Another class-action lawsuit against Ricoh for Pentax cameras aperture defects was dismissed by a federal judge in Illinois


After the New York State class-action lawsuit against Ricoh for Pentax cameras aperture defects was dismissed back in February, Law360 reports that a similar lawsuit was also thrown out by an Illinois federal judge (the full article is behind a paywall):


Just a reminder that a similar class-action lawsuit was recently filed also n Pennsylvania:

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


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


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


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





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


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

  
  
 
Recap of PentaxRumors posts for May 2022:
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