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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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Sneak peek of the new Pentax film camera currently under development

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

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”

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

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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