Ilford began sales of the 35mm film camera, the “ILFORD PIXIE 35-II” from Friday, October 17, 2025.
This new affordable camera allows you to manually control the aperture and focus, giving you more freedom to enjoy film photography. The ILFORD PIXIE 35-II arrives fully assembled so you can use it right away. Ilford sold various types of cameras from 1902 to 1967. This product inherits the name of the “ILFORD PIXIE” that was released in 1966. The “ILFORD PIXIE” was a simple plastic camera that used 127 film and had a two-stage aperture setting.
The ILFORD SPRITE 35-II, which was released in 2021 after a long hiatus, has been praised for its simple operability and economy, making it a long-selling product with cumulative shipments of over 180,000 units.
The newly released “ILFORD PIXIE 35-II” is manufactured in cooperation with Gakken Co., Ltd. It is based on the Gakken Otona no Kagaku Magazine 35mm film camera and shares the same product specifications.
ILFORD PIXIE 35-II Features
- 32mm fixed focus lens (Aperture: Adjustable in three steps: F6.4, F16, F100)
- Manual aperture, focus and film advance
- Shutter speed: 1/100 sec., bulb mode (long exposure supported)
- Supports pinhole photography (removable lens, focal length 30mm)
- Half-frame adapter included (for vertical shooting, doubles the number of shots)
- Lightweight ABS resin body (141 grams excluding film)
ILFORD PIXIE 35-II Product Specifications
| Optical Lenses | PMMA (highly transparent acrylic resin) single sheet |
| focal length | 32mm (with lens), 30mm (pinhole) |
| Shooting distance | 0.3m to infinity |
| Shutter speed | 1/100 sec., bulb mode |
| aperture | F6.4/F16/F100 |
| Film advance | manual |
| Film Format | 135/35 film, full size/half size (ISO 400 negative film recommended) |
| Tripod screw hole | can be |
| accessories | Half-size adapter/English manual |
| Camera body | ABS resin |
| size | (W) 131 x (H) 90 x (D) 54 mm |
| weight | 141 grams |
*Film sold separately. ISO 400 negative film is recommended.
