GR Photo Festival 2024 call for entries (photos taken with GR series cameras)

GR PHOTO FESTIVAL 2024

Call for Entries – Photos Taken with GR Series Cameras

RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. will hold the “GR PHOTO FESTIVAL 2024”, a photo contest for customers around the world who use the GR series cameras of all generations.

The GR Photo Festival 2024 is a photo contest open to all customers around the world who enjoy taking pictures with their GR series cameras, based on our passion for photography “Take out your camera. Enjoy daily photographs.” This photo contest is different from the conventional contests, where entries are ranked in order of excellence, in that professional photographers from around the world will be commissioned to select works from their own perspectives. The outline is as follows:

GR PHOTO FESTIVAL 2024 OUTLINE

■ Entry Period: October 1 – December 22 (Sunday), 2024
■ Theme: “Daily Life”
■ Judges: Reggie Ballesteros,Jeremy Cheung,Masumi Ishida,Oliver Jiang,Rikard Landberg,Annalaura Pretaroli,Ichigo sugawara,Hamish Ta-mé,Michael Young,Qianqian Zhang
■ Eligibility: All professional and amateur GR users worldwide
■ Requirements: Unpublished photograph(s) taken in December 2023 or later with a GR series camera (including film GR)
■ Entry method: Web entry only. For details, refer to the application guidelines on our website.
■ Announcement of selection: Selected applicants will be notified directly in mid- February 2025. They will also be announced on our website in late February of the same year or later.

For details, please see the GR PHOTO FESTIVAL2024 page.

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Interview with Pentax management – past, future, and film


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New TTArtisan 75mm f/1.5 “Swirly Bokeh” lens for M42 mount announced





The previously reported TTArtisan 75mm f/1.5 “Swirly Bokeh” full-frame lens for M42 mount is now officially announced with a price tag of $269. The lens is now in stock at:

Additional information can be found here:

TTArtisan 75mm f/1.5 “Swirly Bokeh” lens officially announced

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Additional information:

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Ricoh now sells “Grad ND” software for the latest Pentax DSLR camera models


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The latest Ricoh Theta updates (HDR-DNG)

THETA X HDR-JPEG vs HDR-DNG

Ricoh released several new Theta updates:

The latest updates bring HDR-DNG to the Ricoh Theta X 360 camera:


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Ricoh registered a new R07010 camera in China and South Korea

 
On September 12, 2024, Ricoh registered a new camera with product code R07010 in South Korea and China. The new model will be made in China and includes wireless communication (5G WIFI, 5150-5350MHz, 5470-5850MHz). This is most likely another new THETA camera – the upcoming Pentax K1 Mark III camera is rumored to be produced in Vietnam:

Pentax K1 Mark III camera rumors

List of the previous Ricoh camera registrations:

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