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The Ricoh-owned camera brand has a base in the Mactan Economic Processing zone, an industrial estate at Lapu-Lapu, Cebu – an area outside the direct path of Typhoon Haiyan and around 245km from Tacloban, a city that lies in one of the worst hit areas.<\/p>\n

It is estimated that at least 2,200 people were killed by the typhoon and hundreds of thousands left homeless.<\/p>\n

Ricoh Imaging’s UK office has yet to respond to requests for comment first lodged yesterday morning.<\/p>\n

\n NEWS UPDATE 18 NOVEMBER: FACTORY ESCAPES DAMAGE<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

Pentax Q-system cameras<\/a> are also reportedly made in the Philippines, as well as the flagship professional DSLR, the medium-format 645D.<\/p>\n

However, Ricoh’s GR digital compact is manufactured in Japan, according to Ricoh Imaging UK’s managing director Jonathan Martin in a recent interview<\/a> with Amateur Photographer<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ricoh launched the K-3<\/a> last month in a serious bid to pull photographers away from the two biggest-selling DSLR brands, Canon and Nikon. <\/p>\n

The K-3 became the third Pentax DSLR to be unveiled inside four months.<\/p>\n

\n NEWS UPDATE 18 NOVEMBER: FACTORY ESCAPES DAMAGE<\/a>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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