A recent tweet from Kimio Tanaka indicated that Ricoh has no plans for a 24×36 or 645 mirrorless camera. Mr. Tanaka said that he speaks on behalf of Ricoh and is not expressing his own opinion. Kimio Tanaka is a Japanese photographer who has Ricoh/Pentax insider information and has a good record of reporting relevant […]
Ricoh will announce a new WG-70 waterproof shockproof compact camera (replacement for the current WG-60 model). The only improvement from the WG-60 seems to be a new “image cross-processing”. The retail price in Japan is around 35,800 yen including tax. The new camera is expected to be released in mid-March. Source: Nokishita, via PentaxRumors
Next week Ricoh will announced a new Theta SC2 camera:
Jen Carrigan asked Ricoh/Pentax on Twitter if they will announce a new camera this fall and the answer a clear no:
Imaging Resource published their interview with Ricoh executives and they made some interesting comments – in 1-2 years mirrorless users will start switching back to DSLR:
Both Ricoh Korea and Ricoh Japan have issued notices (recalls?) about wobbly control dial pads on the new Ricoh GR III camera: Ricoh claims that this is normal, but in some cases, the tolerance is not acceptable and the affected serial numbers will be fixed (Google translation): “The basic specification is to set a slight […]
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