective wrap for camera gear TREXO […]

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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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