Tag Archives: Pentax DA* 11-18mm f/2.8

Ricoh interview at Nippon Camera magazine (recap)

By admin | Published: January 7, 2019

The January edition of Nippon Camera magazine has an interview with Ricoh/Pentax about their plans for 2019. Here is a recap:

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Hints about future Pentax products (plus the original Pentax K-1 from 2000)

By admin | Published: December 17, 2018

Yaotomi Camera, a large camera store located in Osaka, organized on Saturday a meeting with Pentaxians together with the heads of sales, cameras and lenses from Ricoh Imaging/Pentax. The guys from Ricoh Imaging brought with them a prototype of the HD Pentax-DA★ 11-18mm f/2.8 ED DC AW and the K-1 from 2000 (see attached pictures […]

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HD PENTAX-DA★11-18mm f/2.8ED DC AW lens delayed until 2019

By admin | Published: June 28, 2018

The HD PENTAX-DA★11-18mm f/2.8ED DC AW lens is now officially delayed until 2019. The initial announcement date was the summer of 2018. Here is the full press text:

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Ricoh has a new patent for a Pentax DA* 11-18mm f/2.8 lens

By admin | Published: June 21, 2018

Ricoh has filed a patent in Japan for what appears to be a new Pentax DA* 11-18mm f/2.8 DSLR lens. The patent was published today (June 21st) but it was first registered back in December 2016. Tokina already has an 11-16mm f/2.8 while Pentax currently has the 15-30mm f/2.8 lens. Here is one of the calculations […]

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Pentax at the 2018 Photography Show in Birmingham

By admin | Published: March 20, 2018

Some pictures of the new Pentax products at the 2018 Photography Show in Birmingham courtesy of PhotographyBlog.

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Closer look at the new Pentax lenses from the 2018 CP+ show in Japan

By admin | Published: March 1, 2018

Here is a closer look at the new Pentax lenses from the 2018 CP+ show in Japan that started today:

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Ricoh’s press release for the HD PENTAX-D FA ★ 50mm f/1.4 SDM AW and 11-18mm f/2.8 lenses

By admin | Published: February 26, 2018

Ricoh issued another press release with some additional information on the new HD PENTAX-D FA ★ 50mm f/1.4 SDM AW and HD PENTAX-DA ★ 11-18mm f/2.8 lenses (both will be on display at the 2018 CP+ show in Japan that starts this Thursday):

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