As soon as it launched, the Pentax 17 – the first new high-end film camera from a major manufacturer not named Leica in years – sold out in minutes. In fact, it has spent most of 2024 on ...

Summer's here and the camera rumors have never been hotter! After things went a bit cold, thanks to the tariff turmoil, ...

Pentax has gone long enough between camera announcements that “Do they still make Pentax cameras?” is an actual Google search suggestion. But as Pentax prepares to announce the development of ...

The Pentax WG-1000 is incredibly durable. And that’s exactly what you want from a rugged camera. It is waterproof down to 15 ...

Is it still one of the best cameras today? Read my full Pentax 17 review to find out. Pentax 17 at Adorama for $496.95; Pentax 17 review: Cheat sheet. What is it? A half-frame film camera that ...

Pentax SHARE. In late 2022, Pentax announced its plans to develop brand-new film cameras for the first time in several decades. It’s an ambitious idea that has the film photography community (myself ...

Still, the intention is very clear – Ricoh and Pentax will "begin research into developing new Pentax-brand film camera products". And that could potentially result in a new film camera and ...

That’s what Pentax seems to be saying with its new Pentax 17, a film camera that takes half-size pictures and looks about as timeless as an old beater you scored at some dude’s estate sale.

Although there’s official word from Pentax, information intended for Russian distributors is implying that Pentax will be leaving the film-camera business behind to instead focus almost solely ...

It's certainly less risky than a gamble on a 20-plus-year-old film camera on eBay. If the 17 does well, maybe Pentax will come out with a step up that has more manual features for those of us ...

The Pentax 17, released earlier this year, is the first new film camera from a major brand since the early 2000s, when film photography entered a sort of Schrödinger’s box—both alive, with an ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Pentax's new film camera will finally launch in mid-2024 It'll be a half-frame compact with ...