Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company is the new official company name after Ricoh acquired Pentax few months ago. Here is the official press releases:
Tokyo, October 1, 2011–Ricoh Company, Ltd. (President & CEO: Shiro Kondo; hereinafter referred to as “Ricoh”) announces the establishment of PENTAX RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. as its wholly owned subsidiary on October 1, 2011.
SanDisk promises that soon more new cameras will support their new UHS-I cards:
“Asked about the compatibility of the fastest cards and their technology firm UHS-I, Philippe Williams, director of marketing for SanDisk for Europe, Africa and the Middle East said that the list of cameras would soon expand.“
It will be interesting to see what those new cameras will be. For now only the Nikon D5100, D7000 and Sony A77 can take a full advantage of the UHS-I cards.
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According to Alphamountworld, Sony have conformed that a new firmware updated for their 24MP SLT cameras will be released soon. Here is a list of some of the reported issues for the S0ny a77 model.
Today Sony Taiwan confirmed the upcoming firmware update on their website:
Some new Fuji X100 owners have reported that their cameras came with firmware version v1.11 (current official version is v1.10). There have been some talk in the past that another X100 firmware update is a possibility.
According to an email from Sigma customer service to a reader, the APO 50-150mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM lens that was announced back in February will start shipping next month (October, 2011). No MSRP was given.
Samsung is rumored to be implementing an electronic shutter mode in a new APS-C batch production. It is not clear yet if it is for NX200 or it is a completely new sensor for the upcoming NX20.
High speed rolling shutter technology is already implemented in the new 20.3MPx APS-C sensor on the NX200, but electronic shutter mode is not activated on it.
According to Amazon UK, the Samsung NX200 mirrorless camera will be released on October 1st, 2011. B&H is currently taking pre-orders which is another indication that the camera will start shipping soon. The NX200 was announced on September 1st.
In addition to November 3rd, there is another Canon event scheduled for October 26th. This will probably be for a new Pixma printer since Canon, just like Nikon, is not expected to announce a new DSLR any time soon.
The November 3rd announcement will probably be for two new video cameras: one with EF mount, the other with PL mount.
