See this info in the Japanese Amazon. It seems that the date of shipment of the 17 has been fixed.And, there are some additonal technical information of the 17, in pictures with Japanese, which are almost self-explanatory by themselves ..read more

The vertical 135 half frame, the purely-guessed manual zone focusing, manual winding and rewinding, automatic electric-eye metering, a slow fixed wide-angle lens, the very limited speed of shutter.. Now I believe that Pen stands for Pentax in 2024. ;-p And recently, I have been able to find two excellent condition Pens (of different models) each of which only costs me about 1/4th the cost of a ..read more

1. B&H:https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/videos/photography/finally-a-new-film-camera-announcing-the-pentax-17/BI/2446/KBID/3285/SID/DFF/DFF/d502. Kosmo Foto:https://kosmofoto.com/2024/06/pentax-17-first-impressions/3. 35mmc:https://www.35mmc.com/17/06/2024/pentax-17-review/4. Casual Photophile:https://casualphotophile.com/2024/06/17/pentax-17-new-film-camera-review/5. Mobile 01 (in ..read more

 https://questant.jp/q/86PT0EYA ..read more

Owing to the prolonged infamous failure of the SDMs in various Pentax AF lens models, I only bought my first SDM lens, the DA*55 F1.4, back to 2015, which is a SDM-only lens in KAF3 mount (on screw-drive). After that, I bought also another SDM only lens the DA17-70 and then later a DA*60-250 F4 hybrid-SDM/screw-driven lens (which supports also in 2022.Here is my proven experiences with those SDM ..read more

See the official discontinued lens list here, even the DFA 55/2.8 SDM and DFA 90/2.8 Macro SR lenses are now included:So, the Pentax 645 digital lineup is really done, as it is shown and can be confirmed, regardless of any official statement made about this fact. :-(  And, those 645 gear of Pentax has become collectors' items now, just like the Q gear.  ..read more

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See his latest posted samples at Flickr:https://www.flickr.com/photos/ned_bunnell/sets/72177720307495920/via his DPR post here.Whilst the photos are nice, they do lack a bit contrast and sharpness. I would expect (much) better IQ for a dedicated B&W machine, honestly speaking. Btw, it seems that Ned does not update his blog anymore ..read more

https://pentaxofficial.com/18527/https://pentaxofficial.com/18482/https://pentaxofficial.com/18512/All in Japanese, but the pictures speak for themselves. Various Pentax original lenses were used for the tests ..read more

https://www.yaotomi.co.jp/blog/walk/2023/04/pentaxk3iii,monochrome-kyoto,sakura.html(in Japanese)My impression is that while the B&W photos do have more contrasts and better tonal representation than normal digital cameras' ones, they are yet not as solid as those images produced with better B&W films, even after they are digitalised via professional-grade film scanners.Besides, there is a ..read more