Pentax 17 | National Parks Photo Challenge | Step by Step Guide to Home Developing Film

In this episode of Photography Online, the team race to complete their week-long challenge to photograph all 15 UK national parks for a 2025 calendar. We test a Pentax 17 - the world's newest film camera. We then show you how easy it is to develop film yourself at home with 510 Pyro. We also have exciting news on how you can win a £2500 winter photo holiday.
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[@beckyholub7467]

So much fun to see your special guest in NYC. She’s adorable!

[@Biscuit761YT]

Oh my word Marcus, what a lovely little person you have raised, totally charming indeed

[@CeyloNi]

Daddy always behind his primcess❤

[@patford9943]

Great job Xiana! Your segment was informative and entertaining. You, and that other Mcadam person on the show, my film camera is coming off the shelf. I hope you enjoyed your time in NYC!

[@harry4323]

The Pentax reveiw was class, never a dull moment on this show. 5stars every time.

[@PhotographyOnline]

@@harry4323 thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment Harry. All the best.

[@craig_m_mi]

South Downs wins the best of in my opinion, which is just one opinion. Outside of landscapes, an image of Ruth should be included and can take top honors of best image. Great series, fun times, and now the thinking for the 2026 calendar should begin.

[@brianquinn8683]

This show is the best thing not on TV. Why hasnt a TV channel picked this up. A winner and always professional

[@artsilva]

That is the most adorable camera reviewer Ever! She did a wonderful job. Like she said, the Pentax 17 is a great everyday pocket p&s camera if you can deal with the half (35mm) frame.

[@ianlogan3979]

Another wonderful show, informative and entertaining. You must be extremely proud of your daughter Marcus, Xiana did a fantastic job reviewing the Pentax 17. I loved her comments about leaving the lens cap on. Well done Xiana.

[@robinrolleg4608]

Excellent show...and once again proving who the "real star" is....great job, Xiana!!!

[@dennispenton2052]

Team, You're a great promoter of photography - Thank you. Marcus, I'm certain you're Happy & proud of her performance.

[@alanparkinson549]

A most enjoyable episode, Better watch out, Ruth, looks like you've got competition!

[@philiph6488]

Excellent as always. Should have more than 1000 likes.

[@zuckshot]

Excellent episode as always! I should have waited a bit longer to watch this one, brought back the holiday blues, haha! Just came back from my first trip to the UK and EU and holy heck do I ever miss it. Ya'll hiring? Just kidding... kinda.. haha! Anyway, great stuff as always, really liked the film development segment, seems simple enough, and I've really wanted to get into developing as it clearly reduces the costs of shooting film drastically. Looking forward to the next one! Thanks!

[@joanrijkes]

Loved the segment in New York. What a brilliant and entertaining review by Xiana. She is a real star!

[@alasdairmackenzie905]

Another great and informative video guys. Many thanks. PS: Mr McAdam: watch out mate, I think that there is a little lady looking to take over your job ! What a great presentation so many thanks Xiana - well done.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Marcus can retire soon!

[@chadroberts44]

Dead ringer for Marcus. Sounds exactly like him with the same expressions and inflections in her voice.

[@andybusard6694]

You should hire the Pentax reviewer for your staff. Very articulate and understandable.

[@worldtorights6069]

Love to try the 17. Dual exposure per 35mm frame, thus 17mm. Looks really cool too

[@randyschwager84]

This may be your best show yet! I have loved the Calendar challenge and Xianna was awesome! I hope you are able continue to produce these high quality productions! Thanks for taking me along!

[@campbell4567]

Loved the Pentax 17 segment, ace new reporter. Well done

[@_P.K.]

wonderful series.. awesome photographs, great content. But, But, But... next time when you think of breaking a camera for fun, think of people like me who are waiting to get one of those things.. Please donate, dont destroy (if it was real). Love your channel love your videos ..

[@normansteinmetz643]

Best camera review ever. I never wanted to buy the camera but my favourite city, a very charming young journalist and my style of humour made me rethink my decision. How cute can a camera review be? Will save the video for later, my daughter is 2yrs old and I have to show her what we will do once she is bigger :)

[@philliplivingstone5336]

She is a star! Fabulous!

[@rogerlush3344]

What an amazing young lady Xiana is, clearly following in her father's footsteps, good bit of reportage on an interesting new camera, and some great pictures too.

[@SteveLaMotteoc]

I cannot find your podcast. I type photography online in the search both as one word and as two words and neither one of them bring it up. Do you have this problem with other viewers? I search for my podcast in Pandora.

[@PhotographyOnline]

If you type “photography online podcast” into Google, then you should get several options to listen to it on various platforms. Alternatively, you can find it here on the link we always provide in the video description - photographyonline.podbean.com Hope this helps. Many thanks

[@michaelj.1121]

Brilliant job by Xianna, besides her orientation skill she’s a worthy addition to the team - very well done 👏

[@OldGirlPhotography]

What an absolutely fabulous segment by Xiana! Love the show always, but this just made my day. She is a natural! Really enjoyed hearing her perspective.

[@jesssands]

A great episode, Xiana is amazing, a natural host. Hope she loved it too. Interesting about developing too, one day, when time allows, I will try. I think it will go full circle, as everything digital soon goes out of date. Something physical stands the test of time much better. Quality of images that my gt grandparents had is superb and I've still got them today, 100+ years on. When you were at broadsands for the calendar shot, its about 5 miles from me 😃

[@jn1982]

I love the Pentax 17 segment. Perfect father-daughter vacation!

[@ianlewisphotography]

Fantastic job on the challenge. It was a thoroughly enjoyable watch throughout. Incredible amount of time and effort has clearly gone into it, but not just the challenge, the planning and post production as well. How lucky are we to have such a beautiful and diverse landscape in the Britain? Well done Xiana, far too cool for the Photography Online gang!

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks a lot Ian. More of the same kind of content next year!

[@dongoldney]

Ong the northumberland shot ❤❤❤

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks

[@peters1526]

Very very cool episode! The boys sure had one fantastic week of their lives, I now do understand, why Marcus always has his proper ability to teach complicated stuff - because of the enormous talented ghostwriter Xiana, and for the (ambivalent... ) remembrance of my black and white Days in the 80s and early 90s. Thanks a lot, this for sure is the most valuable content on the web, rock on!😊

[@jn1982]

Okay. Marcus is close to talking me into B&W processing. Deep Breaths..

[@PhotographyOnline]

You won’t know until you give it a go!

[@jonglass]

I bought my Pentax 17 from B&H, ordering it the first day or so it was available for sale there--It was already backordered, but I got mine a couple weeks later. I haven't looked since then, but I'm not really surprised if it's hard to find. I'm loving mine. And I'm still kind of surprised at the complaints about its price. Back in the mid-80s through the early 90s, you would typically pay $125-$150 for a nice point and shoot. Converted to today's dollars, that's about the same as the Pentax 17. My coveted Minolta XD-11, back at the end of the 70s, cost double. The fact I get 48-72 photos per roll gives a bit more freedom, plus the vertical aspect ratio, combined with that, encourages shooting diptychs and triptychs--more creative thinking.

[@olo101olo]

Loving Xiana's review! Hope we'll see some more in the future!

[@guyboisvert2442]

Hi Harry, doe you know the latest situation in Jasper National Park, town of Jasper. Please sit dow well before you read about.... 33% gone Cheers Guy

[@jonathanhotopf1823]

Really must try C41 processing, got the same kit as you’ve shown there but was worried about how difficult it would be to maintain temperature, must just jump in.

[@martinrossphotography]

Well done Xianna, much better than Thomas Heatons review of the same camera. 👌📸

[@PhotographyOnline]

Glad you think so!

[@branigan99]

Pentax 17 would be a great fun camera but at $900 in Australia unlikely to find space in my bag

[@rogerlush3344]

Congratulations gentlemen for completing the challenge and producing some fabulous pictures, a thoroughly great watch!

[@PhotographyOnline]

@@rogerlush3344 thanks very much Roger.

[@joncothranphotography9375]

That's cool! You make me think hard about trying some film photography. Great show! Thanks!

[@MickDouglas]

Hey Guys, as always, another fantastic show. It was great to see Xiana doing the review of the Pentax 17 and following it up with a segment on developing film was a brilliant idea. I have just purchased the "Essential Camera Skills 1" in PDF (to save on postage to Australia) and wanted to ask if it's OK to have it printed to take it with me when I go out shooting? Also enjoyed this month's podcast and can't wait for the next live show on Sunday (Monday for me). Keep up the great work. Mick

[@PhotographyOnline]

@@MickDouglas hi Mick. Thanks for your purchases. No problem to print out the PDF if it’s just for yourself. Thanks also for buying the calendar. All the best.

[@johnmccarthy1148]

Hello team, I think your best show yet. Great to see the final Parks challenge, young presenters in York and a very informative film processing section ( brings back memories of my youth)….well done 🎉

[@PhotographyOnline]

Cheers John. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@JS-wz3km]

Love the segment on developing film. Thanks for that. If your bracketing with a sensor that has a high dynamic range, do you increase the bracket interval? Like 2 stops for each shot vs 1 stop for each shot?

[@cjk1943]

I have developed all types film for b&w I use d76 and Ilford fixer

[@LanceBowes]

Another awesome video, keep up the great work!

[@outtathyme5679]

This is amazing

[@lcador9]

Outstanding content and delivery.

[@Film_Fog]

timecode 6:33, would a polariser have improved the image?

[@Coco-oz4sy]

Late to the premiere but looking forward to a great show

[@PhotographyOnline]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@joeplumber4078]

We want more from the junior reviewer, please!

