
Pentax USA is teasing on social media about a “Big Announcement Coming Soon“:
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. […]
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: […]
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:
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 […]
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 […]