Pentax & Ricoh Rumors

First leaked picture of the Pentax M-1

By admin | Published: April 1, 2018

Ricoh will soon announce a new Pentax M-1 microwave equipped with Wi-Fi and LTE modules and a camera placed on the top panel. Thanks to this innovation, the Pentax M-1 microwave will be able to take photos of food in studio quality and then post them on social media. The price is expected to be around $299.

Via Pentax Facebook Page

Pentax digest (videos)

By admin | Published: March 30, 2018

→ 5 reasons to buy the Pentax KP camera – a mirrorless killer?

→ Pentax Q-S1 camera review.

→ Pentax K-1 II camera hand-held pixel shift processing.

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Pentax K-1 Mark II DSLR camera already shipping, first review published online

By admin | Published: March 28, 2018

The new Pentax K-1 Mark II DSLR camera is expected to start shipping in April and it seems that some stores already received the first pieces (see cameranu.nl).

The first Pentax K-1 Mark II camera review is also now available online at tiendapentaxeros.com (Google translation).

Update: part II of the review is now available online (Google translation).

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Ricoh has a new patent for an improved Pentax smc DA★ 16-50mm f/2.8 lens

By admin | Published: March 23, 2018

There are already rumors that Ricoh is planning to revamp the current DA★ lenses with new motor drives and electronics and the first two lenses benefiting from this treatment will most likely be the current 16-50mm f/2.8 and 50-135mm f/2.8 models.

In the case of the DA★ 16-50mm f/2.8 the revamping could include some tweaks in the optical formula aimed at mitigating one of the main weaknesses of the current lens, its high level of chromatic aberrations.

A recently published Ricoh Imaging patent application (P2018-45172A) put emphasis on the minimisation of chromatic aberrations. There are 10 examples in the patent. All of them could be commercially designated as 16-50mm f/2.8 APS-C zoom lenses (more precisely: the shortest focal distance goes from 16.46mm to 16.52mm, the longest focal distance goes from 48.35mm to 48.83mm, maximum aperture is always f/2.9, the image circle’s radius is 14.24mm). Five examples include 16 elements in 13 groups, three examples include 17 elements in 13 groups, two examples include 15 elements in 12 groups.

The current smc Pentax-DA★ 16-50mm f/2.8 ED AL [IF] SDM lens includes 15 elements in 12 groups:

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Nikkei: Ricoh to book $1.72 billion impairment loss as North American business slumps

By admin | Published: March 23, 2018

Nikkei published a new article titled Japan’s Ricoh to book $1.72bn impairment loss as North American business slumps:

“Japanese office equipment maker Ricoh Co Ltd on Friday said it would book an impairment loss of 180 billion yen ($1.72 billion), citing a slump in North American business as users shift from print to digital.”

Earlier this month Nikkei reported that Ricoh will cut 4,000 jobs in Japan and Europe:

“Japan’s Ricoh plans to trim about 4,000 workers from its payrolls as soon as the coming fiscal year, streamlining and selling assets in its ailing core business of office equipment with an eye toward investing in future growth.”

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