Pentax & Ricoh Rumors

Ricoh GR III camera additional pictures

By admin | Published: February 19, 2019

Some additional pictures of the upcoming Ricoh GR III camera that is rumored to be announced later this week (click for larger view):

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The Ricoh GR III camera will be announced this week

By admin | Published: February 19, 2019

The Ricoh GR III camera will most likely be announced this week. There will be two Ricoh GR III related events in China at the end of this week. The first one will take place in Shanghai at the so-called “Ricoh imaging Square” on Friday morning and the second one in Beijing at the Muji Hotel on Sunday afternoon:

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William Optics Redcat 51 APO 250mm f/4.9 telephoto full-frame lens for Pentax

By admin | Published: February 19, 2019

There is a new crowdfunding project for a Redcat 250mm f/4.9 telephoto full-frame lens by William Optics on Kickstarter. The lens is available also for Pentax cameras and it is described as “The world’s sharpest 250mm telephoto lens ever made for full frame cameras, at Apochromatic specification.”

See also the related posts in the Nikon D850 Facebook group.

Additional information:

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Rumors: two Pentax full-frame teleconverters to be announced soon

By admin | Published: February 18, 2019

Posted by Asahi man on Pentax Forums a while back:

Both new converters are fullframe and with all AF systems compatible.
But still no exact shipping date.
Still in late prototype condition.
Maybe because of the new tele lenses.