Saturday, May 30, 2015
Friday, May 29, 2015
HD 16-85 Measurbation Reviews
Both are done by measurbators, but one with real-world scenes as the shooting targets and the other with test charts in a "lab":
http://digiphoto.techbang.com/posts/7658-pentax-16-85mm-f35-56-ed-dc-wr?page=1
(Tested with K-3, in Traditional Chinese)
http://www.photozone.de/pentax/903-pentax_1685_3556
(Tested with K-5 II)
The lens model seems to be fairly good. However, it arrives just too late, Canon and Sony had similar models many years ago, when APS-C DSLRs still shined. Nonetheless, I myself feel that the DA17-70 F4 would still be a better lens optically, because of its constant aperture but only a slightly shorter reach. For size and weight wise, the HD 16-85 is not a compact lens anyway.
Time (UTC +0800):
22:44
Labels: Image Quality, K-3, K-5II/s, Lenses, Reviews, Samples, User Friendliness
Thursday, May 28, 2015
K-3 Firmware V1.21
Contains fix for a major bug which was introduced last time.
http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/support/digital/k3_s.html
Saturday, May 23, 2015
DA18-135 Discontinued
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/16-pentax-news-rumors/296011-18-135mm-lens-being-discontinued.html
It is reported that Ricoh Imaging USA has confirmed this also.
It seems that the Pentax APS-C system is dying, but the new FF system has not yet been completed and arrived, bad! :-(
Rumour: Pentax K-mount FF Comes this Autumn, no Built-in Flash but GPS
http://thisistanaka.blog66.fc2.com/entry/945/
(in Japanese)
Btw, the author of the above post is a famous Japanese photographer who is close to the official Ricoh Pentax internal source.
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Ricoh's Camera Business is Losing Money Again
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3844574
Reference Source: Ricoh's Financial Report for 14/15 (pdf)
Friday, May 15, 2015
C.R. Kennedy Confirms Pentax FF to Arrive "Closer to November"
http://photorumors.com/2015/05/13/pentax-australia-promises-more-updatesannouncements-on-their-full-frame-dslr-camera-in-november/
Btw, "Pentax Australia", who is actually C.R. Kennedy, is the official sole distributor of Ricoh Pentax products at Australia.
Time (UTC +0800):
08:28
Labels: Full Frame, Pentax, Rumours