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→ Pentax camera savings in the UK.
→ Ricoh booth at the upcoming CP+ 2018 show in Japan.
→ Ricoh Theta V software updates:
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Discontinued Pentax cameras
The Pentax K-3 II DSLR camera has been moved from the current camera list to the discontinued list on the official Ricoh Imaging Japanese website.
The Pentax K-3 II is still in stock in the US (B&H and Adorama).
The Pentax K-3 II was announced in April, 2015.
Ricoh published this morning their financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months of their 2018/03 fiscal year, i.e. for the October 2017 – December 2017 and April 2017 – December 2017 periods.
“Sales in the Other segment increased by 14.3% to ¥151.8 billion as compared to the previous corresponding period. Though income and profit in optical equipment business mainly increased, it was offset by the decrease in income and profit in the camera business due to the decrease in amounts of sales of digital cameras. As a result, operating profit in the Other segment decreased by 13.0% as compared to the previous corresponding period, to ¥5.7 billion.” (page 5)
Contrary to the document’s title, it’s the consolidated results for the nine (not six) months ended December 31, 2017. This is the most interesting document as far as the camera business is concerned. See in particular its page number 14 (15th page of the pdf document).
The so-called ‘Smart Vision’ BU includes the Pentax products together with the Ricoh Theta, GR, WG and rugged compact cameras.
Sonder Creative posted a new video comparing three different 50MP cameras: Fuji GFX ($6,499.95), Canon 5DS R ($3,699) and Pentax 645z ($5,496.95):
Ricoh is rumored to announce a new Pentax K-1 Mark II DSLR camera according to a report by the Japanese site Nokishita who has a long history of reporting reliable information on upcoming products.
The Pentax K-1 was announced back in February 2016.
The Pentax K-1 recently got a price drop ($1,779.95).
