Nikkei published a new article titled Japan’s Ricoh to book $1.72bn impairment loss as North American business slumps: “Japanese office equipment maker Ricoh Co Ltd on Friday said it would book an impairment loss of 180 billion yen ($1.72 billion), citing a slump in North American business as users shift from print to digital.” Earlier this […]
PentaxForums published their video interview with Ricoh Imaging talking about Pentax at the 2018 CP+ show in Japan:
Ricoh Imaging released a new picture of their booth at the 2018 CP+ show in Japan (March 1-4): The big question is what is under the glass case in the very front next to the lens display under the K-1 II poster: Here is the previous Ricoh CP+ booth – they did not have the […]
→ Pentax camera savings in the UK. → Ricoh booth at the upcoming CP+ 2018 show in Japan. → Ricoh Theta V software updates: New firmware 2.00.2 for Ricoh Theta V: Notification of firmware update for “RICOH THETA V” camera (release notes) New versions of the Ricoh Theta apps: RICOH THETA App Version Update Information RICOH […]
Today the Twitter and Facebook social media accounts of Ricoh Imaging Japan were changed to “Pentax by Ricoh Imaging“. This is an interesting development given the reports/rumors about Ricoh getting out of the camera business and potentially selling the Pentax brand.
The Japanese photographer Kimio Tanaka (who had previously released info on the Pentax-09 Telephoto macro lens) posted a review of the new HD Pentax-D FA★ 50mm f/1.4 SDM AW prototype lens (Google translation). Here is the recap by Mistral75: Update: part 2 is now also available (Google translation) part 3 is now also available (Google translation) part 4 is […]
→ Green metal hot shoe cover for Ricoh GR II camera. → Gariz leather/metal camera half case for Ricoh GR II camera. → Pentax lenses explained. → Check out the Pentax history on this page. → Pentax dust removal video. → Five Pentax 50mm lenses tested.
