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 ...

Built in flash 127.0mm x 78.0mm x 52.0mm 290g Pentax 17 Handling The basic premise of the Pentax 17 seems to be that the vertical format has been chosen so it is familiar with smartphone users.

He says the short film-advance lever hearkens back to the Auto 110, the texture of the grip comes from the company’s DA lenses, the logo font is from the medium-format Pentax 67, and the arrow ...

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 ...

On the other hand, medium format film has a 56mm height — more than double that of 35mm film. The width of the 120 film varies between cameras, with the 6x4.5 format (56x42mm) among the most ...

The PENTAX brand's newly developed film camera ' PENTAX 17 ' will be released on Friday, July 12, 2024. The PENTAX 17 is a half-size format film camera that can take twice as many photos as usual ...

Pentax is changing that notion with the release of the Pentax 17 by designer Takeo Suzuki (TKO). Looking like a cross between a SLR and a rangefinder (minus the pentaprism), the Pentax 17 loads 35mm ...

Film photography is enjoying a comeback and Pentax is here to take advantage of the trend with its first film camera in decades. Our early impressions suggest Pentax chose its moment wisely.

But the $499.95 Pentax 17 (launching later this month) is a totally new camera, one that, in 2024, takes the so-hot-right-now 35mm format and shoots smaller pictures for the sake of fun and making ...

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 ...

The Pentax 17 arrived with no less than five rolls of film – two rolls of 24-shot Ilford Photo HP5 and a three-pack of Kodak UltraMax 400. The HP5, it turned out, was just the ticket for London’s ...