Pentax, the legendary Japanese camera company founded in 1919 as Asahi Optical, hasn't released a new film camera in more than 20 years. Given society's move toward standalone digital cameras and ...

Pentax hasn't ruled out a return to the medium format market. In fact, it became very aware of the demand while conducting market research for its Film Camera Project. Could a new, film-based 645 ...

Analog photography’s not dead – not if Pentax has anything to do with it. Announced at the end of 2022, the Pentax Film Project has one goal: to develop and launch a new 35mm film camera for ...

Pentax has made some of the best film cameras ever – and now the classic brand could be making a comeback thanks to a new film camera project launched by its parent company, Ricoh.

Film photography enthusiasts rejoice! Ricoh has set a date of Spring 2024 for its new Pentax film cameras. In December 2022, Ricoh announced plans to create a new series of Pentax film cameras ...

But the company has made it clear that it's not ruling out new film cameras. “So, while TKO played a significant role in the Pentax Film Project, his departure does not affect the possibility of ...

Pentax’s new $500 film camera prioritizes style over quality But to be fair, the Pentax 17 looks very cool. The new half-frame 35mm analog camera shoots 72 pictures per roll.

Pentax is not the only big-name camera maker that'd dare make a film camera—Leica recently brought the 80s-era M6 TTL back into production, and obscure brands like Lomography and Reto Project ...

He started out as a sceptic but ended up leading the development team of the Pentax Film Camera Project, which created the Pentax 17, the company’s first film camera in 21 years. Suzuki and Iikawa ...

Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation today announced the highly anticipated PENTAX 17 compact film camera. The PENTAX 17 is a half-frame camera, capturing two 17mm x 24mm pictures within a single ...

It turns out that film photography lovers may not be getting quite as spoiled as was previously thought. It was recently stated by a Ricoh employee that four new Pentax film cameras are coming ...

Hot on the heels of the superb Pentax K-3 III Monochrome we have the first offering in the Pentax Film Project. It is in fact over 20 years since the last new film camera appeared and Pentax ...