Pentax 17 - It's time for film
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- Come along with me on a fun adventure to Bologna, Italy, as I check out the brand new Pentax 17 half-frame film camera! I'll be wandering the beautiful streets of Bologna, shooting my first couple of rolls, and sharing my first thoughts and feelings about this cool little camera. Whether you're into film photography or just curious about the latest gear, join me for some good vibes and camera talk.
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If we really want to see camera makers roll out new models we have to show them there is a market for them. Glad to see this release and I just placed my order. Hope that they sell enough to make a full frame version with manual features in the next phase. I am tired by Leica being the only choice to get a brand new film camera or the second hand market. We spend a lot on film and processing, we deserve access to new
Amen to this it depends only on us as user for companies to take risk and start making these kinds of products again ☺️ thank you for your support
note: 25mm on half-frame is actually 37mm on a regular 35mm camera
Yes! Forgot to mention the crop factor in there!
Excellent video bro, I picked one up also to carry around for fun instead of lugging around my 500CM!
Best review I've seen! 🙌🙌
Haha thank you so much bro 💛🫶
Nice review, I just placed my order, andI look forward to using this camera.
Amaaaazing!! I hope you enjoy it!!
great review and photos! can't wait to get mine 😎
Amazing! Thanks for the feedback I hope you enjoy it!
Nice one, Chris!!
Glad you enjoyed it 🤌💛
Great review, especially making aware of the mode dial/film wind on lever and lens cap. A good honest review accepting a new product.
Thanks a lot! It isn’t perfect for sure, but it is a step forward for film photography in general so I’m in!
1:57 when I heard 30 more I was like.....WTH? 30 more??? Then I realised it was half frame 🤣. Good work.
It took me way too long to get the calculation done actually 😂
Great stuff😊
Thank you so much!!
Wonderful camera and wonderful city ❤
Definitely a great combination loved it there 😍
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Nice review ! Looks like a lovely camera. Never shot half frame yet. Problem is for that price, in analog photography world, you get a lot of nice secondhand cameras. But just to support Pentax and their decision to bring back new film cameras, I could buy one :) I'm waiting for the new Rolleil 35Af too !
The price is high. But I think the street price will be a little lower. 550 € is a statement. It would be sad if the Pentax 17 li in the shop shelves like a brick.
I understand your point, now you need to put this into perspective. This is not a second hand 30 years old camera, I have worked in the film industry and alongside camera technicians for years the amount of work you need to put to release something like this is crazy plus hire again old technicians to pass on the knowledge and so on. If Pentax was to release a full fledged SLR full metal now will retail for like £1,800-2,000 easy and everyone will say the same thing I could buy a K1000 for £250 and yes it is true but it is not a 2024 produced camera. Don’t get me wrong I completely get your point but the cameras we are buying now for no money if you think about it considering inflation and today’s productions cost will be around 10 times their price. It’s hard to compare but if we want film photography to continue this projects are the only ones to save the industry there are less and less film cameras available every year they get damaged, broken or lost and for many of them no repair parts available anymore so I think it’s a step in the right direction.
@@shotbychrisl You're 100% right about Pentax Job being a step in the right direction ! Also, maintenance/reparations of old cameras can cost a lot and technicians are getting rare. Secondhand prices are getting quite crazy too, especially for point&shoot. Let's wait and see the final price of the Rollei 35AF too.
@@thorstenjaspert9394 We'll see ! I leave in China and price is also around 550€ here.
@@chinatones We shall chat about it once the time has come xD
Bought this camera as my family/ people and street cam that I don’t have to be afraid that it unreparebly breaks…
Since the format is economically perfect for me because with the m6 or the rz67 with full or medium format I never want to „waste“ it on people that I anyways never will print big…
I really can’t wait as a daily notetaking and documenting cam…
Honestly probably would have been happy with a small spycam tho lol:)
But honestly the halfframe is perfect for anyone that doesn’t want to print A2 size
Edit: And honestly who doesn’t want to have the experience of opening a package of a new analog camera in 2024 🤯
This is amaaaaaazing! I love this camera for the exact same reason! I tried before shooting 110 to have a less fuss experience and the “spy camera” sort of portability. But 1 image quality drops considerably, 2 getting it developed and scanned is a pain and 3 there aren’t as many film stocks available for it so yeah… half frame is a good alternative for shoot and don’t think too much for me
I really enjoyed the color grading of your film and the review of this interesting camera. I wonder if it will inspire other manufacturers to follow suit?🤔
Thanks 🙏 well it depends there are other manufacturers making film cameras nowadays Kodak Reto makes some refillable “disposable like cameras”, then Pentax, Mint Cameras that’s about to launch their Rollei 35AF and obviously on the high end Leica. There is quite a bit of interest in the industry and the community also there are more and more commercial clients asking photographers to produce analogue work so there is definitely space in the market for it! Hopefully the Pentax project will be successful enough for them to have some future cameras developed.
Nice review and photos. But does it really have a half-press shutter? I don’t think the lens moved when focusing?
