What camera is that & do you recommend it? If so, what are your fave film stocks to shoot on it?

The f6 deserves a better 50 than that.

What lens is this? It looks like its for the M bodies, yet its LTM

I will give it 6 months to Pentax realize the huge mistake of making this toy camera.

Hasselblad 500cm that what I shoot very dependable. I’ve scuba dived with my hassy

Why does yours have a way smoother sound than mine? Mine makes like a winding noise. Something similar to what you would hear on like a wind toy

Lovely peace of art. The only thing I don't appreciate it lacks the ability to focus. You have to guess the distance

Would love to see a top 10 value for money point and shoot recommendation.

I totally agree with you. There's not a word about the picture quality in this review and according to other ones (very few) I guess this camera is worth the money. And what if a beginner, with is new and lonely camera, really fell in love with photography and wanted to print ? Should he buy something else and pay again ? Why would people be stuck in one category ? But let's keep calm. I this channel is mainly market oriented and thinks this way. This said, I think they miss a large range of potential consumers who aren'y only waiting for the next "pro" camera that they "deserve".

You will def need NDs. I was getting overexposures with a 100iso film.

how does Pentax think, that people will finish their pictures? (scan, photolab, ...) what do you think or recommned? thank you

This was SO helpful, I’ve had my grandfathers OM-1 for years and never knew how to use it so it just collected dust! I can finally use it, hope I get it right lol

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I mostly shoot digital but am old enough to have started with film in the 90's. I have a couple of old ish 90's Canon EOS SLRs and I agree about the worry about reliability. Like you say, I feel each day they still work is a blessing and would love to have a new affordable film SLR camera that I didn't have that reliability worry. Hats off to Pentax for making this camera and i keep my fingers crossed that they someday, make a full frame SLR!

Shame on you. This is not acceptable. One must be blind to look at film photos nowadays. You want a film look, just apply countless filters to digital processing of RAW data. “ film community” I have not enough words of disapproval for your consumeristic hedonistic approach to global resources. You want all this chemical dirt back? What for? For your wasteful pleasure of getting one good frame per film? Which you will then scan anyway to treat in your PC? Do you know how much unnecessary chemical waste you produce. No? Ask AI. “Film community” you must be out of your minds . Stop consumeristic wastefulness.

How did people function before KZfaq tutorials? Much appreciated

This was very well done.Thank you. I have an early 70s F-1 like this one. And at the other end of the FD system lifecycle, I also have a Canon T90. I'd love to see a guide like this produced for the T90.

There’s another difference on the back of the F1n a slotted window for the film carton end to display the loaded film stock

The shutter + film advance sound of the Olympus AF-1 takes me right back to my childhood as it was my mom’s camera she took everywhere until we got our first digital camera in ‘98. It’s still in a drawer at her house I should borrow it from her

so beautiful filmcamera ❤

no ricoh r1?

I just managed to get my hands on a Hexar AF Classic 120th anniversary limited edition with serial number 0000120 <3 love it

The last true SRL ...

Is this the best (film) camera I can buy for $500? Only tell me the truth.

Oh my God I found my x700 in a box when I stored it when I was 17 years old. I have grandchildren now. The most interesting thing are the comments I didn't know that people would even use this camera anymore. It's what got me interested in photography

I think Pentax really thought through this one. I’ll be buying one.

Pongan para comprarla a crédito ❤❤

Kamerastore! Any advice for an aspiring film camera reseller like me? I just posted a short showing my ebay camera selling process

I don't need this camera but I ordered it to show Pentax my support for the project.

I wish developing film wasn’t so expensive.

I've had a few issues with vintage film cameras, and yeah, it sucks. For this reason, and many more, I'm so excited to see new film cameras being released. I'm happy to hear that a lot of stores sold out of their pre-order stock. Pentax did say they were designing multiple cameras. Maybe a future model will be a better fit for people who weren't into the Pentax 17.

Welcome to alls

I dont understand what the point or purpose of the prism "lock" at 3:09 is, could you explain? Thank you

creo que Pentax se ha pegado un tiro en el pié con esta cámara ese precio y medio fotograma...

This is super informative and easy to understand! Thanks so much for this video.

This camera cost $2000 is todays money! If they made it, it would sell out for forever.

Overhyped and overpriced. $500 for a film camera is outrageous.

I'm a proud owner of an original Pen FV. If someone was starting out in film, the Pentax 17 is a better option. There are a lot of Pen F's, FT's and FV's out there. THe FT's are really expensive as they have a light meter, but have a dimmer viewfinder, and are more prone to mirror corrosion. The F and FVs are cheaper, but lenses aren't cheap, and *a lot* of this gear is not in great condition. The lenses are expensive, and again, not all in great condition (there's a 70mm that I would love, but it well over £1k). In the UK there's one place I know of that does a CLA (I have mine with them right now), but you need to add another £100 to the price. So maybe you can get a good Pen F or FV for a similar price, with a CLA added in, but that's full manual (even with external meter), and you're going to have to keep it maintained.

Given that they seem to have sold out the first run in 3 days, sitting there amongst all those boxes looks like you're just showing off.

I need a shutter speed dial, an aperture ring, and an ISO dial, a flash sync port and manual focus. I don't need auto modes or built in flash. It looks like they've tried to simplify the camera by making it more complicated, I like everything else, but the user interface is no good for me. It's a pity because I really wanted to like the camera, but I don't.

I bought my Olympus Mju-II (aka Stylus Epic) back in 2001, I think. Price then was around ninety pounds. The Mju has autofocus but fewer controls than the 17 and also was full frame. If the 17 had existed then, it might have been more of a modernised Olympus Trip 35 (also full frame). 25 years later, prices will have risen, so the price now isn't unreasonable but it's more, proportionally, than I feel I paid for the Mju. At the time, the Mju seemed surprisingly expensive - you could buy compact cameras with zooms for less. I don't want/need a film camera, but good luck, Pentax.

More expensive than my used Leica SL2 including a CLA with conversion to S76 battery. My EOS 5(A2E) cheaper yet. So, it isn't clear that it is a useful film camera except maybe to wealthy beginners.

The strap Pentax sendt you in the box do you use to messure distanse when you are in "flower" mode ;) Its realy helpful to take sharp photos ;)

I own many film SLR and I'm planning to buy one I want film to thrive. We need new cameras with warranty and service in the market. A few days ago I had to cannibalize one Minolta XE-7 to keep the other one running. The XE will be 50 years old this year, I'm pretty sure no one at Minolta thought that camera was going to last 50 years.

Nice discussion. I'm an old-timer - grew up with TLRs. I have a ton of digital and film cameras, 35mm and 120. I'll probably get one of the 17s out of curiosity - never had a 35mm half frame - and working with the vertical format. Meanwhile I've ordered a Ricoh Caddy to see if the 17 is something I'll want to pursue. BTW - no one ever mentions that processing/scanning half-frame costs more than full frame.

I would love to get the Pro version of this...give it an F2.8 lens, at least 1/500s exposure, auto focus and full manual control

With how many "why did my roll came out blank?", "what are these lines in my photo?", "why is my photo only partially exposed?" posts you see in the film communities over at Reddit and such, you can tell how bad we needed this camera right now

Excellent review, thanks!

Good review, thanks!

Pretty sure that the 25mm lens is equivalent to *37*mm for full-frame, not 35. Small difference, but it's there....