I shot three more rolls of Kodak Ektachrome 100 with the Pentax 17 half-frame 35mm film camera. In general the Pentax 17 punches well above its weight, but the combination of the 17’s triplet lens and Kodak’s slide film is just magical! Here are shots meant to show the resulting color palette in a variety of light.
The camera is named for the 17mm width of a half-frame of 35mm film, following in the Pentax tradition of naming cameras after their format, such as the 67, 645 and Auto 110. It features a newly-developed 25mm F3.5 lens, which is the equivalent to a 37mm lens on full-frame 35mm. The lens, which uses three elements in three groups, is based on the optical design of the Pentax Espio Mini while using the angle of view and focal length of the Ricoh Auto Half camera. Pentax improved on these classic designs by treating the lens with its modern HD (High Definition) coating to optimize the clarity and sharpness of the half-frame photos.
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