[@douglasmulcahy1778]

Great show! As always... 'Enjoyed the Analog Affairs segment but the Mad Scientist in me says to stick with the thousands and thousands I've invested in digital (although having a good excuse to avoid PS and LR is tantalizing). BTW...could you possibly alphabetize the POO scroll...had to replay several times to find out if I'm still in good stead ;

[@PhotographyOnline]

Hi Doug. We'll try to put the names into alphabetical order next time, but that's the order they come to us from KZbin. Thanks for watching and for your continued support.

[@andysavin5929]

Shame you weren't in Exmoor for the last shot, Broadsands beach is outside the moor, the Hangman hills in the distance are the start of the western side of the moor!

[@PhotographyOnline]

@@andysavin5929 and they were in the shot, so we achieved the task!

[@andysavin5929]

@@PhotographyOnline still pushing it as the main focus of the image was not Exmoor!

[@PhotographyOnline]

@@andysavin5929 the brief was to take a photo of each park. We took a photo of Exmoor. Job done.

[@andysavin5929]

@@PhotographyOnline just very disappointing to not see a photo where the main subject was Exmoor, shot from Exmoor, challenge not met in my eyes or many from Exmoor

[@PhotographyOnline]

@@andysavin5929 - we met the brief. That’s all that matters.

[@craigmaisfield3247]

The podcasts are great.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Thanks Craig

[@craigmaisfield3247]

Brilliant

[@PhotographyOnline]

Cheers

[@markdodsworth5439]

So I suppose the only question is who is she replacing ? Marcus !

[@dominiclester3232]

Another great video, thank you all! I’d love the location of the Exmoor bench please?

[@PhotographyOnline]

Hi Dominic. It's Broadsands Beach.

[@andysavin5929]

Broadsands beach is not on Exmoor, its located between Combe Martin and Ilfracombe

[@PhotographyOnline]

@@andysavin5929 yes we know, but the background in the shot is of Exmoor.

[@dominiclester3232]

@@PhotographyOnline Thanks very much!

[@heilandgunner]

@richardwest217. I'm in total agreement with you mate. Suspect it might be an age thing... It's interesting that Pentax would develop a new film camera (unintentional pun), but why anybody would go out and pay £500 for it when the 2nd hand market is awash with quality SLRs for far less is beyond me. My youngest daughter recently expressed an interest in film photography, so I gave her my old ME Super. She was made up and it still works perfectly...

[@PhotographyOnline]

The Pentax is expensive compared to older (more capable) cameras, but it’s important the new cameras are still made because older ones will eventually break. It’s not cheap to bring a new camera to the market, so the price has to be profitable for Pentax. It seems to be a great success so far, so hopefully this will encourage them to continue their film camera project.

[@richardwest217]

Whilst I applaud Pentax for a new film camera, as I already have 12+ working Pentax film cameras that cost me less than the price of the new 17 in total, I don't think I'll be buying one. Plus, I'm no fan of portrait format except for portraits. I know Gen Z or whatever they call them, don't know how to turn their 'phones around to landscape, but I don't like wasting two thirds of my screen looking at massive black bars around a picture, (or video).

[@PhotographyOnline]

We hear you Richard. It's a great camera though, and hopefully the start of a new line of film cameras. If no one makes new cameras, then they'll slowly dissappear, so it's great news that someone is trying.

[@edwardwalker3229]

Why on earth does anyone want to go backwards. Film costs money to buy and more money to develop and then more money to print. £500 for a camera and then spending on every film you put through it??????? The phone in your pocket and a second hand digital camera will cost less than that to buy and all the photos are cost free unless you chose to print any which you can do at home The phone is the new box brownie. Developing your own film is yet another unecessary cost plus the chemicals smell. They are highly toxic to small children and animals in the home and they stain most things they touch. Come on let's leave that process where it belongs back in the past.

[@richardwest217]

@@edwardwalker3229 There speaks someone who has never put a roll of film through a hundred year old camera and developed the negatives and seen the magic happen. It's not all about money.

[@smiffy5467]

@@edwardwalker3229Maybe if you tried it you would understand its appeal…?

[@van-gabondramblinrose6398]

Just bought a Minolta Dynax 8000si, perfect order for £20. Why on earth would anyone pay £500 for a fixed lens? Great job by the young lady though.

[@PhotographyOnline]

It’s because it’s a new camera with a warranty. It’s not really aimed at photographers - more towards instagrammers. This is just the first of hopefully more new film cameras from Pentax.

[@garybeat6637]

I suggest you retire Marcus and replace him with his daughter.

[@PhotographyOnline]

@@garybeat6637 that’s the plan. She’s far better looking and a better photographer!

[@billgreen1140]

I love your podcast but these KZbin videos are not my cup of tea. Too much obviously staged drama (throwing cameras, running over cameras) obviously contrived. I’ll stick with the informative, no nonsense podcasts.

[@PhotographyOnline]

@@billgreen1140 sorry the videos aren’t for you Bill, but we’re glad to hear you like the podcast. Thanks

[@stuartfeen9236]

Xiana is magnificent!