Because half-frame cameras split a traditional photo in half, the aspect ratio or dimensions of the image are different. A ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...