Yes the lens has a motor that moves forwards and backwards depending on your chosen focusing distance. And the movement happens as you press the shutter button 😅🤷🏼♂️ I dunno to be honest I found it very weird too
I think if they could price this slightly more budget friendly I would easily get this. I am saving to get a new fuji or a leica and I rather spend the money toward those than this film camera. However hope Pentax sees success and we see new formats of film come out.
I’m telling you by a fact that if they do succeed and come with a “full metal professional SRL with all the bells like everyone wants” ain’t going to sell cheaper than £2,000 and everyone will anyway be crying a river
What film IS this ? Thanks
Hey! It was a mix the colour film was Kodak Ultramax 400 and the black and white was ILFORD HP5+ shot at 800
Giant back pack for a tiny camera. Were you carrying 200 rolls of film?
Hahahaha I call it my turtle shell it goes with me everywhere I go, I carry drone, 2 or three camera bodies (film/digital), 360 camera, gimbal etc etc etc xD
@@shotbychrisl good grief man, you need an entourage! nice review!
@@husshardan3511Appreciate it buddy thanks for the support
As I recall, the main drawback of film cameras was that if they malfunctioned, the film would be wasted. So what makes people drawn back to using film cameras today?
Mmmm… the only drawback that films cameras have is that you have to buy film and it requires a constant investment to get new photos… there is no other draw back if you have a decent camera and keep it serviced with an actual camera technician then there should be no malfunction no film waste
The camera also is a manual rewind which should be reliable.
e io ero e sono un pentaxiano,purtroppo non nel digitale,ma ho iniziato con una me
ancora non capisco perchè dovrei comprare questa camera,le foto che ho visto non mi entusiasmano,poi la pellicola aspettare giorni x vedere il risultato a 500 euro? con la mentà si trova la nikon f4 o anche le pentax K5,x le foto verticali?le ho sempre odiate,non raccontate che si impara vedere una foto dopo giorni non impari niente,forse con le diapo ma poi serve il proiettore;solo x fanatici che si credono degli Henri Cartier-Bresson
550€... nope....
Cool not for everyone for sure
Ebay is full of beautiful 35mm film cameras, including half-frame, for 25% of the price of this. I just bought a superb condition Canon 5D for $200 that will produce stunning, film-like, images way better than this toy. If you really must go "vintage" then do it properly, and buy a real vintage camera to do it with and save yourself $400
Great! Absolutely valid idea, however Ebay is full of 30 years old used cameras which in most cases come with no warranty, never been serviced, neither tested so there is some gamble there. Second a 5D is a full frame sensor digital camera that has absolutely nothing to do with film apart that you can capture images with it, the look, the feel, the process of image creation have nothing to do with anything analogue. this is not a "vintage" neither I ever mentioned the word "vintage" in the video once it is simply a film camera manufactured in 2024, which me as a film enthusiast and a person that absolutely loves film and the film community then it is a big deal.
Digital camera ≠ Film camera, and with new camera you’re sure it wont break after 1 roll
The Canon 5D is a DIGITAL camera. Not film ANALOGUE. 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
@@shotbychrislCompletely agree. Film doesn’t need to be vintage. Half the films available these days are pretty modern and with a modern scanner you can get dynamic range and color you won’t get from most digital cameras. And the issues with there only being used cameras is not just that they might fail or need to be serviced but with analog photography going on they will one become more expensive as they get older and less reliable. New film cameras are one of the most important things for the medium to survive, for people to have tools they can actually rely on.
Seeing this all in glorious DIGITAL streaming video on youtube made on a DIGITAL computer, from DIGITAL footage.
Analog film is a joke in 2024.
Oh and by the way, some color filter doesn`t make your video cinematic.
Emmm…. Who invited you to the party back to the cave troll 🧌
You must be fun at parties 🥳
@@freeman10000 I am not :)
Ma che problemi hai
Stupid Format and Super expensive... you get any great legendary used film camera in full frame starting from a 100 bucks
Sure I still haven’t seen a properly functioning Legendary camera for £100 and been working on the photography industry for the last 7 years. If it is not your jam I respect it but spreading negativity does not help the industry neither the community in any way 🥱
@@shotbychrisl in EVERY camera store you get well functioning used film cameras without spending a fortune. this is no negativity it s just my opinion.... nobody would have used half frame without that massive marketing campaign going on on this camera. if you wanna be an everybody s darling reviewer in hope of being accepted by the brand so be it :D that doesn t change my mind.
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@@stephanweiskorn6760 i don t know if you ever entered a camera store with used camera gear but here in germany there are tons of used well functioning film cameras. bye
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 consumerist hedonistic approach to global resources. You want all this chemical dirt back? What for? For your wasteful pleasure of getting on good frame per film? Which you will the scan any way to treat in your PC? “Film community” you must be out of your minds .
Loooool buddy go get checked up 🤣🥱
@@shotbychrisl me? I am perfectly sane, which is potentially not true about all those hedonistic consumerism indulged kids who resurrect stupid chemical technology of making photos. Be honest with yourself, how many good frames you get per film? 1 2 0 ? And the what all to drain ? Just because you can afford that? That is reckless wastefulness. Tell me otherwise.
Chill out dude, wow 😮
@@raymondpenalver7095 why? Just because you want to spoil something again?