Ricoh released Q2 financial results: “The Camera business performed well thanks to the contribution of new products, resulting in increased sales and profits”

By admin | Published: November 9, 2024


Ricoh released their Q2 financial results. Here is the overview for the “Other” segment that includes also the camera division:

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Ricoh Japan: partial resumption of orders for some GR models

By admin | Published: November 5, 2024


Ricoh Japan announced a partial resumption of orders for some GR models.

Check Ricoh GR camera’s availability at:

Full text of the press release (Google translated):

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New Pentax K-3 III/Monochrom firmware update version 2.20 released

By admin | Published: October 29, 2024


Rioch released new firmware updates version 2.20 for the Pentax K-3 III/Monochrom cameras:

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Ricoh/Pentax interview at the 2024 Paris Photo Show

By admin | Published: October 26, 2024


Phototrend published their interview from the 2024 Paris Photo Show with Yazid Belmadi (Ricoh sales manager). Here is the recap by digicame-info:

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Pentax digest #90

By admin | Published: October 23, 2024


→ Ricoh now also sells the new “Grad ND” software for the latest Pentax DSLR cameras in Europe.


→ Ricoh issued a notice of resumption of orders for the Pentax 17 film camera.


→ A guide to disassembling the Ricoh GR camera for sensor cleaning.


→ New app for Ricoh GR recipes: Camset.

→ GR SPACE TOKYO will host the “Fuchigami Yuta “Harajuku” and “Road” and Masuda Sara “Lil Tour” exhibitions.


→ Meeting by the Pentax Ricoh Family Club on November 10th.

The new ON1 Photo RAW 2025 is now available

Updates on the latest Kickstarter+Indiegogo photography projects

TTArtisan announced a new mini RGB LED Light

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Somebody converted their Ricoh GRIIIx camera into Monochrome (DIY)

By admin | Published: October 19, 2024



There have been some rumors about a Ricoh GRIII Monochrome camera in the past.

An old Ricoh patent (2016-201400) suggested a Bayer sensor without a color filter array (CFA) for sharper monochrome images.

Check out this amzing Ricoh GRIIIx Monochrome DIY conversion performed by a fan in China (more videos available here):

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The latest releases from Topaz, Luminar, DxO, ON1, and Adobe

By admin | Published: October 18, 2024


→ Topaz Labs released several new updates:

  • Photo AI 3.3: includes new improvements like Super Focus and Recover Faces Gen 2.
  • Gigapixel 8: with new Redefine Model (Creative Upscaler), Recovery Model, and Gen2 Face Recovery.
  • New Gigapixel Cloud Service: a credit-based server processing option that allows you to offload processing tasks for faster and more efficient image enhancement.


→ DxO ViewPoint 5 released.


→ The Skylum Luminar “Big Fall Upgrade” is now available (additional information).


→ The beta version of Luminar Mobile is also now available.


→ Check out the new Luminar NEO Autumn Bundle.


→ The new ON1 Photo RAW 2025 will be announced on October 21st.


→ DxO also released new Optics Modules for the latest cameras and lenses.


→ The latest Adobe releases.


→ Photography tutorial eBook Autumn sale – here is the table of contents:


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