As soon as it launched, the Pentax 17 – the first new high-end film camera from a major manufacturer not named Leica in years – sold out in minutes. In fact, it has spent most of 2024 on backorder.
However, after suffering a drop-off in sales over the summer, the company says "it is still too early to say if the product will be a long-term success or if it will have a successor."
