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Just announced: Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO full frame manual focus lens for Pentax K-mount

Venus Optics officially announced their new Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO full frame manual focus lens for Pentax K-mount. Pricing and availability are not yet available.
Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO technical specifications:
Venus Optics to announce a new Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2:1 macro lens for Pentax K-mount

Venus Optics is rumored to announce a new Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2:1 macro lens for Pentax K-mount (pictured above) at the Beijing P&E show that starts on May 3rd.
After the Laowa 60mm f/2.8 2X Ultra-Macro lens ($399), this will be the second 2:1 lens in the company’s offering. The new lens will have infinity focus and no chromatic aberration.
The recently announced Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5X Ultra Macro lens is currently delayed until the end of May (additional information can be found here).
Via NikonRumors
Imaging Resource CP+ interview with Ricoh: “We would like to concentrate on the camera with prism”

Imaging Resource published their CP+ interview with Ricoh. Here is the quick recap:
- The Accelerator Unit improves noise levels across the board
- The K-1 II also brings some AF improvements
- Patent planned for Pentax’s handheld, multi-shot high-res capture
- The K-1 II upgrade was planned from the start
- We will see a new APS-C flagship, but it probably won’t look like the K-3
- The Pentax Q is alive
- Don’t expect a medium-format mirrorless camera
Some interesting quotes:
List of Pentax K-1 Mark II camera reviews

In this post I will keep adding the latest Pentax K-1 Mark II camera reviews – bookmark it and check back later for the latest additions:
- Ephotozine
- Photographyblog
- Pentaxklub.com (Google translated)
- Tiendapentaxeros.com (Google translation), part II (Google translation) and part III (Google translation)
- Dpreview
- Map Camera
- Yodobashi
- Mobile01
- Kennychi
- Digitalcameraworld
- Photolari
- Dpreview (full review)
- DC.Watch
- hisway306
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Ricoh released Image Sync 1.1.7


Ricoh released an updated version 1.1.7 of their Image Sync app that creates wireless communication between the camera and a mobile device. There is only one improvement in this release: added support for Facebook API update. Here are the download links:



