Category Archives: Ricoh

HD PENTAX-D FA 24-70mm f/2.8ED SDM WR lens announced (Tamron design?)

Ricoh officially announced the previously rumored HD PENTAX-D FA 24-70mm f/2.8ED SDM WR lens. The US price of the lens is $1,299.95 (available for pre-order at B&H and Adorama). As some readers already noticed, the new Pentax lens is completely identical to this Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di USD lens and I don’t think this is a […]

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Ricoh Theta S 360 degree camera announced

The new Ricoh Theta S 360 degree camera is now officially announced. Shipping will start on November 10th According to Amazon, shipping will start on October 23rd. The price is 346.95. Here are the technical specifications: Record 360° Spherical Photos/Videos 2 x 12MP 1/2.3″ Sensors, 14.4MP Output Twin Lens System, f/2 Maximum Aperture Full HD 1080p Video […]

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Ricoh Theta S camera leaked online

All the information for the upcoming Ricoh Theta S camera is now available at eoncloud.com:

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New Ricoh Theta S camera to be announced on September 3rd

The new Ricoh Theta S camera I mentioned few weeks ago will be announced on September 3rd and is expected to have a better image quality compared to the previous model. The price will be around $379-$399. Stay tuned for additional details.

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New Ricoh Theta camera rumored for September

I received some information that Ricoh will announce a new Theta camera in the first week of September that will have a new design, a larger sensor, improved image and video (30 fps) quality and will be of course more expensive (the current 360 version sells for around $300).

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Ricoh GR II firmware update v1.10 released

Ricoh Japan released firmware update v1.10 for the latest Ricoh GR II camera with some general performance improvements and v1.0.5 of the Image Sync software.

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Now in stock and shipping in the US

Now in stock and shipping in the US: Ricoh GR II Sony RX100 IV Olympus Air A01 Sigma 24-35mm f/2 DG HSM Art lens for Canon EF

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Ricoh drops the price of the recently announced GR II camera by $100

Ricoh probably realized that the updates they introduced in their latest GRII camera (only Wi-Fi, NFC, upgraded AWB and wireless flash sync) do not justify the $200+ price increase over the previous version. The new Ricoh GR II now costs $696.95, or $100 less than the intro price at B&H and Adorama (Amazon still has the old price). […]

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Ricoh GR II camera additional coverage

The new Ricoh GR II camera did not bring any significant updates (only Wi-Fi, NFC, upgraded AWB and wireless flash sync), but it still remains one of the best compact cameras available today. Here is some additional coverage on the new GR II: → Ricoh announced also a new limited edition GR II set that includes […]

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Ricoh GR II camera officially announced

Ricoh officially announced the previously rumored Ricoh GR II camera with 16MP, Wi-Fi, NFC, fast auto focus, wireless flash functionality, full 1080p HD video for a price of $799.95 (available for pre-order at B&H, Amazon and Adorama). The previous version currently sells for $579. Shipping will start in July. Main technical specs: 16.2MP APS-C CMOS sensor (23.7×15.7mm) ISO […]

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