Recap of PentaxRumors posts for May 2022

By admin | Published: June 2, 2022

  
  
 
Recap of PentaxRumors posts for May 2022:
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New class-action lawsuit filed against Ricoh USA for aperture defects in the Pentax K-30 and K-50 cameras

By admin | Published: May 28, 2022


A new putative class action lawsuit was filed in Pennsylvania against Ricoh USA for defects in the mechanism that controls the aperture of the Pentax K-30 and Pentax K-50 cameras. The defect reportedly leads to consistently black or dark images and renders the affected cameras unusable for their intended purpose:



A similar lawsuit was filed in New York in 2020 and was later dismissed:

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Memorial Day offers

By admin | Published: May 28, 2022


Memroial Day sale at Adorama:


Memorial Day special at B&H:


KEH is having a weekend sale where you can get up to 20% off on overstock gear with coupon code OS20A (ends 05/31/2022):


Alphagvrd camera and lens skins sale: 15% off all products with coupon code MD2022:


The Topas Labs Gigapixel AI sale is set to expire next week (use code RUMORS15 on any Topaz Labs product for an extra 15% off):


Via PhotoRumors

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The new Ricoh WG-80 waterproof shockproof freezeproof crushproof camera is now available for pre-order

By admin | Published: May 23, 2022


The new Ricoh WG-80 waterproof shockproof freezeproof crushproof camera is now available for pre-order:

Just announced: Ricoh WG-80 waterproof point and shoot camera

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What else is new?

By admin | Published: May 23, 2022

New Eddycam Easy elk leather camera straps (the softest camera strap available today)

ON1 Photo RAW 2022.5 is coming in June with Leica M11 support

You can make a pinhole camera from this Leica M3 tin

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Gigapixel AI and Exposure X7 updates and offers

By admin | Published: May 19, 2022


Topaz Labs released Gigapixel AI version 6.1 with a new Face Recovery AI (with Gigapixel AI you can enlarge and enhance images up to 600% while improving the textures and details). For a limited time, Gigapixel AI  is $20 off (use code RUMORS15 on any Topaz Labs product for an extra 15% off).


Exposure Software Spring Sale: save 40% on the new Exposure X7 and all other products in the online store through May 24. The new Exposure X7 version has a new masking tool that makes it easier to separate a subject from the background with just a few clicks. Exposure X7 now also includes Workspaces, which reorganizes Exposure’s interface for a specific task, a unified crop and transform panel, defective pixel removal, and more.

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The Ricoh THETA X camera is delayed in Japan, currently in stock in the US

By admin | Published: May 19, 2022



The new Ricoh THETA X camera is delayed in Japan. No new release date was provided. The THETA X is currently in stock in the US at Adorama and B&H Photo. Here is the full text of the press release:

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