Ricoh Japan issued a notice that GR III camera orders will resume on August 21st. Orders were temporarily suspended earlier this year, and even a lottery system was implemented for the new GR III HDF and GR IIIx HDF models:
Ricoh announced a temporary suspension of GR camera orders because of another supply shortage
A quick look at Adorama, Amazon, and B&H Photo shows that ALL Ricoh GR III camera models are currently out of stock.
Full text of the notice:
This new $7 TTArtisan magnetic film canister with built-in LED light will be a perfect match for your Pentax 17 camera. Here are the details:
Today Ricoh Imaging announced two new heavy-duty, industrial cameras developed for use at jobsites in industries including construction, manufacturing and disaster relief. The new Mark II replaces the previous G900 models.
The RICOH G900 II and RICOH G900SE II offer outstanding and dependable performance in harsh conditions and are both equipped with a back-illuminated 20-megapixel CMOS image sensor that delivers sharp, clear, high-resolution images, even at a super-high sensitivity of ISO 25600. The cameras offer features and functions specifically for industrial enterprise environments, including password-protected camera lock functionality and simplified data management and workflow capabilities.
Check for pre-orders at Amazon and B&H Photo.
Additional information:
The new Pentax 17 film camera is currently in stock for the first time at B&H Photo:
The Pentax 17 has been in stock in Europe for a while: Amazon DE | Erhardt | Koch | WEX.
Today, Ricoh released their latest FY2024 Q1 financial results (for the first quarter ended June 30, 2024). As usual, the camera business is part of “Other” and specific data is not provided. Here are all the references I found on the camera business (click of larger view):
Source: Ricoh IR
→ New camera bags:
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→ The LIT DUO 1 light meter has already raised over $861k on Kickstarter, with only a few hours left.
→ SmallRig released a standard configurations catalog for photo and video accessories.
The new Pentax WG-8 and WG-100 all-weather cameras are now in stock for the first time:
Sample videos taken with the new Pentax WG-8 all-weather camera
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