Ricoh’s Q1 financial report is out

By admin | Published: July 28, 2017


Ricoh published today their quarterly financial report for the first quarter of their 2017-2018 fiscal year (three month period ending on June 30, 2017). It’s difficult to infer anything quantitative concerning Ricoh Imaging or Pentax from the figures of the “Other” division since Ricoh henceforth specifies that the “Other” division includes the following product lines (see p.8, 13 and 14), which go much beyond Pentax, including outside Japan:

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New Ricoh Theta V camera registered in Indonesia

By admin | Published: July 28, 2017


A new Ricoh Theta V camera was registered with the Indonesian telecommunication agency POSTEL. The official announcement is usually 2-3 months after the registration.

Via Nokishita

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The Pentax KP DSLR camera is now $150 off

By admin | Published: July 26, 2017



The Pentax KP DSLR camera is now selling for $949.95 after a $150 discount at B&H and Adorama.

The Pentax KP was announced in January 2017. Additional coverage of the camera can be found here.

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The Emil Busch Glaukar 3.1 portrait lens will also be available for Pentax K-mount

By admin | Published: July 21, 2017


I received a confirmation from the company that the new Emil Busch Glaukar 3.1 portrait lens will also be available for Pentax K-mount. Additional information on the lens can be found at PhotoRumors and Kickstarter.

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Adobe Lightroom CC 2015.12/6.11, Camera Raw 9.12 released with support for two Venus Optics Laowa lenses for Pentax K-mount

By admin | Published: July 19, 2017


Adobe released Lightroom CC 2015.12/6.11 and Camera Raw 9.12. Here are the direct download links:

In addition to several bug fixes, here is the list of new Pentax K-mount lens profiles added in Lightroom CC 2015.12/6.12:

Via PhotoRumors

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ShutterCount app now supports Pentax cameras as well

By admin | Published: July 6, 2017


The guys behind the ShutterCount app contacted me to inform that their app now also supports Pentax cameras:

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Gizmon lens filter for Ricoh WG cameras

By admin | Published: July 5, 2017


Gizmon launched a new ball lens filter “GIZMON x ZENJIX Soratama 55 for WG” for Ricoh WG cameras. Here are some sample photos taken with the filter:


The filter is available for sale at Amazon Japan.

Via DC.watch

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