The Irix 11mm f/4 full frame lens for Pentax DSLR cameras is now officially announced. Additional information, including press release, MTF charts, specifications and pictures can be found over at PhotoRumors.
Irix lenses can be purchased at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon DE and Amazon IT.
Pentaxforums published their 2017 CP+ interview with Pentax executives. A lot of interesting information there, here are a few interesting points:
The Pentax KP DSLR camera is now in stock at B&H and Adorama. B&H also has new KP lens kits with up to $200 in savings:
At the MWC in Barcelona, Ricoh unveiled their latest Theta camera that can stream live broadcasts in 360 for 24 hours (it was originally announced in January):
At the CP+ show in Japan Ricoh had on display their new “Multi-Imaging Technology” that combines the Pentax K-1 with a Ricoh Theta camera and overlays the photos from the DSLR into the 360-degree scene of the Theta camera:
“The process, as I understand it, involves mounting the Theta to the hotshoe of the DSLR, in this case a K-1, and then capturing media with both cameras simultaneously. Then, the files are uploaded to a cloud-based image processing program that analyzes the 360-degree scene and then stitches-in the high-resolution DSLR images over their corresponding locations within the spherical panorama. Even more, the system can also embed videos shot from the K-1 into the spherical panorama scene, which will playback while you pan and zoom around the scene.”
Here is a video demo of Ricoh’s Multi-Imaging Technology:
TOKYO, February 24, 2017－Ricoh today announced that PENTAX K-1, Full frame digital SLR camera has won award at this year’s prestigious iF Design Award 2017, hosted by iF International Forum Design GmbH.
