Paulo J Moreira
Pentax Espio AF Zoom
Pentax Espio AF Zoom or when things are not exactly what they seem. Under this extremely discrete and elegant plastic body lies one of the most sophisticated zoom compacts that I have ever encountered. The styling itself should be taken as a warning; this is not a run of the mill plastic zoom wonder. The camera features a 8 element 35/70 zoom lens (that´s the double of Nikon 35/70 zoom lens). Exposure is all programmed, but you do have a lot o manual control. You get all the possible flash modes, plus flash with B setting, oh yes B setting is also possible without flash. You get back-light exposure compensation, 3 types of self-timer, one being quite interesting, it takes one shot in tele position and then the camera zooms back to wide and takes another picture, impossible to miss the subject! Then you have continuous shooting and…multiple exposures! True, it is limited to 2 frames, but at least it is there. Most entry level SLR’s did not feature this. Last, but not least, you get an intervalmeter or interval mode, the camera takes a picture every 3 minutes or every 60 minutes, as long there is film. This is one fantastic little camera, let down by small viewfinder and an all plastic body.
Pentax Espio AF Zoom
Pentax Espio AF Zoom or when things are not exactly what they seem. Under this extremely discrete and elegant plastic body lies one of the most sophisticated zoom compacts that I have ever encountered. The styling itself should be taken as a warning; this is not a run of the mill plastic zoom wonder. The camera features a 8 element 35/70 zoom lens (that´s the double of Nikon 35/70 zoom lens). Exposure is all programmed, but you do have a lot o manual control. You get all the possible flash modes, plus flash with B setting, oh yes B setting is also possible without flash. You get back-light exposure compensation, 3 types of self-timer, one being quite interesting, it takes one shot in tele position and then the camera zooms back to wide and takes another picture, impossible to miss the subject! Then you have continuous shooting and…multiple exposures! True, it is limited to 2 frames, but at least it is there. Most entry level SLR’s did not feature this. Last, but not least, you get an intervalmeter or interval mode, the camera takes a picture every 3 minutes or every 60 minutes, as long there is film. This is one fantastic little camera, let down by small viewfinder and an all plastic body.