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Pentax is sticking to DSLRs – still has no plans for a mirrorless camera
Apr 6, 2020
John Aldred
A recent tweet from Japanese photographer Kimio Tanaka, a regular source of Ricoh/Pentax insider info, states that they have no plans to introduce a mirrorless…
Pentax has officially announced development of the HD PENTAX-D FA★85mm F1.4 ED SDM AW lens
Mar 24, 2020
John Aldred
Pentax has today officially announced the development of the new HD PENTAX-D FA★85mm F1.4 ED SDM AW K mount lens for Pentax. At the moment,…
The milky way, a medium format camera and a f/4 lens – this is how it went
Feb 20, 2020
Ole Henrik Skjelstad
For several years I have believed that shooting with a medium format camera at high iso would yield a terrible result. I have thought that…
A quick guide for using Pixel Shift in Lightroom
Feb 17, 2020
Ole Henrik Skjelstad
Pentax Pixel Shift is a fantastic feature when it comes to boosting the dynamic range, increase the level of detail and reduce the noise in…
Ricoh announces HD Pentax-D FA 70–210mm F4 ED SDM WR telephoto zoom lens.
Jan 23, 2020
Ole Henrik Skjelstad
Pentax just announced the HD PENTAX-D FA 70–210mm F4 ED SDM WR Pentax K-mount lens. For Pentax APS-C cameras that is equivalent to 107–322mm. The…
Pentax is not dead, as Ricoh announced development of new flagship APS-C DSLR
Sep 21, 2019
John Aldred
So, we don’t know what it’s called, but it will be a Pentax K mount DSLR, it will have an APS-C sized sensor and it…
Sigma dumps Pentax to focus on mirrorless – will no longer make K-mount DSLR lenses
Sep 10, 2019
John Aldred
Well, this is bad news for Pentax shooters. Sigma had already stopped creating Pentax versions of their newer Art, Sports and Contemporary series lenses, but…
Ricoh denies rumors that it will stop using Pentax brand name
May 30, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
There has been a rumor going around that Ricoh will stop using Pentax brand name because it will lose the right to it. However, Ricoh…
Ricoh thinks photographers will start switching from mirrorless back to DSLRs within 1-2 years
May 20, 2019
John Aldred
Imaging Resource recently published their interview with Ricoh execs at the CP+ trade show in Tokyo. They spoke about Ricoh’s plans for Pentax. But in…
The wait is over – The Pentax 11-18mm f/2.8 is here and so is a new 35mm f/2
Jan 31, 2019
John Aldred
The two new lenses from Pentax, the HD Pentax-FA 35mm f/2 and HD Pentax DA* 11-18mm f/2.8 ED DC AW leaked yesterday, are now official….