New: you can now buy wooden 1:1 replicas of the Pentax 17 and Pentax Spotmatic SP film cameras. Here are the links: Pentax 17 35mm half-frame film camera: eBay | Etsy (get the original): Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SP SLR film camera: eBay | Etsy (get the original): Please note that each wooden Pentax camera model […]
The Pentax 17 film camera won several international awards The Pentax 17 half-frame film camera won the Camera GP 2025 editors’ choice R&D award:
The Pentax 17 film camera (B&H Photo | Erhardt Photo | WEX Photo) won several international awards:
TKO, the designer behind the Pentax 17 film camera, has left his job at Ricoh Imaging. It is unclear what impact this move will have on the future development of the other two planned film cameras. As a reminder, Ricoh initially planned to release three different Pentax film cameras: First, they will develop a compact […]
The Pentax 17 fixed-focal length compact film camera won the 2025 iF DESIGN AWARD (now in stock: Adorama | B&H | Amazon DE | Erhardt | Koch | Amazon DE | WEX):
The Pentax 17 film camera won the 2025 German Design Award – see the press release at the bottom of this post. In the US, the Pentax 17 film camera now includes $50 worth of color and B&W film: The Pentax 17 is also discounted in Europe (€50/£50 off): Amazon DE | Erhardt | Koch | WEX.
The latest Pentax/Ricoh deals can be found here: The Pentax 17 film camera now includes $50 worth of color and B&W film:
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