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CP+ 2018 Pentax interview

By admin | Published: March 6, 2018

PentaxForums published their video interview with Ricoh Imaging talking about Pentax at the 2018 CP+ show in Japan:

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Ricoh’s booth at the 2018 CP+ show in Japan

By admin | Published: February 25, 2018

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 […]

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Pentax/Ricoh digest

By admin | Published: February 4, 2018

→ 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 […]

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Interesting: Ricoh Japan changed Facebook and Twitter account to “Pentax by Ricoh Imaging”

By admin | Published: January 15, 2018

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.

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HD Pentax-D FA★ 50mm f/1.4 SDM AW prototype lens review

By admin | Published: January 7, 2018

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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Pentax/Ricoh digest

By admin | Published: December 5, 2017

→ 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.

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Ihagee Elbaflex film analog SLR camera will be available also in Pentax K-mount

By admin | Published: November 25, 2017

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 […]

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