Pentax & Ricoh Rumors

The 2024 5DayDeal photography bundle is now live

By admin | Published: October 1, 2024

The new 2024 5DayDeal photography bundle is now available – as with previous years, you will get a package of different photography tools drastically reduced (95% off courses & plugins). Several different bundles are available, and a portion of the sales will go to charities:

New compact Godox iM30 “Mini” camera flash announced

By admin | Published: October 1, 2024

Godox announced a new compact iM30 “Mini” camera flash. Here are the key features (additional information can be found here):

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GR Photo Festival 2024 call for entries (photos taken with GR series cameras)

By admin | Published: October 1, 2024

GR PHOTO FESTIVAL 2024

Call for Entries – Photos Taken with GR Series Cameras

RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. will hold the “GR PHOTO FESTIVAL 2024”, a photo contest for customers around the world who use the GR series cameras of all generations.

The GR Photo Festival 2024 is a photo contest open to all customers around the world who enjoy taking pictures with their GR series cameras, based on our passion for photography “Take out your camera. Enjoy daily photographs.” This photo contest is different from the conventional contests, where entries are ranked in order of excellence, in that professional photographers from around the world will be commissioned to select works from their own perspectives. The outline is as follows:

GR PHOTO FESTIVAL 2024 OUTLINE

■ Entry Period: October 1 – December 22 (Sunday), 2024
■ Theme: “Daily Life”
■ Judges: Reggie Ballesteros,Jeremy Cheung,Masumi Ishida,Oliver Jiang,Rikard Landberg,Annalaura Pretaroli,Ichigo sugawara,Hamish Ta-mé,Michael Young,Qianqian Zhang
■ Eligibility: All professional and amateur GR users worldwide
■ Requirements: Unpublished photograph(s) taken in December 2023 or later with a GR series camera (including film GR)
■ Entry method: Web entry only. For details, refer to the application guidelines on our website.
■ Announcement of selection: Selected applicants will be notified directly in mid- February 2025. They will also be announced on our website in late February of the same year or later.

For details, please see the GR PHOTO FESTIVAL2024 page.

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Interview with Pentax management – past, future, and film

By admin | Published: September 28, 2024

The Pushing Film YouTube channel published an interview with Pentax management:

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New TTArtisan 75mm f/1.5 “Swirly Bokeh” lens for M42 mount announced

By admin | Published: September 25, 2024

The previously reported TTArtisan 75mm f/1.5 “Swirly Bokeh” full-frame lens for M42 mount is now officially announced with a price tag of $269. The lens is now in stock at: