Pentax & Ricoh Rumors

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By admin | Published: August 19, 2025

Peak Design released new colors for their camera bags, pouches, and straps

https://photorumors.com/2025/08/18/viltrox-announced-new-camera-lens-cleaning-travel-kit-for-13/

ON1 Resize AI 2026 now available

https://photorumors.com/2025/08/17/whats-next-for-skylum-luminar-neo/

You can now buy wooden 1:1 replicas of the Pentax 17 and Pentax Spotmatic SP film cameras

By admin | Published: August 16, 2025

New: you can now buy wooden 1:1 replicas of the Pentax 17 and Pentax Spotmatic SP film cameras. Here are the links:

Pentax 17 35mm half-frame film camera: eBay | Etsy (get the original):

Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SP SLR film camera: eBay | Etsy (get the original):

Please note that each wooden Pentax camera model will be unique, with various patterns that could be different from the pictures above.

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Kickstarter updates: Peak Design Pro Tripod raised $4 million with 3 days left, new Maven Filters WAVE 3 magnetic filter line launched

By admin | Published: August 12, 2025

The Pro Tripod by Peak Design has already raised almost $4 million on Kickstarter (backed by 4,742 backers). The funding project will end in 3 days. With that campaign, Peak Design launched three new lines of PRO tripods, including a lite and tall versions. Additional information can be found here (check also the Peak Design website):

The Pro Tripod by Peak Design has raised $3,639,779 on Kickstarter

Maven Filters started a Kickstarter campaign for a new WAVE 3 magnetic filter line (Diopters, Mini Ring Light, Star Walker, LPL+Diffusion, H Alpha & Much More):

Still available on Kickstarter – the LIT DUO 1 light meter:

Via PhotoRumors

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Ricoh GR IV camera first look

By admin | Published: August 9, 2025

Here is the first Ricoh GR IV camera first look video (check B&H for pricing):

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Ricoh Q1 financial results: cameras “performed well”

By admin | Published: August 7, 2025

Ricoh released its Q1 financial results. As usual, not much informtion was provided for the camera segment that is reported under “Other” businesses, except that it “performed well”: