Ricoh Announces the Return of PENTAX 17 Retro Film Camera
TapTechNews June 18th news, Ricoh Imaging officially announced the PENTAX 17 retro film camera today, which is the return of Pentax film cameras after more than 20 years.
The new machine uses a film winding lever for manual film loading and is equipped with a manual area focusing system, combining the classic characteristics and nostalgic shooting effects of film cameras. The overseas pricing is $499.95 (TapTechNews note: currently about 3632 RMB), and multiple sources have reported that the domestic price is 3999 RMB, and it will go on sale on July 12th.
Lens: It adopts a newly developed fixed-focus lens with a focal length of 25mm (about 37mm when converted to 35mm film format), and uses multi-layer coating HD coating. The perspective refers to the lens focal length adopted by the bestselling camera RICOH autohalf (released in 1962) in the half-frame format.
Film: The half-frame format which is about half of the 35mm specification film (17×24mm), and the film is transported horizontally, enabling portrait composition shooting.
Focusing: It adopts a manual area focusing method. Six distances from close range to long range are indicated by icons on the area focusing ring, and you can select the icon according to the object to be photographed. When shooting macro, it is possible to shoot at a close distance of about 0.25m.
Viewfinder: The optical viewfinder uses the Albada bright frame viewfinder. In addition to the normal photographic viewfinder frame, it also has a close range viewfinder correction frame, which can confirm the selected area focusing icon in the viewfinder.
Shooting modes: In addition to the AUTO that allows the camera to judge and shoot by itself, there are also low-speed shutter suitable for shooting at dusk, Bulb suitable for shooting night scenes and fireworks, etc. There are 7 shooting modes. In addition, it is equipped with an independent exposure compensation dial, which can quickly make exposure compensation according to the subject and shooting intention.
It is reported that this machine follows the classic design of film cameras. The upper and lower covers are made of magnesium alloy, and a variety of filters with a diameter of 40.5mm sold on the market can be installed on the front of the lens, and various film ISO sensitivities (50, 100, 125, 160, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200) can be set.
