On 21 Sep 2013, at 13:39, Attila Boros <attila.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Stan Halpin > <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: > >> Does Ricoh make cameras other than those branded Pentax? That is a half >> serious question; I know from discussion here that there is some sort of >> Ricoh >> camera division that has been in business for a few(?) years. But I have no >> recollection of ever seeing a Ricoh camera, ever seeing an ad for one or a >> listing >> in a 5th Street Camera ad, ever hearing anybody talk about one. It baffles >> me to think that a product or product line that I as a somewhat aware >> consumer >> is unfamiliar with can be a prestige photographic brand. Don't you have to >> be known first before you can be accorded Prestige status? > > The Ricoh GR seems to be a rather nice compact > http://www.dpreview.com/previews/ricoh-gr > And they just announced the Theta https://theta360.com/en/concept/ > > Other than that, I have no idea, but Godfrey mentioned the GXR. What's > more interesting though that I could pick up the GR from what was the > official Pentax distributor, and I heard one of the reasons Ricoh > bought Pentax was their distribution channels. If this is true, and we > all know that Pentax distribution was not stellar, no wonder you never > heard of Ricoh cameras. Apparently they are little known in Europe and > even less in the US. >
They are readily available in London and have been as long as I can remember. I have a Ricoh GR-1, which is a very good camera, and I think quite a few PDMLers have had Ricoh kit over the years. Their SLRs were quite well thought of, iirc. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
