C41
Kodak Gold 200
Kodak Gold 200 is a daylight-balanced C-41 color negative film with warm color, moderate grain, and a classic consumer-film look.
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half-frame
Released June 2024, the Pentax 17 is a half-frame 35mm camera shooting 72 vertical-format frames per 36-exposure roll. It uses a 25mm f/3.5 fixed lens (≈37mm full-frame equivalent), a CdS-SPD meter, programmed exposure with seven scene modes selectable via a top dial, and zone focus rather than rangefinder or autofocus. The body is magnesium and polycarbonate, deliberately styled after the Pentax Auto 110 and 1980s compacts.
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C41
Kodak Gold 200 is a daylight-balanced C-41 color negative film with warm color, moderate grain, and a classic consumer-film look.
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Kodak UltraMax 400 is a versatile consumer-grade ISO 400 daylight-balanced color negative film with T-grain emulsion, delivering warm Kodak colors, fine-for-speed grain (PGI 46), and wide exposure latitude. Currently in production and available globally as a single-roll and multi-pack.
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Before you buy used
Too new to have a meaningful failure-mode pattern. Watch:
Service goes through Ricoh-Imaging directly. Price floor strong; expect minimal depreciation through 2026.
About this camera
The first new film camera Pentax has built in two decades, and the first half-frame SLR-aesthetic compact made for the streaming generation.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm, half-frame (17×24 mm vertical) |
| Lens | 25mm f/3.5, 3 elements / 3 groups |
| Years | 2024–present |
| Shutter | 4s – 1/350s, electronic leaf |
| Flash sync | 1/125s |
| Meter | CdS + SPD programmed |
| Modes | Auto, Standard, Slow, Slow+Flash, Bulb, Bokeh, Distant View |
| Weight | 290 g |
| Battery | 1× CR2 |
Announced December 2022 as part of the "Pentax Film Project," led by Takeo Suzuki and TKO. Officially launched June 17, 2024. First production runs sold out instantly; second-run waiting lists ran 6–12 months in Japan and US through 2025. Limited "MiNT Edition" colorways followed in 2025.
This is the first new still-film camera designed and shipped by a major Japanese manufacturer since Nikon ended the F6 in 2020. Ricoh-Imaging committed to the project explicitly as an experiment in whether film cameras have a sustainable mainstream market.
Three things matter about the Pentax 17:
The camera is not optically remarkable — three-element lens, programmed-only exposure, no manual override — but it succeeds as an object that gets people shooting film who otherwise wouldn't.
Fixed lens. Pentax sells a dedicated case, strap, and lens-cleaning kit. No flash mount (built-in flash only).
Ilford HP5 Plus is a flexible ISO 400 black-and-white film with classic grain and strong push-processing tolerance.
C41
Kodak Portra 400 is a professional C-41 color negative film known for flexible exposure latitude, natural skin tones, and fine grain.
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Kodak Tri-X 400 is a classic black-and-white film known for strong tonality, visible grain, and documentary character.
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