I went to Texas to shoot the Pentax 17 against my Nikon F3 and find out once and for all if half frame holds up. What followed was four days of mystery soft focus, a fully ruined roll of Ektachrome E100 slide film, and a hard lesson about reading the manual before leaving the house. Then I drove to Colorado to fix everything. Here's what I actually found out about this camera.

🎬 Making Film Photography Fun in a World of Same-Same Making things is hard. That’s why the world is full of stuff that feels kinda the same — from pain pills to cameras, cars… and, of course, film. So then — what makes this Same Same film different from the rest? [Bad Flashes intro logo] About a full moon cycle ago, my buddy Jason and I took our annual pilgrimage to New York City — to hang with friends and surprise my brother for his 30th birthday. Perfect timing to test out one of Mr....

Pentax K3 III Monochrome, black and white photography. If you’re anything like me in 2025, you’re feeling those egg prices.If you can even find eggs. Naturally, that gets us thinking about film. Obviously. As film prices creep past what my 2020 stimulus check used to be worth, a dangerous thought starts to form:What’s with this digital thing? But this?This isn’t the digital camera you’re expecting. And—dare I say it—could it actually be… fun? Let’s find out. 📷 A Film Photographer...