Category Archives: Pentax film camera

Ricoh made an official statement on the Pentax film camera project

By admin | Published: October 19, 2023

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

By admin | Published: October 15, 2023

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

By admin | Published: October 5, 2023

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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Sneak peek of the new Pentax film camera currently under development

By admin | Published: July 3, 2023

At a recent special exhibition event in Japan called “It’s time for film!” Ricoh also had several different old Pentax film cameras and prototypes on display, including a small teaser of their upcoming film camera (prototype I assume – there was no explanation or any text in the display window):

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Update #2 on the Pentax film camera project

By admin | Published: May 13, 2023

Ricoh released update #2 on the Pentax film camera project:

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President Noboru Akabane had always habitually said that he wanted PENTAX to become a cute brand that people could look at and say, “look at them, they’re doing something crazy again, but I guess that’s just what they do”

By admin | Published: March 20, 2023

The Japanese magazine Barfout published an interview with Takeo Suzuki (Product Planner and Designer of Ricoh Imaging’s PENTAX Business Unit), here is an interesting quote:

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Five Pentax compact 35mm film cameras Ricoh should bring back

By admin | Published: January 30, 2023

Ricoh recently announced that Pentax is starting a new “Film Project”. Here are five Pentax compact 35mm film cameras Ricoh should bring back based on a video from Matt Loves Cameras: Pentax Espio Mini / UC-1 Ricoh MF-1 Ricoh R1 / R1s Ricoh GR1V Ricoh Auto Half Read the full article at Fstoppers. Breaking news: […]

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