Ricoh Japan issued another temporary order suspension for the new Pentax 17 film camera due to more orders than expected. Pre-orders are still open in the US, and the camera is already in stock in Europe:
Full text of the notice (Google translation):
Notice regarding production and shipping status of the half-size format prime film compact camera “PENTAX 17”
Thank you very much for your continued patronage of our products.
Regarding the “PENTAX 17,” which was released on July 12, 2024, we have received many more orders than we expected even before the release date, and we are currently temporarily suspending the acceptance of orders. However, we were unable to deliver all products that had already been reserved on the release date. We
deeply apologize for the inconvenience caused to our customers and business partners who were eagerly awaiting the arrival of the products.Currently, production continues daily, and products are received from the factory as appropriate and are scheduled to be shipped to business partners in sequence. However, at this time, it is expected that it will take a considerable amount of time to deliver to everyone who has already made a reservation. We are working hard on production so that we can deliver the products as soon as possible. We appreciate your understanding.
Please note that we may sell a certain number of products on our EC site at irregular intervals in accordance with the arrival of new products. In such cases, we will announce them on our EC site, official SNS, etc. (Source)
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