Pentax & Ricoh Rumors

The latest deals on Skylum Luminar Neo, DxO PureRAW software, and Capture One ebook

By admin | Published: January 26, 2023

→ For a limited time, Skylum Luminar Neo and all extensions are 20% off.

→ From January 25th to February 12th 2023, DxO is offering €|$30 off PureRAW to people who download the free trial from this dedicated page. After the download, you will receive 30$ towards the cost of purchasing DxO PureRAW2. The coupon is then valid for 30 days. The full PureRAW version is available for download in the trial, no payment is required.

→ For a limited time, AlexOnRAW has the lowest price ever on Capture One eBook and bundles – until January 31 you can get (use code RUMORS for an additional 10% off):

50% off Capture One Hidden Features eBook
50% off Ultimate Capture One Toolkit
50% off Pro Color Grading Styles Bundle
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Ricoh announced two additional limited edition colors for the Pentax KF camera: olive and stone

By admin | Published: January 25, 2023

Ricoh Japan announced two additional limited edition colors (olive and stone) for the latest Pentax KF DSLR camera. The new colors will be released on February 2nd, 2023 (only in Japan for now I assume). All possible Pentax KF color combinations can be found here.

Here is the translated notice from Rioch Japan:

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Ricoh GR IV camera with a flip screen?

By admin | Published: January 25, 2023

Several readers sent me this picture of what appears to be a Ricoh GR IV camera with a flip screen:

The original source of the picture is not clear – it seems that it has been online for at least a few years – I posted a video containing this picture back in 2021:

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With vlogging cameras gaining popularity (the vlogging camera market has doubled in two years), the flip screen is very popular today, but on the other side, I really like the GR design the way it is. What do you think?

Posted in Ricoh GR | Tagged Ricoh GR IV camera | 7 Comments

New: third-party wooden handgrip for Ricoh GRIII camera

By admin | Published: January 24, 2023

In addition to the Wepoto hand grip I covered last year, here is another third-party wooden handgrip for the Ricoh GRIII camera currently listed for sale on eBay:

More Ricoh GR III accessories can be found here:

Posted in Accessories, Ricoh GR | Tagged Ricoh GR III accessories | 1 Comment

Ricoh GR III v1.70 and GR IIIx v1.20 firmware updates released

By admin | Published: January 19, 2023

As already reported earlier today, the latest Image Sync version 2.1.15 was linked to new GR III v1.70 and GR IIIx v1.20 firmware updates that were just officially released with new JPG presets and connection to ImageSync:

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Ricoh released Image Sync version 2.1.15

By admin | Published: January 19, 2023

Ricoh released Image Sync version 2.1.15 with support for the function of the Ricoh GR III and Ricoh GR IIIx cameras to turn the power off directly from the ImageSync app: