Pentax 17 Teardown | A Look Inside the New Film Camera from Pentax

This is a long video, so I’ve broken it down into many chapters. Feel free to browse the chapter listings below and skip to any part that looks interesting: 00:40 Removing the bottom plate 00:56 Advancing the film 01:43 Investigating the film advance solenoid 02:55 Removing the rewind knob 04:09 Removing the advance lever 05:10 Removing the top plate 06:01 Discovering and disconnecting the FPC connector 06:28 Discovering and disconnecting the flash 07:45 Inspecting the top plate 08:08 Inspecting the camera body under the top plate 08:33 Discovering and explaining the focus zone selector 09:12 Removing the viewfinder 09:52 Safely discharging the flash capacitor 11:11 Deeper dive under the top plate 11:50 Removing the rewind knob mount 12:24 Removing the right hand leatherette 13:54 Removing the tripod socket mount 14:16 Removing the left hand leatherette 15:22 Removing the final front plate retaining screws 15:42 Removing the front plate 15:53 Inspecting the guts of the camera body 17:00 Closeup of the film advance mechanism 17:19 Identifying the flash capacitor charging circuit 17:27 Removing the outer lens barrel 18:00 Inspecting the outer lens barrel 18:06 Inspecting the lens assembly 18:24 Comments on the design of the Pentax 17 19:06 Survey of parts 19:46 Outro