{"id":11050,"date":"2014-02-23T19:03:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T03:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=11050"},"modified":"2014-02-23T19:03:49","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T03:03:49","slug":"pentax-uc-1-espio-mini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=11050","title":{"rendered":"Pentax UC-1 (Espio Mini)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-full wp-image-11051\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PentaxEspioMini-2038.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11051\" alt=\"PentaxEspioMini-2038\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PentaxEspioMini-2038.jpg\" width=\"415\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PentaxEspioMini-2038.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PentaxEspioMini-2038-150x99.jpg 150w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PentaxEspioMini-2038-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Espio\u00a0mini is such a fun little camera.\u00a0 It may not have as fast a lens\u00a0as the Olympus Stylus\u00a0Epic with its f2.8\u00a0 but the Pentax is 32mm rather than 35mm which makes enough of a difference to be noticeable.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a\u00a0nice compromise between a 28mm and a 35mm lens.\u00a0 Previously I wrote about how my <a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=5440\">UC-1 had failed <\/a>but since then I have found a replacement and am very pleased with it.\u00a0 Being a clam shell design it&#8217;s easy to carry around and open up when needed and is small enough to slip into a coat pocket.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 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a 28mm and a 35mm lens.\u00a0 Previously I wrote about how my 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