
The latest news from Ricoh/Pentax:

Nikon released Q2 financial results No real change or surprises 1st half revenue at ¥151.7 billion, earnings at ¥28.8. The full-year forecast remains the same at ¥305 billion, but the earnings forecast raised from ¥45 to ¥47 million. The full-year forecast remains the same, with 850,000 bodies and 1.35m lenses. Nikon claims the market is still […]

Ricoh announced two new G900 II and G900SE II heavy-duty industrial cameras Pre-orders: Amazon | B&H Photo The new Mark II replaces the previous G900 models Press release Additional pictures:

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: […]