Ricoh/Pentax to Create New Film Camera
Dec 20, 2022 10:06:41 #
Ricoh has announced that their Pentax brand will create a new film camera
https://news.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/rim_info2/2022/20221220_037861.html
They have given themselves time to think about it.
Will this be in the same price range as their K-1?
Will they use their most-modern “KAF4” mount?
At least the needed infrastructure has revived in recent years.
https://news.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/rim_info2/2022/20221220_037861.html
They have given themselves time to think about it.
Will this be in the same price range as their K-1?
Will they use their most-modern “KAF4” mount?
At least the needed infrastructure has revived in recent years.
Dec 20, 2022 10:26:23 #
rehess wrote:
Ricoh has announced that their Pentax brand will create a new film camera
https://news.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/rim_info2/2022/20221220_037861.html
They have given themselves time to think about it.
Will this be in the same price range as their K-1?
Will they use their most-modern “KAF4” mount?
At least the needed infrastructure has revived in recent years.
https://news.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/rim_info2/2022/20221220_037861.html
They have given themselves time to think about it.
Will this be in the same price range as their K-1?
Will they use their most-modern “KAF4” mount?
At least the needed infrastructure has revived in recent years.
I had heard about this long ago. I still own Pentax film cameras, Spotmatic, K2 DMD, K1000. I now share lenses with my Pentax DSLRs. I do wish Pentax had a MILC with a EVF and not only a screen. Hard to figure Pentax users wanting new film cameras even though I have owned 19 Pentax cameras.
Dec 20, 2022 10:42:57 #
lamiaceae wrote:
I had heard about this long ago. I still own Pentax film cameras, Spotmatic, K2 DMD, K1000. I now share lenses with my Pentax DSLRs. I do wish Pentax had a MILC with a EVF and not only a screen. Hard to figure Pentax users wanting new film cameras even though I have owned 19 Pentax cameras.
I also don’t understand their aversion to EVFs.
They are directed by Japanese culture, not by marketing in the West.
They say they want to make photography “fun” again; it must make sense in their minds.
I still have several film cameras by Pentax in my closet, the “Super Program” I purchased in 1983 used for twelve years, and the “Spotmatic” I purchased recently “just because”. If I have a desire to use film, I will use one of them. Unless there is something I haven’t thought of, they won’t get any of my money for this thing.
Dec 21, 2022 05:42:35 #
A film camera in 2022, almost 2023, when the big companies are already making mirrorless bodies? I am no expert in finances but it looks to me as a backward step.
In my humble opinion the Pentax/Ricoh company will be in better shape going with the flow that right now is manufacturing mirrorless cameras.
I wish them a good outcome on this one.
In my humble opinion the Pentax/Ricoh company will be in better shape going with the flow that right now is manufacturing mirrorless cameras.
I wish them a good outcome on this one.
Dec 21, 2022 06:18:35 #
camerapapi wrote:
A film camera in 2022, almost 2023, when the big companies are already making mirrorless bodies? I am no expert in finances but it looks to me as a backward step.
In my humble opinion the Pentax/Ricoh company will be in better shape going with the flow that right now is manufacturing mirrorless cameras.
I wish them a good outcome on this one.
In my humble opinion the Pentax/Ricoh company will be in better shape going with the flow that right now is manufacturing mirrorless cameras.
I wish them a good outcome on this one.
As a current Pentax user, I am discouraged. I could accept their staying with DSLR - instead of their putting an EVF on the K-01 that they did develop - but I already own four working film cameras in my closet. I switched from Pentax to Canon {because of their quiet EF-lenses} in 1995, made the transition to digital with Canon, then switched back to Pentax in 2015 {when I was let down by Canon’s Rebel bodies}. I am now in my 70’s, and don’t feel I had another switch in me, so I hope my current KP will last as long as I do. I have a scanner and am slowly moving from analog to digital, and don’t intend to go back to slides.
Dec 21, 2022 08:06:39 #
Has the development costs, timing, quality, and availability improved since the era when digital replaced film?
Dec 21, 2022 09:14:50 #
Nosaj wrote:
Has the development costs, timing, quality, and availability improved since the era when digital replaced film?
I believe some digital cameras focus faster on moving subjects than they did when I switched from film to digital in 2007. Before I switched, I had a professional scan some of my Kodachrome 25 slides, and I determined that the slides basically had the detail of a 3000x2000 digital image; 4mp or 5mp was common back then.
Dec 21, 2022 12:02:18 #
lamiaceae wrote:
I had heard about this long ago. I still own Pentax film cameras, Spotmatic, K2 DMD, K1000. I now share lenses with my Pentax DSLRs. I do wish Pentax had a MILC with a EVF and not only a screen. Hard to figure Pentax users wanting new film cameras even though I have owned 19 Pentax cameras.
I have three old film cameras, one Petri and two Pentax K1000. Doubt I'd buy a new film camera, I keep the ones I have for sentimental reasons. I have wondered if I could still take a decent photo with a film camera.
Dec 26, 2022 09:34:42 #
I like to see more good film cameras made. I don't think I need film cameras as much as I need film. I have about 30 film cameras and they would last me a long time but my film supply isn't that great.
Dec 26, 2022 09:50:05 #
BebuLamar wrote:
I like to see more good film cameras made. I don't think I need film cameras as much as I need film. I have about 30 film cameras and they would last me a long time but my film supply isn't that great.
I {still} buy film at my local camera store.
If you want to reply, then register here. Registration is free and your account is created instantly, so you can post right away.