Ricoh buys Pentax Imaging Systems from Hoya Corporation

April 30th, 2012 by admin


Pentax has announced that Ricoh has purchased the Pentax Imaging Systems division from Hoya Corporation. Japanese optical glass-maker Hoya said on Friday it would sell its Pentax camera business to copier and printer maker Ricoh, in a deal the Nikkei business daily said was worth about 10 billion yen ($124.2 million). HOYA Corporation and Ricoh [...]

Pentax launches orange version of WG-1

January 28th, 2012 by admin


Unsatisfied with the current color choices for the PENTAX Optio WG-1 GPS camera? Well, we’ve got some good news for you. PENTAX has just announced that the Optio WG-1 GPS camera will soon be available in a new color choice: orange. Together with the other color choices for the WG-1 GPS (purple, black, green and [...]