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Pentax Unveils Plans to Build a New Range of Film Cameras

Pentax unveils plans to release a whole range of new film cameras! Details here!

Winter Explorations with a Pentax LX and Kosmo Foto Mono Film

Charlotte shares her wintery day shooting the seaside with her Pentax LX and Kosmo Foto Mono black-and-white film.

Pentax 67 Review – It’s a Big Camera

James shot the Pentax 67 in 2016 and 2018, and was less than impressed. In 2020 he tries again. Here’s the review.

All the Kolors of the Rainbow – Revolog Film, a Pentax LX, and Pride

Charlotte shoots Pride with the Pentax LX and Revolog Kolor film, an experimental color negative rainbow splashed 35mm film!

The Essentials – A Guide to the Best of Pentax’s Camera Systems

In our latest Essentials article, we spotlight the best gear from Pentax. From collectible rarities to pro-spec SLRs, this is what Pentaxians dream of.

Pentax UC-1 (Espio Mini) Point and Shoot Film Camera Review – The Little Lens that Could

Brand loyalty can be a beautiful thing. Take an old friend of mine for example – she was head-over-heels in love with her Pentax K-5. She loved taking photos, even if…

Pentax Spotmatic Camera Review – One of the Longest-Lived Mechanical Cameras Ever Made

Volkswagen produced the Beetle in one form or another for more than six decades. Six decades of building one of the most simple, spartan family cars on the planet. And…

Pentax Super Takumar 50mm F/1.4 M42 Mount Lens Review

Eight elements. Eight. The original Zeiss Planars got by with just six, the Planar T* of the 1970s used seven. Minolta, Canon and Nikon all used seven elements in their…

Desert Island Cameras No. 05 – Pentax Edition with Ned Bunnell, Former President of Pentax U.S.

Desert Island Cameras is back with another very special guest. Last time, we picked our one-and-only Leicas with Bellamy Hunt of Japan Camera Hunter, and today we’re picking our favorite…

Pentax 645 Camera Review – The Best Entry Level Medium Format Film Camera

The desire to jump into medium format photography is usually accompanied by visions of Hasselblads, Rolleiflexes, and the Contax 645. And that’s understandable – the first has pedigree, the second…

Pentax LX Camera Review – The Best Professional 35mm SLR Around

I’ve spent the past few months shooting an amazing and beautiful 35mm film SLR from Japan. This camera has it all – a complete system with detachable prisms, backs, winders,…

SMC Pentax M 40mm F/2.8 Pancake Lens Review

Lilliputian. Svelte. Teensy and weensy, and of course, teensy-weensy. All words I’d never expect to write in a lens review, yet here we all are and I might as well…

Pentax K1000 – Camera Review

A plump, chunky camera stares at me from across the room. I avert my eyes and glance back at the computer screen, my stomach growing queasy with anxiety. Writing about…

Pentax SV – Camera Review

Life has a way of giving you exactly what you need when you least expect it to. So when I came across a Pentax SV for the first time, I…