Another price drop: HD Pentax D FA* 70-200mm f/2.8 ED DC AW lens now $125.76 off

By admin | Published: March 17, 2017

  
The HD Pentax D FA* 70-200mm f/2.8 ED DC AW lens is now $125.76 off at B&H.

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Deal of the day: Pentax HD DA 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6 ED DC WR lens is now $150 off

By admin | Published: March 14, 2017


Deal of the day: for a limited time the Pentax HD DA 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6 ED DC WR lens is $150 off at B&H:


Here are the tech specs of the lens:

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Irix 11mm f/4 lens for Pentax K-mount now available for pre-order

By admin | Published: March 13, 2017


Irix lenses are now available for sale at Adorama. The new Irix 11mm f/4 lens for Pentax K-mount is also now listed for pre-order (shipping is expected to start in mid-April):

In Europe the Irix 11mm f/4 lens is listed at Amazon Germany (Amazon UK only lists the 15mm lens).

Update: the Irix lenses are now listed also at B&H.

Via NikonRumors

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Pentax KP camera hands-on field test

By admin | Published: March 10, 2017


Pentax KP camera ($1,099) hands-on field test from The Camera Store TV:

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Ricoh Imaging sales are roughly half those of Leica

By admin | Published: March 9, 2017


Some interesting research done by a reader (thanks Mistral75):

  • In the 1960s and 1970s Asahi Optical was bigger than Canon and Nikon together
  • Today, Ricoh Imaging sales (= Pentax + Ricoh Theta, GR and WG sales) are roughly half those of Leica.

This information is not exactly confidential nor something I have made up but the result of information digging and calculations:

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Pentax camera image stabilization demo

By admin | Published: March 7, 2017

Here is a Pentax camera image stabilization video demo taken by a reader at the 2017 CP+ show (thanks richardhaw.com):

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