Category Archives: Pentax 17

The official Ricoh Imaging online store in Japan has started selling photographic film

The official Ricoh Imaging online store in Japan has started selling photographic film. Notably, they are selling Kodak Portra much cheaper than Yodobashi (15,800 yen vs 21,870 yen at Yodobashi for Portra 400 – check US Porta prices at Amazon). No doubt this is part of their preparation for the launch of the new Pentax […]

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Interview with the Pentax film camera project development team

Barfout published an interview with the Pentax film camera project development team. Here is the recap from digicame-info:

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Ricoh made an official statement on the Pentax film camera project

Ricoh issued an official statement regarding the previous report about Pentax releasing two new affordable compact film cameras in Spring 2024:

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New on Kickstarter: “I’m Back Film” adds 20MP digital film cartridge to Pentax film cameras

The “I’m Back” digital back project has been going on for years and it’s still being updated: The latest “I’m Back Film” version adds a 20MP digital film cartridge to 35mm Pentax film cameras and is now listed for funding on Kickstarter (fully funded in just 17 minutes): Here are the “I’m Back Film” technical […]

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Ricoh to release two new “affordable” Pentax compact film cameras in Spring 2024

In a recent interview, Ricoh Imaging Europe confirmed that Pentax will release two new “affordable” compact film cameras in Spring 2024:

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