{"id":19455,"date":"2024-08-16T01:59:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T01:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/2024\/08\/16\/this-is-whats-inside-the-new-pentax-17-film-camera\/"},"modified":"2024-08-16T01:59:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T01:59:34","slug":"that-is-whats-within-the-new-pentax-17-movie-digital-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/2024\/08\/16\/that-is-whats-within-the-new-pentax-17-movie-digital-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"That is What\u2019s Within the New Pentax 17 Movie Digital camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-1-featured-crop-1600840.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, 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Pentax 17 Movie Digital camera\" \/><\/div><p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_755201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-755201\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-1-1600-800x600.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-1-1600-800x600.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-1-1600-800x600.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-1-1600-800x600.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, 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https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-1-1600-800x600.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-1-1600-800x600.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"A disassembled Pentax film camera is laid out neatly on a blue surface. Components include the camera body, lens, circuit boards, screws, and various internal parts, all organized systematically. The Pentax logo is visible on the camera body and lens cap.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-large wp-image-755201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-1-1600-800x600.jpg?ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-1-1600-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-1-1600-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-1-1600.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-755201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit score: Evan Dorsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Analog photographer, self-taught digital camera repairman, and engineer Evan Dorsky bought the brand new Pentax 17 half-frame movie digital camera, and, like all enthusiastic repairman, he took it aside to peer what makes it tick. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s 2024, and Ricoh Pentax simply launched a brand new movie digital camera, their first in a long time,\u201d Dorsky writes on his <em>Substack<\/em>, Fortunate Field. The photographer has a protracted historical past with Pentax, having shot with the emblem since he first were given into movie. They have been additionally the primary cameras he took aside, making his newest Pentax 17 journey a pleasant full-circle second. <\/p>\n<p>He preordered the digital camera as rapid as he may just and shot thru a roll with it as quickly because it arrived. Then, it was once time to take it aside and spot what was once within. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould the Pentax 17 resemble a contemporary shopper electronics instrument, or the handbook mechanical cameras from the \u201880s that impressed it?\u201d Dorsky asks. He additionally felt that given how a lot care and a focus Pentax has given the challenge, together with bringing folks out of retirement to assist paintings at the challenge, that the digital camera deserved a birthday party of its design, each in and out. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I made a YouTube video,\u201d Dorsky says. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fluid-iframe\" style=\"max-width: 800px;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pentax 17 Teardown | A Look Inside the New Film Camera from Pentax\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sioAN8w_Ew8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>His teardown could be very detailed, so he has damaged it down into chapters, which might be to be had on YouTube. <\/p>\n<p>Dorsky says that taking the Pentax 17 aside was once \u201clike an 80s generation mechanical digital camera, most effective more uncomplicated,\u201d bringing up the digital camera\u2019s use of usual cross-drive screws. He most effective wanted one specialised device, a lens opener, to take away a unmarried preserving ring at the digital camera\u2019s best plate. Another way, it got here aside with out fuss. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_755204\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-755204\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-2-800x601.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-2-800x601.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-2-800x601.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-2-800x601.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-2-800x601.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-2-800x601.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-2-800x601.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-2-800x601.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-2-800x601.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-2-800x601.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-2-800x601.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" decoding=\"async\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-2-800x601.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Close-up view of the internal electronics of a disassembled camera on a blue surface, featuring various circuit boards, wires, connectors, and a ribbon cable. Some components are scattered around, indicating a repair or deconstruction process.\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" class=\"size-large wp-image-755204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-2-800x601.jpg?ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-2-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-2-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-755204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit score: Evan Dorsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the within, it\u2019s a mixture of outdated and new. Trendy parts come with 0 insertion pressure (ZIF) electric connectors, a 32-bit microcontroller, and a motorized lens meeting. However there also are old-school elements, together with a handbook movie advance, potentiometers for dials, and free-soldered wires. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I see it, Pentax controlled to include the advantages of modernized electronics generation (ZIF connectors for repairability, virtual electronics for a more practical design and decrease BOM value) whilst averting the pitfalls (over the top miniaturization on the expense of repairability, proprietary screws, reasonable plastic portions),\u201d Dorsky explains, including that Pentax stored \u201cthe most efficient of the \u201980s designs,\u201d together with steel gears and nonproprietary screws. Pentax additionally have shyed away from one of the vital traumatic issues from the olden days, like springs that come out once any individual eliminates a preserving plate. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fluid-iframe\" style=\"max-width: 800px;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Pentax 17 is a Brand New FILM CAMERA!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ICIDcOtlSrQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMainly, in the case of outdated and new, the Pentax 17 is the most efficient of each worlds!\u201d Dorsky exclaims. <\/p>\n<p>He additionally says the Pentax 17 is constructed to ultimate, however simple to fix. Talking of maintenance, Dorsky is these days running on a Pentax 17 restore file. Whilst that webpage is empty for now, knowledge will seem there when it\u2019s to be had.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_755202\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-755202\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pentax-17-pshot-chris-niccolls-800x514.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pentax-17-pshot-chris-niccolls-800x514.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pentax-17-pshot-chris-niccolls-800x514.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pentax-17-pshot-chris-niccolls-800x514.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pentax-17-pshot-chris-niccolls-800x514.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pentax-17-pshot-chris-niccolls-800x514.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pentax-17-pshot-chris-niccolls-800x514.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pentax-17-pshot-chris-niccolls-800x514.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pentax-17-pshot-chris-niccolls-800x514.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pentax-17-pshot-chris-niccolls-800x514.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pentax-17-pshot-chris-niccolls-800x514.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" decoding=\"async\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pentax-17-pshot-chris-niccolls-800x514.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"A vintage Pentax 17 film camera is mounted on a tripod with a nature background. The camera has a black textured body with silver accents and a black lens. The background includes out-of-focus elements like trees and possibly water.\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" class=\"size-large wp-image-755202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pentax-17-pshot-chris-niccolls-800x514.jpg?ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pentax-17-pshot-chris-niccolls-320x206.jpg 320w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pentax-17-pshot-chris-niccolls-1536x987.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pentax-17-pshot-chris-niccolls.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-755202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph by way of Chris Niccolls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an exhilarating time to be a movie photographer!\u201d Dorsky concludes. \u201cI\u2019m inspired that the present analog revival is huge and sustained sufficient to persuade a longtime digital camera producer like Pentax (Ricoh) to take a position so closely in movie.\u201d <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Symbol credit:<\/strong> Evan Dorsky <\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit score: Evan Dorsky Analog photographer, self-taught digital camera repairman, and engineer Evan Dorsky bought the brand new Pentax 17 half-frame movie digital camera, and, like all enthusiastic repairman, he took it aside to peer what makes it tick. \u201cIt\u2019s 2024, and Ricoh Pentax simply launched a brand new movie digital camera, their first in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/08\/evan-dorsky-pentax-17-teardown-1-featured-crop-1600840.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19456,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19455\/revisions\/19456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}