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Ricoh Imaging is pleased to announce the newPENTAX 17compact film camera. The PENTAX 17 is a half-frame camera, capturing two 17mm x 24mm pictures within in a single 35mm-format (36mm x 24mm) film frame. It produces vertical-formatpictures, with similar ratios to those captured by smartphones.

In addition to the distinctive image quality created only by a filmcamera, the design of the PENTAX 17 incorporates manualoperations unique to film photography a selectable zone-focus system, manual film winding, manual film advance lever,and exposure compensation and ISO sensitivity adjustments,each with their own dials. It has a retro-inspired design, with thetop and bottom covers made of a solid but lightweightmagnesium alloy to optimize the camera bodys rigidity.

The PENTAX 17 features a newly developed 25mm F3.5 lens(equivalent to a 37mm lens in the 35mm format). The lens istreated with HD (High Definition) coating to optimize clarity andsharpness. The optical viewfinder features an Albada-type bright frame finder and has a close-up visualfield compensation frame to help compose close-up images more easily. The camera has seven shootingmodes to accommodate different applications and scenarios. It automatically adjusts exposure settingsbased on lighting data collected by its metering sensor.It is an ideal model not only for film camera enthusiasts who have enjoyed film photography for years, butalso for photographers who are excited about trying film photography for the first time.