Kickstarter photography projects compatible with Pentax K-mount cameras


→ H&Y Filters just launched the REVORING Swift, the world’s first magnetic modular filter system: $13,583 pledged of $9,992 goal.


→ Trexo Slider – world’s most compact camera slider: $81,091 pledged of $10,000 goal.


Pinhole Pro Max: world’s most advanced pinhole lens: $213,818 pledged of $10,000 goal.

Via PhotoRumors

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New Venus Optics Laowa macro lens promotion for Pentax K-mount


Venus Optics has a new promotion on their Laowa macro lenses for Pentax K-mount available only in the USA at Adorama and B&H Photo. This sale will expire on May 16th. Here are the details:

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Pentax/Ricoh ranked as “Favorite Digital Camera Manufacturer” in Japanese survey (Nikon is at the #2 spot)


From April 8th to April 14th, 2022, ITmedia (Netorabo Survey Team) had a survey in Japan on the question “What is your favorite digital camera maker” – here are the results from a total of 2999 votes:

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The Ricoh GR IIIx camera wins the 2022 iF Design Award



The Ricoh GR IIIx cameraAdorama | AmazonB&HWEX) won the 2022 iF Design Award:
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The Topaz Labs Image Quality Bundle is now on sale



There is a new Topaz Labs Image Quality Bundle promo where you can get $100 off on the most popular, top-rated Topaz apps:

You can use coupon code RUMORS15 for an extra 15% off. This promo ends on 5/6:

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Ricoh WG-6 camera firmware update version 1.06 released


Ricoh released firmware update version 1.06 for the WG-6 digital camera, adding Webcam functionality:

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Pentax digest #45


→ Wise introduced a new series of V90 standard SDXC UHS-II memory cards in 128GB, 256GB, and the world’s first 512GB.



→ The Pentax K-3 Mark III Jet Black Edition and J limited Madagascar hand strap samples are on display at Reco Imaging Square Tokyo.




More pictures of the Pentax K-3 Mark III Jet Black Edition (only 232 units will be released in the crowdfunding campaign).


HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm f/4.5-6.3ED PLM WR RE lens review (in Japanese).

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