Pentax MZ-5 Archives

Markets in Yemen with a Pentax MZ-5 – By Jordi Fradera

By Jordi Fradera / March 13, 2021 February 11, 2021 / Photos & Projects / 12 Comments

Yemen, an impressive country, with a rich folklore and good people but always immersed in problems. In the spring of 1999 I took a tourist trip that I will never forget accompanied by my wife Iselda and my son Jordi. Yemen came out of a civil confrontation and was in a parenthesis of peace, this provided an opportunity to visit it. Of course it had its risk but we decided to face it. Unfortunately, shortly after, Yemen returned to a state of conflict.

Pentax MZ-5 Review – Cheap Thrills with an AF SLR Film Camera

By Hamish Gill / July 20, 2020 November 29, 2020 / SLRs / 13 Comments

Sometimes it feels like the days of cheap film photography thrills are over. Then I find myself in the possession of a camera like the Pentax MZ-5 and am reminded that this really isn’t the case at all.

That Time I Shot an 18-55mm APS-C Digital Lens on a 35mm Pentax Film Camera

By Hamish Gill / March 2, 2020 November 29, 2020 / That time I shot with a... / 9 Comments

Those of you who follow my ramblings will be aware that I’ve recently been through a little bit of a phase of shooting Pentax SLRs. The thing I’m beginning to love about them is how I can mount pretty much any Pentax PK lens on any of the Pentax cameras I own and get some level of functionality. It’s the understanding of that fact that had me dream up this slightly ill-conceived plan.