We thought last week's Firmware Friday roundup was big, but this week it's a whole different ballgame, with a truly spectacular amount to discuss for folks shooting cameras from Blackmagic, Canon, Fujifilm, Nikon, Panasonic and Ricoh. We've referred to really large roundups like this as being "mega" in the past,...
Recently, I had the opportunity to meet with executives from Ricoh -- the company behind the Pentax brand -- alongside the CP+ tradeshow in Tokyo. Speaking on behalf of both brands were Ricoh Co. Ltd.'s Takashi Arai of the Product Planning Department, Product Development Center, Smart Vision Business Group; Hiroki...
With the CP+ tradeshow in Japan just around the corner, Ricoh has today made news on several fronts. Firstly, the company has revealed two closely-related new point-and-shoot models, one aimed at consumers and the other at industrial usage. Secondly, it has finally announced pricing and availability -- not to...