The new HD PENTAX-D FA ★ 50mm f/1.4 SDM AW lens is now listed on Ricoh’s US website. The US price will be $1,199.95. Shipping will start on July 20, 2018.
Update – the HD PENTAX-D FA ★ 50mm f/1.4 SDM AW lens is now officially announced. Pre-orders are open at:
HD PENTAX-D FA* 50mm F1.4 SDM AW lens specifications:
Additional information on the new HD PENTAX-D FA ★ 50mm f/1.4 SDM AW lens leaked online:
Check out the latest Pentax UK deals valid until Monday, June 25th. Additional information can be found at the UK online retailers:
Via PhotogDeals.com
The GR Remote Viewer app for Ricoh GRII camera can download JPG & RAW files from the camera to a smartphone and apparently do it better than the original Ricoh app (available also for iPad). Additional informtion:
Ricoh has filed a patent in Japan for what appears to be a new Pentax DA* 11-18mm f/2.8 DSLR lens. The patent was published today (June 21st) but it was first registered back in December 2016. Tokina already has an 11-16mm f/2.8 while Pentax currently has the 15-30mm f/2.8 lens.
Here is one of the calculations described in the patent:
Adobe released Camera Raw version 10.4 with support for the new HD PENTAX-D FA* 50mm f/1.4 SDM AW lens and Pentax K-1 II DSLR camera. The full list of all supported cameras and lenses can be found here.
Note: Dynamic Pixel Shift Resolution from the K-1 II is not currently supported (when you open images that are captured in this mode, only the first raw image frame is displayed).
There are also several new photo editing software updates:
Source: Adobe (lenses), Adobe (cameras)
CreativeLive is now offering 50% off on all Adobe software classes with coupon code ADOBE.
WiFi Commander for Pentax is a new free Windows software for remote controlling Pentax cameras with built-in Wi-Fi:
