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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...