The craving for a retro look is bringing film photography back into the spotlight – and with it a number of new cameras. From the Kodak Ektar H35 to the Pentax 17, a number of these new film ...

The Pentax 17 does many things differently, not least because it’s the first film camera to bear the Pentax name for over two decades. For a start, it’s a ‘half-frame’ 35mm film camera, using standard ...

[ChickenCrimpy] adds the most basic of 35 mm cartridge to create what he calls the Minimum Viable Camera. It’s a half-frame 35 mm pinhole film camera with the simplest possible construction.

I used Kodak Gold 200 35mm film, a roll (36 exposures) of which cost me $11 / £11. The Pentax 17 is a half-frame camera, of course, so you’re essentially getting double the shot count.