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Pentax/Ricoh was chosen as the #1 favorite digital camera manufacturer in a recent questionnaire in Japan

By admin | Published: August 24, 2023

Pentax/Ricoh was chosen as the #1 favorite digital camera manufacturer in a recent questionnaire by ITmedia in Japan:

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Pentax/Ricoh digest #75

By admin | Published: August 6, 2023

→ New: Benro CyanBird Carbon Fiber 5-section tripod: Amazon | B&H Photo. → Cheap mini hot shoe Xenon flash for Ricoh GR cameras. → Best Astrophotography Apps in 2023. → List of Tamron lenses that can no longer be repaired (Nikon, Canon, Sony, Pentax). → Luminar NEO essential preset bundle.

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Pentax digest #74

By admin | Published: July 23, 2023

→ B&H Photo will celebrate its 50-year anniversary with a new Bild Expo that will take place on September 6-7 at the Javits Center in NYC – it looks like this can be a replacement for PDN PhotoPlus Expo which got canceled during the pandemic and slowly disappeared. → New: Think Tank Photo Venturing Observer Travel […]

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Pentax digest #73

By admin | Published: July 9, 2023

→ My Grandfather’s Pentax P3: reflections on a budget SLR. → TTartisan released a new polymer nano-microfiber camera protective wrap. →  Topaz Labs released Photo AI version 1.4.0. The full release notes can be found here. → New on Kickstarter: The Everything Bags for cameras, tech, and travel. → Ricoh Theta Z1 firmware update version 3.01.1 […]

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The latest compact digital camera market share in Japan

By admin | Published: July 8, 2023

Here is the latest compact digital camera market share data from Japan according to BCNretail: Please note: BCN Ranking collects real sales data from approximately 40% of the Japanese retailers – this is not a worldwide market share report. Previous BCNR reports can be found here. Via PhotoRumors

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Pentax digest #72

By admin | Published: June 24, 2023

→ Topaz Labs released Video AI version 3.3. The changes from the previous version 3.2.9 can be found here. → Skylum released a new Luminar Neo all-in-one photography bundle – additional information is available here. → Classic Cameras: the Pentax K1000 SLR film camera. → This SHARGE storage solution device raised over $372,870 by 3,281 backers […]

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Flickr study reveals the most popular cameras around the world

By admin | Published: June 23, 2023

By analyzing over 470,000,000 photos on Flickr, SimpleGhar reveals the most used cameras around the world – here’s a peek at the results (click for larger view):

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