The new Pentax O-GPS2 GPS unit is now available for pre-order, will be in short supply

By admin | Published: June 16, 2022


The new Pentax O-GPS2 GPS unit for Pentax DSLR cameras is now available for pre-order at:

Ricoh Japan announced a supply shortage for the Pentax O-GPS2 GPS unit

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DxO Nik Collection 5 now available

By admin | Published: June 15, 2022


Today DxO announced the all-new Nik Collection 5. The suite consists of eight different plug-ins, Major improvements were introduced in Color Efex and Analog Efex. The design of the user interface has been rebuilt from scratch and now has also several new features. Here are the details:

Via PhotoRumors

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Pentax digest #47

By admin | Published: June 11, 2022


→ The Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan (CIPA) released the latest camera production data.


→ New Ricoh Theta “HDRI” plug-in released.


→ A Shift in Strategy: What is Pentax’s “Workshop-like” Model?



→ Ricoh announced the opening of “PENTAX Clubhouse” in Yotsuya.


→ Ricoh GR meet in Japan.

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Ricoh announced a new Pentax O-GPS2 GPS unit for Pentax DSLR cameras

By admin | Published: June 8, 2022





Ricoh announced a new Pentax O-GPS2 GPS unit for Pentax DSLR cameras. The new version makes it easy to capture stellar images of the night sky and is developed as a successor to the current Pentax O-GPS1 model. The new Pentax O-GPS2 provides more reliable and higher-precision positioning data gathered from GPS in the U.S., QZSS in Japan, GLONASS, and Galileo.

Pre-orders should be open soon at Adorama and B&H Photo.

Updated pre-orders are now open at:

Additional information:

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Ricoh GR IIIx offer at WEX UK: free BD-110 battery and free GC-11 case

By admin | Published: June 5, 2022


The Ricoh GR IIIx camera now comes with a free BD-110 battery and a free GC-11 case at WEX UK and you can get 30% off on selected other accessories:

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Recap of PentaxRumors posts for May 2022

By admin | Published: June 2, 2022

  
  
 
Recap of PentaxRumors posts for May 2022:
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New class-action lawsuit filed against Ricoh USA for aperture defects in the Pentax K-30 and K-50 cameras

By admin | Published: May 28, 2022


A new putative class action lawsuit was filed in Pennsylvania against Ricoh USA for defects in the mechanism that controls the aperture of the Pentax K-30 and Pentax K-50 cameras. The defect reportedly leads to consistently black or dark images and renders the affected cameras unusable for their intended purpose:



A similar lawsuit was filed in New York in 2020 and was later dismissed:

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