{"id":14954,"date":"2015-05-14T07:07:50","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T14:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=14954"},"modified":"2015-05-14T07:10:45","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T14:10:45","slug":"pentax-uc1-75th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=14954","title":{"rendered":"Pentax UC1 75th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PentaxUC1-0924\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>This camera looks like its had a tough 75 years but it’s only been 21. \u00a0Pentax celebrated its 75 anniversary in 1994\u00a0and produced a few\u00a0limited edition cameras as well as ones like this. This Espio MiNi otherwise know as the UC-1 was available both in black and silver but \u00a0it’s only the sticker that\u00a0distinguishes this one. \u00a0This particular camera looks like it spent some time around salt water or a nervous sweaty handed\u00a0photographer with the chrome eroded away revealing its true plastic nature. \u00a0Just the same I thought it was worth a roll of film to see if it worked. \u00a0And true to its appearance it worked but not perfectly. \u00a0It seems that there were a few blank frames where no picture was captured. \u00a0When it did work and this is true of other Espio Mini’s it produced good results. \u00a0The lens is a simple 3 element design (32mm) that produces sharp images from corner to corner with accurate exposure. \u00a0For more post about my other non pitted UC-1 look here October 2014<\/a>\u00a0February 2014<\/a>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0April 2013<\/a> or\u00a0March 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

One thing about one camera:\u00a0\u00a0 The Pentax UC-1 allows close focusing down to\u00a0 1 ft\u00a0and has LCD \u00a0frame lines in the viewfinder to help compensate for the parallax.
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