Category Archives: Ricoh

Ricoh GR promo and hands-on videos

By PR admin | Published: April 17, 2013

The first Ricoh GR promo and hands-on videos are out:

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Ricoh GR officially announced, available for pre-order

By PR admin | Published: April 17, 2013

Ricoh officially announced their new GR digital compact camera. B&H is currently taking pre-orders for the new GR (price: $799.95). The new GR has a redesigned 28mm equivalent f/2.8 lens. Here are a MTF charts comparison between the GR and the GR Digital IV: Detailed Ricoh GR technical specifications:

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This is the Ricoh GR

By PR admin | Published: April 16, 2013

More images and specifications leaked for the Ricon GR digital camera that will be announced later today (around midnight EST):

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Ricoh GR camera promotional video leaked

By PR admin | Published: April 15, 2013

The promotion video of the Ricoh GR camera leaked online (thanks to everyone who sent that in). The official announcement will be tomorrow (April 16th). Here are some screenshots form the video:

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The new Ricoh Digital GR camera to be announced next week (additional specifications available)

By PR admin | Published: April 13, 2013

  Update: see also this post for more information on the new GR camera. Here are some additional specifications for the upcoming Ricoh GR compact camera:

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Specifications of the new Ricoh Digital GR camera

By PR admin | Published: April 12, 2013

Update: additional specifications are available here. The signs for a new Ricoh GR camera has been out for few months: Ricoh has recently filed patents for several new lenses designed for APS-C cameras and the GR Digital IV has been listed as discontinued for a while. Here are the latest specifications of the soon to be released new Ricoh Digital GR compact digital camera with […]

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Japanese magazine Nippon Camera predictions for 2013

By PR admin | Published: February 20, 2013

The Japanese Nippon Camera published their predictions for 2013. Similar to the article published by the Impress magazine few months ago, those forecasts are often based on information from rumors blogs:

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Demo of Ricoh’s 360 degree panoramic camera

By PR admin | Published: February 4, 2013

During the 2013 CES show Ricoh displayed a prototype of their new 360 degree panoramic camera. The embedded video below shows how the camera works:

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Olympus XZ-10, Ricoh GR Digital V, Sony NEX-3N, a38, a58 and other rumored cameras and lenses

By PR admin | Published: January 21, 2013

Quick recap of the latest camera and lens rumors from around the Web: Olympus XZ-10 high-end compact camera should be announced soon, probably a replacement for the current Olympus XZ-2 model. Ricoh GR Digital V is rumored to have a new APS-C sensor. This should not be a surprise, since Ricoh recently filed patents for several new lenses […]

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The latest patents from Ricoh, Tamron and Olympus

By PR admin | Published: January 16, 2013

Ricoh filed patent (2013-7853) for a new 23mm f/2.5 and 27mm f/1.9 lenses for mirrorless APS-C sensor. Not clear if those lenses will be used for the GXR system or for a new GR compact camera Tamron filed a patent (2012-242690) for a 50mm f/1.8 lens designed for an  APS-C mirrorless camera.

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