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 […]
In a recent interview, Ricoh Imaging Europe confirmed that Pentax will release two new “affordable” compact film cameras in Spring 2024:
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):
Ricoh released update #2 on the Pentax film camera project:
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:
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: […]
Ricoh just announced that Pentax is starting a new “Film Project” that could include the release of a new film camera: First, they will develop a compact film camera The second camera will be a high-end film model The third camera will be a single-lens reflex (SLR) Here are the details:
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