{
  "id": 93132,
  "title": "For 15 years, Ricoh licensed the Pentax name. Now, that’s changed – and it's great news for DSLR fans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/for-15-years-ricoh-licensed-the-pentax-name-now-thats-changed-and-its",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-03T15:14:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Digital Camera World",
    "slug": "digital-camera-world",
    "url": "https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/for-15-years-ricoh-licensed-the-pentax-name-now-thats-changed-and-its-great-news-for-dslr-fans"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Record databases now show that Ricoh owns the Pentax brand after licensing the name from Hoya for over a decade",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}