Pentax & Ricoh Rumors

The official Ricoh Imaging online store in Japan has started selling photographic film

By admin | Published: January 20, 2024

The official Ricoh Imaging online store in Japan has started selling photographic film. Notably, they are selling Kodak Portra much cheaper than Yodobashi (15,800 yen vs 21,870 yen at Yodobashi for Portra 400 – check US Porta prices at Amazon). No doubt this is part of their preparation for the launch of the new Pentax film cameras:

The Ricoh GR IIIx is the best-selling compact camera for 2023 at Yodobashi Camera in Japan

By admin | Published: January 15, 2024

The Ricoh GR IIIx is the best-selling compact camera for 2023 at Yodobashi Camera in Japan. Here is the full list:

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Pentax digest #81

By admin | Published: January 13, 2024

→ Ulanzi released a new F12 mini camera flash speedlite L044GBB1 with a price tag of $30.

→ The new Maven Wave 2 color-coded filters raised over $335k on Kickstarter.

→ DxO software offers new savings when purchasing more than one of their products (scroll down to the bottom of this page to see all available combos).

→ Similar to Godox and Hobolite, Viltrox announced a new retro 8X/12X portable RGB LED light.

→ New Godox V1 Pro flash coming soon.

→ For a limited time, you can get 15% off at SPINN.DESIGN with coupon code SD15-RUMORS (valid until February 7, 2024).

→ CIPA November 2023 numbers.

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Pentax K-1 and K-1 Mark II firmware update version 2.41 released

By admin | Published: January 11, 2024

Ricoh releases firmware upgrade version 2.41 for Pentax K-1 and K-1 Mark II cameras – this is a revised version of firmware 2.40 that was released on December 7, 2023, and was later suspended:

Changes to V2.41 from V2.40:

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Happy New Year and the most popular blog posts of 2023

By admin | Published: December 31, 2023

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Pentax digest #78

By admin | Published: December 28, 2023

→ PictureCorrect holiday sale.

→ The 25% off offer from Topaz Labs for their Photo AI and Video AI apps is ending this weekend. The new version of Gigapixel 7 will be released in January and is still available for pre-order at the discounted price of $99.