When my daughter went to college, the first thing she asked for was a film camera. After I searched B&H Photo and Amazon, I realized that you can either get a $6,000 Leica M film rangefinder camera or a crappy compact film camera that will probably break shortly after the purchase. Breaking news: Pentax is […]
Check those refurbished (renewed) Pentax listings on Amazon: Refurbished Pentax K1000 SLR film camera with Pentax 50mm lens for $298.99 (16 available). Refurbished Pentax K-50 camera for $579.95 (only 1 available). Refurbished Pentax Asahi Super Takumar 50mm f/1.4 M42 screw mount lens for $147.99 (3 available). Additional information on Amazon Renewed products can be found here […]
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 […]
Barfout published an interview with the Pentax film camera project development team. Here is the recap from digicame-info:
Ricoh issued an official statement regarding the previous report about Pentax releasing two new affordable compact film cameras in Spring 2024:
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:
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