
DC.Watch published an interview with Ricoh Imaging president Noboru Akahane – here is the Google translation:

After the New York State class-action lawsuit against Ricoh for Pentax cameras aperture defects was dismissed back in February, Law360 reports that a similar lawsuit was also thrown out by an Illinois federal judge (the full article is behind a paywall): Just a reminder that a similar class-action lawsuit was recently filed also n Pennsylvania:

The crowdfunding of the Pentax K-3 Mark III Jet Black Limited Edition camera in Japan is now over. The project raised ¥35,712,830 (around $275k) from the initial target amount of ¥10,000,000 (around $77k), or a 357% funding: