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Ricoh turns to a customer “lottery” to overcome high demand for GR III/IIIx HDF

May 17, 2024 John Aldred

The idea that companies underestimate demand for their products has turned into a bit of a joke at this point. For the past few years,…



Ricoh GR III HDF and GR IIIx HDF come with dreamy diffusion filters

Mar 28, 2024 John Aldred

Ricoh has announced new versions of its GR III and GR IIIx cameras. The Ricoh GR III HDF (buy here) and Ricoh GR IIIx HDF…



Ricoh’s Pentax WG-90 is a WG-80 with a new name

Jan 25, 2024 John Aldred

Ricoh has announced the new Pentax WG-90. And true to form, it’s pretty much identical to its predecessor. In fact, I can’t see a single…



This device claims to turn your Ricoh GR into a “wide format XPan”

Jul 17, 2023 John Aldred

Well, I think this has to be the dumbest snake oil nonsense product I’ve seen so far this year. Being sold by the “Ding ding…



Pentax offers a sneak peek of new film camera prototype at Japan exhibition

Jul 4, 2023 John Aldred

It’s no secret that Pentax is working on a film camera. They’ve actually made quite a big deal of it, with the launch of a…



Is Ricoh finally giving up on Pentax DSLRs and leaving the camera business?

Dec 7, 2022 John Aldred

In a recent article on Japanese outlet Newswitch, Ricoh CFO Shun Kawaguchi says that the company is looking to essentially dump some of its business…



Pentax has officially announced the new Pentax KF DSLR but it’s basically a K-70 with a flippy out LCD

Nov 10, 2022 John Aldred

Pentax has now officially announced the new Pentax KF APS-C DSLR. I say “new”, but it’s not really that much different to the K-70. It’s…



Ricoh Europe is killing off and replacing its EU website – existing accounts will not be transferred

Aug 10, 2022 John Aldred

Ricoh has reportedly sent out an email to customers informing them that they’re shutting down their EU website at Ricoh-Imaging.eu on September 5th. It seems…



Ricoh has announced a standalone version of the Ricoh GR IIIx Urban Edition camera

Jul 8, 2022 John Aldred

Ricoh’s limited-edition GR IIIx Urban Edition camera, released in March as a kit including some matching accessories now appears to have made it into the…



Ricoh’s new rugged and waterproof WG-80 is basically a WG-70 with a slightly redesigned shell and brighter ring light

May 19, 2022 John Aldred

Ricoh has announced their new WG-80, the latest in their line of rugged and waterproof compact cameras designed for underwater, outdoor and industrial photography. With…