Off on my travels for a couple of days so yet again I'm packing light with this Pentax Espio 145M super…
The various models of the Pentax Espio/IQZoom series crop up fairly regularly in charity shops and a recent trawl of the local branches turned this up just last week.
This is one of the more compact models in the range even though it boasts a 38-145mm zoom lens. Something I immediately noticed when I popped in a fresh battery was that the focal length in use is displayed on the LCD panel (as seen below). How accurate this is I'm not sure but I wish that more manufacturers had equipped their offerings with the same feature.
With shutter speeds ranging from 1/400 - 2 sec (1/2 sec - 1 minute in Bulb mode) and wide or spot AF it would appear to be a capable little beast albeit hampered by the slow f/4.8 - 12.5 maximum aperture. I'll be loading some Kodak Portra 800 to help minimise the shakes!