Where To Find the Pentax 17 Half-Frame 35mm Film Camera

Where To Find the Pentax 17 Half-Frame 35mm Film Camera

What’s not the weirdest thing about the Pentax is that it’s the first 35mm film camera to enter the market in decades. It’s that Pentax chose to make it a half-frame camera, meaning that it takes two 17mm x 24mm pictures within a single 35mm (36mm x 24mm) frame. And it takes them vertically. And that’s, […] The post Where To Find the Pentax 17 Half-Frame 35mm Film Camera appeared first on VICE .

Actor Jeff Bridges Is Bringing Back This Weird 35mm Film Camera with a Swiveling Lens

Actor Jeff Bridges Is Bringing Back This Weird 35mm Film Camera with a Swiveling Lens

What a strange beast. Digital cameras and smartphones have made the panoramic shot easy, but back when we were stuck with film, these sorts of sweeping shots required a lot of fuss to stitch together shots and form a single photograph of up to 360 degrees. Japanese manufacturer Panon Camera Shoko introduced the Widelux in […] The post Actor Jeff Bridges Is Bringing Back This Weird 35mm Film Camera with a Swiveling Lens appeared first on VICE .