Category Archives: Pentax

2016 BCN awards in Japan: Canon wins in almost all categories

The 2016 BCN awards for the Japanese market are out (BCN collects sales data from approximately 2/3 of all Japanese retail stores). Canon still has a major market share in almost all categories (even in mirrorless – now at the #2 spot after pushing Sony to #3). Olympus is the #1 mirrorless camera, while Fuji never made […]

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New Pentax KP DSLR camera rumored to be announced next month at the CP+ show

There is a good chance that Ricoh will soon announce a new Pentax KP DSLR camera: The first report from twice.com is suggesting that Pentax/Ricoh will announce a new DSLR next month at the CP+ show in Japan. The second report is from digicame-info.com: a new Pentax KP DSLR camera was registered at the Indonesian telecommunication agency. The camera […]

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What else is new?

→ Ricoh announced the industry’s first camera capable of delivering up to 24 continuous hours of fully spherical, 360-degree live video streams. → The new Yongnuo YN968EX-RT flash with LED video lamp is now available for purchase at Amazon US and Amazon UK (more information available here). → The new FLIR Duo is a compact dual-sensor thermal imaging […]

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What else is new?

→ Adobe reported record revenue and net income. → Zeiss also reported record revenue and earnings. → ZY Optics launched a new silver version of their Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 35mm f/0.95 Mark II lens (available for different mounts). More after the break:

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What else is new?

This week’s recap:

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What else is new?

Here is this week’s recap:

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The latest rebates from Fuji, Tamron, Pentax, Olympus, Sony, Nikon and Panasonic

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What else is new? (Pentax mirrorless camera rumors, new Lensbaby Trio 28 lens and more)

→ Lensbaby announced a new Trio 28 lens for mirrorless cameras which includes all three Lensbaby Twist, Velvet and Sweet effect lenses in one compact package. → Pentax is rumored to announce a new mirrorless camera. → Phase One XF IQ3 100MP updated with electronic shutter.

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The new reality (price increases everywhere)

When I first reported the rumored price of the new Olympus E-M1 Mark II camera, I was hoping that it was a mistake. Few hours after my post, I received a confirmation from a good source that the European price will indeed be 1,990 Euro (around $2,200). Then I noticed that the price of the Pentax K-1 […]

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What else is new?

Our weekly recap from both the rumors and addict blogs:

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