These are all PentaxRumors posts for November in case you may have missed something: Pentax K-1 firmware update version 1.40 coming soon? Pentax K-1 firmware update version 1.40 released Pentax/Ricoh Black Friday deals The latest Pentax deals Pentax K-3 and K-50 firmware updates released The Pentax smc DA 50mm f/1.8 lens is now $40 off Deals: […]
Overhauling a Pentax K1000 camera video by the Camera Repair Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia: “This is a selection of recordings taken during a 3-4 hour overhaul of a Pentax K1000 film camera. The K1000 was available new in stores from 1976 all the way up to 1996. This particular body is an original, first […]
Ricoh launched a new survey where the company asks about K-lenses and camera’s capabilities/needs. The survey can be access here.
The Laowa Zero-D 12mm f/2.8 distortion-free lens will be announced next week and will be available also in Pentax K mount: Laowa Zero-D 12mm f/2.8 distortion-free lens to be announced next week Venus Optics Laowa lenses are available at B&H.
Ricoh released firmware update version 5.01 for their GR compact camera with a single fix: Corrected – Interval Composite may not close correctly for enhanced features (V5.00).
DZoptics (Shenzhen Dongzheng Optics) recently announced their first photographic manual focus, full frame, DSLR lens: Kerlee 35mm f/1.2 that will also be available for Pentax K mounts (in addition to Canon EF, Nikon F and Sony E mounts). DZoptics Kerlee 35/1.2 lens features and specs:
Similar to Nikon, Fuji and Sony, Ricoh also issued a statement about potential issues with their DSLR, lens and compact camera deliveries as a result of the Kumamoto earthquakes in Japan:
