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Pentax 17

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Michel Hardy-Vallée

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There will probably be a couple of threads popping up today on the subject, so here are the official videos from Ricoh:

Ad with sample pics:

Detailed announcement by project manager:

Two videos about controls:


My take: it's not a camera for everybody, but I hope it helps the market and that this is a step towards more sophisticated cameras. Manufacturing is a tough business, and Ricoh appears to play the long game, so we might one day see an SLR from them again.
 
Other than scale focus, has nice features ISO up to 3200, looks like exposure can be compensated. Unsure of the shutter, lens seems to be wide.
 
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