{"id":11035,"date":"2014-03-16T10:07:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-16T17:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=11035"},"modified":"2014-03-16T10:07:27","modified_gmt":"2014-03-16T17:07:27","slug":"pentax-espio-145m-super","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=11035","title":{"rendered":"Pentax Espio 145M Super"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Okay I have to admit the only reason I have this camera and used it was because of the brushed aluminum and the fake wood hand grip.\u00a0 I find it amusing like it is supposed to be some high-end product with custom touches when it’s really just a run of the mill film point and shoot.\u00a0 The 38-145mm\u00a0lens has apertures of 4.8-12.5 at each end which is definitely slow, meaning its best to use 400 ISO film to ensure high enough shutter speeds to prevent camera shake.\u00a0 Pentax describes the lens as being 8 elements in 6 groups and it also has the SMC coating.\u00a0 It’s actually not too bad a lens at the longer end but at 38mm it has a ton of pin cushion distortion as you can see in the shot of the window.\u00a0 The shutter goes from 1\/400 second down to 2 seconds.\u00a0Released in 2002, which is well within the transition to digital that the industry was going through.\u00a0 In the end it’s not a terrible camera but there are many better ones if your going to burn some film.<\/p>\n\n\t\t