Pentax & Ricoh Rumors

Pentax digest #84

By admin | Published: May 19, 2024

→ 15% off Think Tank Retrospective Travel series of camera bags.

→ New: Photography Lighting Cheat Sheets by PictureCorrect (80% off during the launch sale until May 31).

→ You can get 15% off LensRentals with promo code RUMORS15.

→ Pentax K-3 III eBook version 1.9 released.

→ Profoto announced a new Profoto Pro-D3 – see the details at Adorama, Amazon, B&H, Erhardt, and WEX.

→ Adorama started a new promotion where you can get up to 5x the bonus points on purchases sitewide from now through 6/30/24 with the Adorama Edge Credit Card.

→ Topaz Video AI 5.0.2 released (additional information is available here).

→ ON1 announced the new ON1 Effects 2024 with several enhancements, including the AI Style Advisor, which uses AI technology to recommend personalized filter stacks based on user edits (additional information is available here).

Ricoh has a new patent for a Pentax 14mm f/3.5 APS-C lens for K-mount

By admin | Published: May 17, 2024

Ricoh has a new patent (JP2024-067293A) for a 14mm f/3.5 APS-C lens for K-mount (21mm equivalent). The inventor is Takahiro Nakayama, the same person who designed the optics of the HD Pentax-DA★ 16-50mm f/2.8 ED PLM AW lens.

Additional information from the patent filing:

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First Pentax half-frame compact film camera teaser

By admin | Published: May 17, 2024

Rich posted the first teaser for the upcoming Pentax half-frame compact film (see previous coverage here):

Posted in Pentax 17, Pentax film camera | Tagged Pentax 17 half-frame film camera with 25mm f/3.5 lens, Pentax film camera, teaser | Leave a comment

Ricoh Japan temporarily suspends orders for the new GR III HDF and GR IIIx HDF cameras, implements lottery system

By admin | Published: May 16, 2024

Ricoh Japan temporarily suspended orders for the new GR III HDF and GR IIIx HDF cameras and implemented a lottery system for future orders.

Check Ricoh GR III HDF & GR IIIx HDF cameras availability at:

US: Adorama | B&H Photo | Amazon (coming soon)
Europe: Foto Koch (Germany) | WEX Photo (UK)

Full text of the press release:

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The Verge on the new Ricoh GR III HDF camera: “The printer company, that makes a camera, prints one more edition”

By admin | Published: May 16, 2024

The Verge published an article and video with the title “The printer company, that makes a camera, prints one more edition” referring to the new GR III HDF and GR IIIx HDF cameras: