Pentax 17

Brand New, Boxed

The Pentax 17 is a compact 35mm film camera. This camera shoots with a half frame format, meaning you get twice as many photos out of a roll of film. Rather than shooting a landscape full frames negative, you capture a 17mm x 24mm portrait negative.

This camera is the perfect choice for film camera enthusiasts as well as beginners alike. The camera offers a full auto mode (use as a point and shoot) as well as an exposure compensation and ISO dials for manual control. The ISO dial allows you to select between 50, 100, 125, 160, 200, 400, 800, 1600 and 3200 - so you have a fantastic wide range of compatible films. The camera has seven shooting modes to adjust to how you wish to shoot. You have the choice of 'Full Auto', 'Standard Program', 'Slow Speed Shutter', 'Daylight Sync', 'Slow Speed Sync', 'Bokeh' and 'Bulb'.

This camera uses a manual loading and unloading process with a manual film winding mechanism, similar to other Pentax SLR cameras.

The lens on this camera is inspired by the Pentax ESPIO mini, it features a 25mm F3.5 fixed lens. The lens has also been treated with a HD coating to provide sharpness and clarity to your images. The lens has a 40.5mm filter mounting thread if you wish to add filters to the camera in use.

The Pentax 17 uses a zone focus system with six choices from close up to long distance. This is incredibly helpful when using the camera. The macro focus zone even offers a minimum focusing distance of 25cm! The camera features a fantastically bright optical viewfinder. The viewfinder also has bright frame lines which compensate for close up photography.

The camera even has a built in flash. The recycle time on the flash is approximately 9 seconds however there are LEDs in the viewfinder to indicate when the flash is recharging and when it is ready to go.

The camera is amazingly lightweight, featuring aluminium alloy top and bottom covers. Overall the cameras appearance is rather traditional, its retro appearance reflects similar features to other Pentax SLR cameras. The camera even has a nifty pocket on the rear door so you can pop a piece of the film box in to know what you are shooting.

The Pentax 17 also has a very handy grip to make the camera more comfortable handheld when picture taking. Hidden very neatly under the knurled handgrip is the battery compartment. Simply pop in a CR2 battery, load your favourite film and you are ready to start taking photographs!