Category Archives: Ricoh

Ricoh to announce a new Pentax K-3 Mark III Monochrome limited edition camera with HD PENTAX-DA 20-40mm f/2.8-4ED Limited DC WR lens

The Ricoh teaser from yesterday is for a new Pentax K-3 Mark III Monochrome limited edition camera with HD PENTAX-DA 20-40mm f/2.8-4ED Limited DC WR lens that will be announced very soon (this week most likely):

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Ricoh/Pentax is teasing a “Big Announcement Coming Soon!”

Pentax USA is teasing on social media about a “Big Announcement Coming Soon“:

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Ricoh announced two new GR III HDF & GR IIIx HDF cameras with Highlight Diffusion Filter (HDF)

We now finally know what the Ricoh GR teaser I reported last year is about: today Ricoh announced the RICOH GR III HDF and RICOH GR IIIx HDF cameras featuring a newly-developed Highlight Diffusion Filter (HDF) that diffuses highlights for softer light, creating more expressive images. The HDF, which can be turned on and off. […]

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All Ricoh GR cameras are out of stock, temporary suspension of orders, new model coming?

A few months ago a Ricoh GR designer teased a new GR announcement. We have not seen any new GR-related developments since. There was no news even at the CP+ show in Japan last month. Ricoh Japan now announced a new temporary suspension of GR camera orders because of supply shortages (again). Here are the impacted models: […]

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The new Pentax/Ricoh compact film camera will be announced this summer, this is what we know so far

Pentax/Ricoh just announced that the upcoming compact film camera will be officially released this summer (2024) and will be designed for vertical-position shooting, using a half-size format. Here is what we know so far:

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The best-selling compact cameras for 2023 at Yodobashi Camera in Japan

Here are the best-selling compact camera for 2023 at Yodobashi Camera in Japan: Ricoh GR IIIx OM SYSTEM Tough TG-7 Canon PowerShot SX740 HS Canon IXY 650 Sony ZV-1 II Ricoh GR III Leica Q3 Kodak PIXPRO WPZ2 Ricoh GR IIIx Urban Edition Sony Cybershot RX100 VII Via PentaxRumors

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Ricoh GR designer teases new announcement coming soon

The Ricoh GR Photography YouTube channel published a new video interview with Ricoh GR designer Inaba San. At the end of the video (starting at the 20:52 minute mark) Lukasz mentioned that a new Ricoh GR series announcement is coming soon. Mr. Inaba’s expressions confirmed that something new is coming but he did not provide any […]

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The latest financial results from Nikon, Ricoh, Fujifilm, Canon, and Tamron

Nikon second quarter financial results released – “Growth trends in the market for digital camera-interchangeable lens type are greater than expected in the previous forecast”: Revenue : ¥331.2B (Up ¥42.9B YoY) Operating profit : ¥ 13.6B (Down ¥10.8B YoY) Revenues grew on strong sales in the Imaging Products Business, increased sales volumes of ArF lithography […]

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