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 ...

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 ...

But the Pentax 17 also has a surprising amount ... The camera can take 72 photos per roll of film — regular 35mm film cameras get 36 shots. The half-frame means each photo has slightly less ...

Much like the Kodak Ektar H35 and other film cameras, the Pentax 17 uses 35mm film which is usually easy to procure. I used Kodak Gold 200 35mm film, a roll (36 exposures) of which cost me $11 / £11.

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 ...

But the Pentax 17 also has a surprising amount ... The camera can take 72 photos per roll of film — regular 35mm film cameras get 36 shots. The half-frame means each photo has slightly less ...

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 ...