Because half-frame cameras split a traditional photo in half, the aspect ratio or dimensions of the image are different. A ...
I certainly didn't expect to be reviewing a film camera in 2024, but in hindsight, it was almost inevitable. Film photography has seen a resurgence in the past few years, enough so that most of my ...
The Pentax 17 – the first new Pentax film camera in over 20 years was a significant event in 2024 – and now it is even better ...
not least because it’s the first film camera to bear the Pentax name for over two decades. For a start, it’s a ‘half-frame’ 35mm film camera, using standard 35mm film canister but splitting each frame ...
If you're looking to purchase your first film camera or want to upgrade the equipment you already have, here's seven SLR ...
We haven’t seen a major brand release an analog film camera in literal decades. The clock reset this year. The Pentax 17 is a new half-frame 35mm film camera that captures vertically oriented photos ...
TechRadar’s Cameras Editor – with plenty of proper chances to play with the latest and greatest camera gear and innovative ...
Such has been the switch from film to digital, that the new film camera is a rarity. Pentax think there may be an opening in the older format though, as they’ve announced in the videos below the ...
Digital cameras like telecentric lenses; lenses where the light rays exiting are as parallel as possible. Lenses such as the 20-35mm FA originate from the film era ... on a Pentax K-1 using ...
The Pentax 17 isn't the best camera I reviewed in 2024 ... You also get double the number of shots for your money on a roll of 35mm film – two vertical half-sized shots per frame – and ...
Back in the late 1990s as the digital revolution overtook photography there were abortive attempts to develop a digital upgrade for 35mm film cameras. Imagine a film cartridge with attached sensor ...