The new half-frame Pentax 17 is a $500 35mm analog film camera with a fixed wide-angle lens, vertical-oriented framing, and quirky vintage vibes.
I used to lambaste the very idea of half-frame cameras when I was a college student obsessed with medium- and large-format film , but electing to shoot film today is already a conscious decision to compromise quality for the sake of experience and style. Who needs resolution when you’ve got vibes? That’s what Pentax seems to be saying with its new Pentax 17, a film camera that takes half-size pictures and looks about as timeless as an old beater you scored at some dude’s estate sale.
The Pentax 17 uses a built-in 25mm f/3.5 lens with a nine-bladed aperture. The lens has no autofocus, but it also isn’t fully manual — you use zone focusing by picking from one of six set distances ranging from as close as 0.24 meters in macro mode to infinity. Relying solely on zone focusing means the Pentax 17 is best equipped for casual snapshots or slice-of-life genres like street photography. As for exposure modes, the 17 doesn’t have full manual control here, either.
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