Ricoh recently announced that Pentax is starting a new “Film Project”. Here are five Pentax compact 35mm film cameras Ricoh should bring back based on a video from Matt Loves Cameras:
Pentax Espio Mini / UC-1
Ricoh MF-1
Ricoh R1 / R1s
Ricoh GR1V
Ricoh Auto Half
Read the full article at Fstoppers.
→ There is a new Kickstarter for SPINN CP camera strap 2023 edition that already achieved its goal of $13,624 goal with 35 more days to go. The 2023 version comes with two different base plates and different strap colors. The company behind the strap (SPINN.DESIGN) has already completed several very successful crowdfunding campaigns in the past. Some of their products are also available for sale directly on their website.
→ BCN Ranking: interchangeable lens sales share by manufacturer in 2022 (Ricoh at 2.9%).
→ Monster Adapter LA-KE1 Pentax K to Sony E lens adapter review at PentaxForums.
→ The worst camera of 2022: vote here.
→ The Ricoh GR IIIx is the second best-selling camera at Yodobashi Camera in Japan.
→ Pentax Club House Grad ND experience meeting on February 4th.
→ The design of the Ricoh GR III Diary Edition case and strap.
→ For a limited time, Skylum Luminar Neo and all extensions are 20% off.
→ From January 25th to February 12th 2023, DxO is offering €|$30 off PureRAW to people who download the free trial from this dedicated page. After the download, you will receive 30$ towards the cost of purchasing DxO PureRAW2. The coupon is then valid for 30 days. The full PureRAW version is available for download in the trial, no payment is required.
→ For a limited time, AlexOnRAW has the lowest price ever on Capture One eBook and bundles – until January 31 you can get (use code RUMORS for an additional 10% off):
Ricoh Japan announced two additional limited edition colors (olive and stone) for the latest Pentax KF DSLR camera. The new colors will be released on February 2nd, 2023 (only in Japan for now I assume). All possible Pentax KF color combinations can be found here.
The new Pentax KF DSLR camera is now in stock at: Adorama | Amazon | B&H | Koch | Erhardt | WEX.
Here is the translated notice from Rioch Japan:
Several readers sent me this picture of what appears to be a Ricoh GR IV camera with a flip screen:
The original source of the picture is not clear – it seems that it has been online for at least a few years – I posted a video containing this picture back in 2021:
With vlogging cameras gaining popularity (the vlogging camera market has doubled in two years), the flip screen is very popular today, but on the other side, I really like the GR design the way it is. What do you think?
In addition to the Wepoto hand grip I covered last year, here is another third-party wooden handgrip for the Ricoh GRIII camera currently listed for sale on eBay:
More Ricoh GR III accessories can be found here:
As already reported earlier today, the latest Image Sync version 2.1.15 was linked to new GR III v1.70 and GR IIIx v1.20 firmware updates that were just officially released with new JPG presets and connection to ImageSync:
