{"id":17501,"date":"2016-09-04T13:13:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T20:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=17501"},"modified":"2016-09-04T13:13:36","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T20:13:36","slug":"pentax-efina-t-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=17501","title":{"rendered":"Pentax efina T"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Pentax efinaT is with out a doubt my favorite APS film camera. I’ve posted previously about its robustness here Pentax EfinaT
\n<\/a> It’s just one of those cameras that seems like the peak of its type, its type being a small camera with a film format doomed for failure before it ever started of course. \"EfinaTAdvert\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It’s 23-69mm lens gives a similar field of view as a 29-87mm lens on a 35mm film camera a very nice focal range and with the wide 16:9 aspect ratio its a fun camera to compose images with. The lens is a slow f5.6 to 9.9 comprised of 6 elements in 5 groups with two of them being aspherical. The slow speed of the lens shouldn’t be a surprise considering the compactness of it. The camera does weigh a hefty 195g due to its metal build. Interestingly it has a 5 point autofocus system and can also be set to spot focus. The close focus distance of 65cm can be used at any of the zoom settings.<\/p>\n

I didn’t scan the film, I photographed it with my Pentax K-3 setup \"APS-Scanning-8008\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\nand then cropped and adjusted it in Lightroom. I also decided to leave the full area of the film visible just for the sake of it and so you can see the true image size captured.
\nThe film itself is 24mm wide but the image area captured is only 16.7mm along that edge and 30mm along its length. It results in an image area 58% smaller than that of 35mmm film although it’s no less fun.<\/p>\n\n\t\t