Film photography is cool again, but you wouldn’t know it shopping for a camera. 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 that are 17mm (wide) x 24mm (tall). This allows it to capture twice as many photos per roll as a full-frame 35mm film camera, which makes the cost of film an easier pill to swallow.
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Pentax 17
Specs
| Camera | Half-frame 35mm film camera |
| Lens | HD Pentax HF 25mm (f/3.5) |
| Weight | 10.2 ounces |
Aside from the Pentax 17’s obvious vintage aesthetic, the camera feels like a throwback in most other ways. It has a fully-manual focus, a thumb winder to manually advance film and it even takes a CR2 battery (yes, the kind you have to replace) that should last for ten rolls of film.
Ricoh ImagingUltimately, for those serious about getting into film photography and don’t want to go the old school used camera route, the Pentax 17 is a new film camera that is genuinely good.
