Pentax 17 Archives

22 January, 2026

5 (ish) Frames with a Pentax 17 – The Much-Maligned Camera that might just be my Favorite

By John Bennett

In the year-and-a-half since Ricoh released their Pentax half-frame camera, much has been written about its design, about the company hitting the pause button on their film came...

17 June, 2024

Pentax 17 Comprehensive Review – The New Half-Frame Point & Shoot

By Hamish Gill

I’ve been writing about film cameras for a long time now, but the release of a new film camera from a major brand like Pentax feels somehow more significant than most, if not al...

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Miky on Sony Mavica Floppy Disk Camera and the Shitty Camera Challenge
Thank you for your reply Bill. I bit the apple and got myself an FD97. In the coming weeks I'll…
Safiyyah on Pakistan With the Olympus E1 and E3 – Part 2 Overlanding the Karakoram and Hindu Kush by 4×4
So many incredible images of an incredible people and culture! Thanks for sharing!
Geoff Chaplin on Divided Development – An Introduction
The solutions are far from saturated at normal temperatures (16+). I guess somehow the local temperature (perhaps caused by nearby…

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