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 […]
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The Ihagee Elbaflex film analog SLR camera that started on Kickstarter will also be available in Pentax K-mount. Here is the update recently posted on Kickstarter: “The good news is that we have done some calculations, racked our brains and did some prototyping and the result is that we can also offer this camera with a […]
The new Skylum Luminar 2018 for Mac & PC is now available for pre-order. The new version includes new filters powered by artificial intelligence, speed improvements, a dedicated RAW develop module, new intelligent Sun Rays filter, LUT support, and real-time noise removal and a forthcoming in 2018: a digital asset management platform. The new Luminar 2018 has also been […]
Ricoh officially announced the HD PENTAX-D FA ★ 50mm f/1.4 SDM AW and HD PENTAX-DA ★ 11-18mm f/2.8 lenses. Here is the full press release:
Several readers contacted me with questions about a French website that reported a few weeks ago that Ricoh is planning to stop the production of Pentax cameras in 2018. As far as I know this information is 100% wrong or at least not backed by any reliable source. I will not mention the name of the website because I […]
The latest Pentax video reviews courtesy of the CameraVille YouTube channel:
