Four makers were shipping newly designed film cameras as of spring 2026 — Ricoh, MiNT, Lomography and Harman — per KosmoFoto's March 2026 scorecard of the compact revival, while Amsterdam startup Analogue pushed its autofocus aF-1 back to Q3 2026. Canon, Nikon and Fujifilm, the names on most of the used bodies in the world, announced nothing.
Who is actually shipping?
The list is short enough to memorize. Harman's EZ-35, a motorized reloadable from 2021, holds the budget floor. Ricoh's Pentax 17, shipping since June 2024 at roughly 500 dollars, remains the only new camera from a legacy giant. MiNT's Rollei 35AF, released September 2024 at 650-plus pounds, put Lidar autofocus into a Rollei 35 silhouette. And Lomography's MC-A, announced October 2025 at 549 dollars, reached owners in January 2026 with autofocus plus zone focus and a 32mm f/2.8 lens.
| Maker | Camera | Status, spring 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Harman | EZ-35 (2021) | Shipping, budget tier |
| Ricoh | Pentax 17 (June 2024) | Shipping; film project reportedly paused |
| MiNT | Rollei 35AF (September 2024) | Shipping, refined between batches |
| Lomography | Lomo MC-A (announced October 2025) | Shipping since January 2026 |
| Analogue | aF-1 (announced early 2025) | Pre-order, slipped to Q3 2026 |
Who paused, and who is missing?
Ricoh's position is the strangest entry on the board: the Pentax 17 sells, yet the Film Project behind it was reported paused in 2025 while the company studies demand, and its public face, designer Takeo Suzuki, has moved on — though he left a teasing hint about full-frame to everyone's imagination, per KosmoFoto. MiNT is the counterweight, its founder Gary Ho saying simply that the company is just getting started. Below the premium tier, the reloadable compacts — Kodak H35N by Reto among them — quietly proved the demand all these machines now chase.
What does the scorecard mean for buyers?
New costs real money: 500 dollars and up, against working used compacts at a third of that. What the premium buys is a warranty, parts that exist, and light seals that were molded this decade. The honest advice for mid-2026: if you want autofocus and new, the choice is the MC-A or the 35AF; if you want cheap and cheerful, buy used or reloadable; and if you were waiting for Canon or Nikon to blink, the wait continues — Leica's 2022 M6 relaunch remains the only full-frame holdout keeping a classic body in production.
For more context, read The Film Revival, Year by Year.
For more context, read lomography news 2026.
For more context, read Why Film Keeps Selling Out.