The latest Ricoh Theta 360° camera

By admin | Published: April 21, 2017

Newest Model in the RICOH THETA 360° Camera Series that Shoots 4K Video Developed

Ricoh to showcase a sample camera at the world’s largest broadcast equipment exhibition, NAB Show 2017

Ricoh would like to announce that we will be showcasing a sample camera of the newest model, which shoots high resolution 4K video in 360°, of the RICOH THETA series that shoots 360° images in one shot at the NAB Show 2017 held by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) in Las Vegas, USA from April 22 to 27.

Overview of the Product – RICOH THETA series 360° camera:

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Just released: Pentax K-1 and 645z firmware updates, Image Transmitter v2.3.0

By admin | Published: April 20, 2017


Ricoh released new version of Image Transmitter and firmware updates for the K-1 and 645z cameras:

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Ricoh lost 10 billion yen, will revise downward forecast, planning to expand Theta

By admin | Published: April 12, 2017


Ricoh lost 10 billion yen and will revise downward their financial forecast (Google translated):

Ricoh Co., Ltd. announced that it will revise downward forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007 on April 11. Approximately 10 billion yen (over 90 million USD) is recorded as impairment loss. Because we can not anticipate expected profits in the digital camera business.

Ricoh said that their Theta product line is doing very well (still in the top ten best-selling digital cameras on Amazon) and the company is planning to expand this business:

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Ricoh issued an official statement regarding their camera business

By admin | Published: April 12, 2017


Ricoh issued an official statement regarding the earlier reports of the company abandoning their camera business:

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Ricoh is considering to withdraw from the camera business

By admin | Published: April 11, 2017


Ricoh is considering to withdraw from the camera business – this news comes from Nikkei, here is the English version:

The Japanese company will radically review a production and manufacturing strategy centered on cameras for the retail market, including such brands as Pentax and GR. Options include withdrawing from this segment altogether.

In America, Ricoh is laying off 1,000 workers as it restructures its sales network to reduce overlap with companies it has acquired. In Japan, the company plans to offer early retirement, including to employees who have stayed on past the usual retirement age.

Update: Ricoh issued a statement denying the report, saying that they are focusing on expanding “high-value-added models” (Google translated from Japanese).

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Adobe Lightroom CC 2015.10 and Camera Raw 9.10 released with Pentax KP support

By admin | Published: April 11, 2017


Adobe released Lightroom CC 2015.10 and Camera Raw 9.10 with support for the Pentax KP DSLR camera. Here are direct the download links:

 

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New server and HTTPS for PentaxRumors

By admin | Published: April 10, 2017


In the past week I have been busy upgrading PentaxRumors to a new server at HostDuplex. The old server could no longer handle the increased traffic. You also probably already noticed that PentaxRumors is now a “secure” website (HTTPS) which is the industry’s standard. A lot of other changes were also introduced on the back end that should improve the overall user’s experience on the site. If you see any strange behavior, please add a comment to this post.


LeicaRumors and PhotoRumors are also now “secure” websites and NikonRumors will be transitioned over by the end of the week.

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