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Ricoh’s mirrorless camera: with a “slide-in” interchangeable lens mount system

This rumor is coming form a Chinese forum: the expected Ricoh’s EVIL €œ(Electronic Viewfinder with Interchangeable Lens)€ camera may have a “slide-in” interchangeable lens mount system and not a k-mount like previous speculated. This idea is not new and has been discussed before on dpreview. There is also a patent granted to Ricoh a while […]

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Rumors recap

Here is a recap of what happened while I was gone (next time when on the road, I will bring a laptop with me): Ricoh: There are also reports for a new Ricoh camera with APS-C sensor (previously reported here). Olympus: Olympus Germany claims that there will be no E-3 successor in the foreseeable future […]

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Ricoh mirrorless camera

Ricoh will have a presentation of a mirrorless APS-C camera on November 12th, 2009. The camera will be available in December 2009. I am expecting more details in the next few days. This is the information I posted two months ago on this rumor: Ricoh is working on a compact camera based on Pentax’s K […]

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Rumor: Ricoh is working on a compact camera based on Pentax’s K mount

Ricoh is working on a compact camera based on Pentax’s K mount. It’s not clear if they would use the exact K mount or the M 4/3 approach by keeping the mount diameter in-tact and reducing the distance so that older K mount lenses still can be used via an adapter and a new series of new […]

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RICOH GZ-1

Update: this is a photoshopped image of the latest Ricoh model and a Pentax lens. Rumor busted. The Google translation is shady – this what I could pick up: 14MP CMOS sensor New high-end LCD Interchangeable lenses Built-in flash Reminder: Ricoh just released the Ricoh GR Digital III 10MP digital camera with a 28 F/1.9mm […]

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Ricoh GR Digital III: now a reality

The Ricoh GR Digital III rumors were true (still no word on Ricoh’s official site): Price: £530 New 10-million-pixel CCD imaging sensor External TTL flash unit (GF-1) expected 21mm wide conversion lens (GW-2) also expected 5fps Improved macro image quality (closest focusing is 1cm) 3in LCD screen with a resolution of 920,000 dots

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Ricoh GR Digital III

The buzz around the long waited Ricoh GR Digital III is also starting to pick up. The picture below surfaced recently and it shows the new lens: 6.0mm 1:1.9 (compared to current 5.9mm 1:2.4), the body looks identical to the GRD2: Another picture after the break…

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Rumor: Ricoh GRD3 official announcement on July 27th (GR Digital III)

There is this cryptic Japanese website mentioned on dpreview that claims that the Ricoh GRD3 (GR Digital III) will be announced on or around July 27th. The rumored new features are: CMOS sensor 3.0″ TFT 920,000 pixels LCD Not much for now, but I will be keeping my eyes on this topic in the next […]

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