Pentax + Ricoh news and more

A new strange rumor about the Pentax 09 Telephoto Macro lens surfaced online from the Japanese photographer Kimio Tanaka:

いま、試用中のレンズ。
小さい、軽い、AF高速、至近も無限もとんでもなく描写がいい。レンズのスペックなどはおいおいと・・・。若者よ、希望を捨てるな。PENTAXがんばれ。 pic.twitter.com/B6f0PLKoTT

— 田中希美男 (@thisistanaka) April 22, 2017

Translation:

“The lens I’m currently testing. It’s small, it’s light, autofocus is fast and the pictures are superb at both macro and infinity positions. The specs and stuff are awesome. Young people, don’t give up hope yet. Keep it up Pentax.”

and his other comments further down:

“Oh, I forgot to mention I borrowed this lens from abroad. Ricoh don’t know about this at all. Just in case.”

“Ricoh didn’t explicitly say that the Q series was discontinued nor that they had terminated the development of TELEPHOTO MACRO. Unfortunately, the situation is rather heading towards the ‘minus’ side.But here, there is the possibility to reverse the trend towards the ‘plus’ side if everyone stands up and cheers. So I won’t give up and I will acclaim.”

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