The Pentax 17 looks like a decent camera, albeit to my eye the styling seems a little clunky and I don't understand the need for all those controls and mode settings. The choice of half-frame 35 format is interesting, memories of a lot of fine photos made with Olympus Pen EE cameras comes to mind.
However, this is arguably my all-time favorite compact 35mm camera. It's full-frame 24x36 mm format... Minox 35GT-E :: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53837228803_b43a592cb9_b.jpg I bought it new in 1998, cost about $400 IIRC. The lens is excellent quality, the negatives are terrific. The only thing it lacks, for me, is a full manual exposure setting capability, but the aperture priority auto plus manual ISO setting net all the adjustability I could want. With the lens door folded, it is smooth and compact, slips nicely even into a jeans pocket. The makrolon plastic construction is very tough and difficult to scratch. A few photos of it and with it: https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=23913128%40N02&sort=date-taken-desc&text=Minox+35GT-E&view_all=1 I wish I could find as elegant, small, and simple a digital camera as the Minox 35GT-E. G > On Jul 4, 2024, at 11:40 AM, Stanley Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> > wrote: > > > I wanted a visual of the size of the new 17 vs. the GRiii as a way to think > about the 17 and how I might carry/use it if I had one. I couldn’t find such > a visual so I decided to do one myself… > > https://zenfolio.page.link/SYCjG -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
