The Pentax 17 launched in 2024 as the brand’s first film camera in more than 20 years. Pentax, however, has a long history of film cameras, including the Pentax K1000 that I picked up at a garage sale ...

Our experts explain how to start shooting film, plus we share our favorite new and used film cameras from Pentax, ... The Pentax K1000 was produced for over twenty years from 1976 through 1997.

The Pentax K1000 is the film camera for learning photography. It was, and often still is, the camera loaned to students taking an introductory film photography course. It was the same camera that ...

It’s super easy to use, even if you’re someone who uses film because they don’t love dealing with technology. You load film negatives or slides into the quick-feeding tray and then watch ...

The Pentax 17 is one of the priciest half-frame reusable film cameras out there, with a retail price of $496 / £498 at Amazon. We haven’t seen it receive massive price slashes yet, as the ...

The Pentax ME... more than OK, Computer (All pics: Aaron Gold) By Aaron Gold ... The ME features an easy-load system that makes film loading a breeze. ... Pentax and third-party manufacturers. For ...

Pentax has attempted to keep film costs low but producing a half frame camera. This means when it comes to exposures, you get double for your money. A standard 35mm frame is split in half.

The new film is written by Pam Brady (South Park, Mr. Wong) and directed by Chris Miller (not of the Lord & Miller variety, but the other one that directed Shrek the Third and Puss in Boots).

The Pentax 17 is half frame, so a 36-exposure film will allow up to 72 images. The reassuring Magnesium alloy top and bottom plates give rigidity. Dimensions are 127.0mm x 78.0mm x 52.0mm.

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 ...

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 ...