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+ | *[https://www.butkus.org/chinon/pentax/pentax_uc-1/pentax_uc-1.htm Pentax UC-1 user manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org] | ||
* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/pentaxespiomini/ Espio Mini Flickr group]. | * [http://www.flickr.com/groups/pentaxespiomini/ Espio Mini Flickr group]. | ||
* [http://c758710.r10.cf2.rackcdn.com/files/support/manual/525_1314745094-341514975_manual.pdf UC-1 user manual PDF] from [http://www.pentaximaging.com/support/manuals-and-literature/ official pentaximaging.com website.] | * [http://c758710.r10.cf2.rackcdn.com/files/support/manual/525_1314745094-341514975_manual.pdf UC-1 user manual PDF] from [http://www.pentaximaging.com/support/manuals-and-literature/ official pentaximaging.com website.] |
Latest revision as of 06:42, 12 October 2021
Espio mini in black image by JJ Lee (Image rights) |
The Pentax Espio mini is a pocketable 35mm compact camera with autofocus and a wide-angle prime lens by Pentax. In the US it was known as the Pentax UC-1. It was available in black, champagne or silver and is one of the more collectable cameras in the Espio range. The champagne finish has a common problem that it easily gets worn off, even with the slightest use, making it a cheaper option. It has a very sharp lens, and some say it's SMC grade. The UC-1 Model has a Date function that can be set on the LCD screen, while the Espio Mini not, and it replaces with a Panorama or Normal function indicator on its display.
UC-1 in silver image by Warren Yee (Image rights) |
Specifications
- Lens: Pentax 32mm, f/3.5, 3 elements in 3 groups.
- Focusing: Pentax phase-matching autofocus system with focus lock.
- Focus range: 0.3m (1 ft.) to infinity. Spotbeam is emitted in low light and/or hard-to-autofocus subject.
- Shutter: Programmed AE electric shutter with speed aprox. 1/400s -2 sec. Bulb: 1/2 sec. - 5 min, Electromagnetic release.
- Film: Auto film speed setting with 35mm perforated DX-decoding film with ISO rating from 25 to 3200. Non-DX coded films are automatically set to ISO25.
- Exposure Control: Programmed auto-exposure control. Range: EV 9.0-17 in Auto or Day-light-Synchro mode (ISO 100), EV2.6-17 Slow-Shutter-Speed mode. The Exposure meter is turned on by half depression of the shutter release button.
- Viewfinder: Actual image viewfinder: 85% field-of-view ratio. Magnification: aprox. 0.34x. AF frame (blinking when subject is too close and/or hard-to-autofocus subject). Picture frame, Close distance compensation frame, Panoramic format picture area, Green lamp lighting: in-focus signal, Green lamp blinking: When subject is too close and/or hard-to-autofocus subject, Red lamp lighting: Flash-ready status, Red lamp blinking: Flash being charged.
- Flash: Built-in auto flash with red-eye reduction mode. Automatic flash emission in low luminance or a backlight situation. Flash-ON = Daylight-Synchro/Slow-Shutter-Speed Synchro (up to 2sec.), Flash-OFF = Flash override, Bulb-Synchro = 1/2 sec.-5 min.
- Power: One 3V Lithium battery CR123A (CR123). The 3.6V Rechargeable CR123 may not work with some revisions of this camera.
- Weight: 155g (5.4oz) without battery