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With Pentax now firmly established as a part of Ricoh, the company's US branch has taken on responsibility for marketing and distribution of its new parent's camera lineup in the US market. In an announcement yesterday, Pentax Ricoh Imaging Americas Corp. detailed the move, which applies to all Ricoh consumer cameras but excludes Ricoh's business-to-business image solutions and...
New firmware updates seem to be rolling in faster than we can keep up with them lately. That might mean more typing for us, but it's great news for photographers out there: it means products that are more stable, and occasionally, that offer new features.
First of all, Canon's EOS-1D Mark IV gets a new update to firmware version 1.1.1, available immediately from the Canon USA...
There are two types of firmware update in this world. Some--OK, most--just fixes some bugs in earlier releases, making your camera more stable and reliable. A rare few have loftier ambitions, however.
A new firmware update today for the Ricoh GXR is in the latter group, adding a variety of new features, and refining others. Ricoh seems particularly generous in this respect,...
There are two types of firmware update in this world. Some fix bugs in previous releases, bringing welcome relief to those of us who've encountered the problems they solve. That's good news, but the truly great firmware updates put a smile on your face by adding entirely new features. The latter is a rarity, and we think that's something of a shame. New features added after a...
As camera brand Pentax was acquired from then-parent Hoya Corp. by Ricoh Co. Ltd. last year, some in the Pentaxian community acted with alarm, broadcasting fears that their beloved brand might disappear, absorbed into that of its new owner. Ricoh moved quickly to make clear that the Pentax brand was here to stay, alongside the formation of Pentax Ricoh Imaging Co. Ltd.
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Shoot with Ricoh's CX6 digital camera, and not happy with autofocus performance? If so, you'll be pleased to know that the company recently released a firmware update for the camera, hot on the heels of one it issued just before Christmas.
Ricoh CX6 firmware v1.21--which was posted on the company's website while we were in the midst of a whirlwind of CES show news--has but one...
Japan's Ricoh Co. Ltd. has today announced new firmware for two of its fixed-lens camera models, the Ricoh GR Digital IV and Ricoh CX6.
Ricoh GR Digital v1.17 firmware includes four main changes. With the flash strobe set to Auto, images shot under backlit conditions should yield better results. The optional AF distance display now stops at the position of focus lock while the...
An update to the global website of Ricoh Co. Ltd. reveals that it's working on a new camera module for its GXR camera system.
Announced in late 2009, the Ricoh GXR is extremely unusual in offering interchangeable modules that couple both a lens, sensor, and image processor in a single unit, rather than the more typical interchangeable lens design found on most competing...
Over the last month, we've been monitoring the devastating floods in Thailand, which have seen factories from major imaging companies including Canon, Nikon and Sony shuttered.
Even for brands that have no factories in affected areas, supply-chain issues are causing disruption, with companies such as shutter-mechanism manufacturer Nidec Copal facing interruptions in their parts...
Ricoh Co. Ltd. has today announced a new firmware release for the ruggedized Ricoh PX compact camera, which was first announced last June.
The Ricoh PX couples a 16 megapixel CCD image sensor and Smooth Imaging Engine IV image processor with a 28-140mm equivalent, Ricoh branded 5x optical zoom lens. The PX's body is dustproof, waterproof to three meters, and impact resistant to...
Ricoh Company, Ltd.'s GXR(*1) compact digital camera won a silver award at the German Design Council's 2012 German Design Award.
The 2012 German Design Award is an influential international design awards event held annually since 2006 by the German Design Council, which was founded in 1953 with support of Germany's Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology....
