Pentax Espio 738

Overview

The PentaxPentax is a brand name used primarily by Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company Ricoh for 35mm cameras, sport optics, and CCTV optics. Not to be confused with Pentax 6×7 (1969 to 1990) and Pentax 67 (1990 to 1999) which were primarily used for the medium format 120 6x7cm cameras. The Pentax brand is also used by Hoya Corporation for medical products & services, TI Asahi for surveying instruments, and Seiko Optical Products for certain optical lenses. More Espio 738 is a 35mm film camera of the mid-range series. It was first released in 1995 when the digital market was not yet a consumer market. It has a moderate zoom that covers 38-70mm in a relatively small body. There was a black version, a date version and later a 738G and a 738S. 

Features and Operation

This camera is easy to use. AutofocusAutofocus (AF) is an optical system that uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus on an automatically or manually selected point or area. The process of autofocusing generally works as follows: • An autofocus processor (AFP) makes a small change in the focusing distance.
• AFP reads the AF sensor to assess whether and by how much focus has improved.
• Using the information from (2), the AFP sets the lens to a new focusing distance.
Autofocus systems can be found on film and digital cameras. More is responsive and works well. Putting a film is easy as well, you drop the film, tear the film leader up to the mark and that’s it. The camera winds it automatically. It has some manual settings if needed, the menu is very easy to access on a big clear LCD screen.

A nice camera, but as I said, PentaxPentax is a brand name used primarily by Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company Ricoh for 35mm cameras, sport optics, and CCTV optics. Not to be confused with Pentax 6×7 (1969 to 1990) and Pentax 67 (1990 to 1999) which were primarily used for the medium format 120 6x7cm cameras. The Pentax brand is also used by Hoya Corporation for medical products & services, TI Asahi for surveying instruments, and Seiko Optical Products for certain optical lenses. More made better models later, as they stayed in the film camera market well into the 2000s.

Its main features are:

38-70mm F4.8-8.5 lens, 5 elements in 5 groups, autofocusAutofocus (AF) is an optical system that uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus on an automatically or manually selected point or area. The process of autofocusing generally works as follows: • An autofocus processor (AFP) makes a small change in the focusing distance.
• AFP reads the AF sensor to assess whether and by how much focus has improved.
• Using the information from (2), the AFP sets the lens to a new focusing distance.
Autofocus systems can be found on film and digital cameras. More with focus lock, min. focus 0,55m
Electronic shutterEither mechanical and/or electronic shutters are possible. Mechanical systems can use a leaf (or iris) shutter or curtain shutter. In digital cameras a third alternative is also possible: the electronic shutter. This works by activating and then deactivating the CCD so that no further light can be recorded, regardless of whether light is hitting the CCD. The shutter controls the exposure time, which can range from thousandths of a second to several minutes or more. Fast shutter speeds freeze action, slow speeds are more suited to stationary subjects. A tripod is recommended for slow exposure shots to avoid camera shake, or IBIS. More, 1/320-1/3, 1/2-5min (!) bulbBulb mode/setting (B) is a shutter speed option that you can select. It allows your shutter speed to be any length you choose: one second, one minute, 10minutes, etc. It often used to achieve the right exposure for low-light situations like night photography. The Bulb setting usually requires that you hold down the camera’s shutter release button during the entire exposure, or sometimes press it twice. The Bulb name comes from the detachable rubber ‘bulb’ pneumatic shutter releases that were used with early cameras. More mode
Size 120×69.5×55.5,  Weight 320 gr. without battery
25-1600 ISOInternational Organization for Standardization represents the film’s (or sensors) sensitivity to the light. The higher the number, the more information will be captured. 400 ISO film is more sensitive to light than 200 ISO film by 1 stop., automatic DX coding, self-timer, automatic film advance, self-timer Integral flash with red-eye reduction.

The picture are sharp, but there are later PentaxPentax is a brand name used primarily by Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company Ricoh for 35mm cameras, sport optics, and CCTV optics. Not to be confused with Pentax 6×7 (1969 to 1990) and Pentax 67 (1990 to 1999) which were primarily used for the medium format 120 6x7cm cameras. The Pentax brand is also used by Hoya Corporation for medical products & services, TI Asahi for surveying instruments, and Seiko Optical Products for certain optical lenses. More compacts which are much better with more luminous lenses. It’s a very good point and shoot camera with a moderate wide-angle zoom lens, good picture quality, nice finish in a pocketable body which is slightly bigger than other cameras. It sets the flash on from start and there is no general flash off mode, but a night mode and a backlight compensation mode. The night flash off mode gives access to impressing long shutterEither mechanical and/or electronic shutters are possible. Mechanical systems can use a leaf (or iris) shutter or curtain shutter. In digital cameras a third alternative is also possible: the electronic shutter. This works by activating and then deactivating the CCD so that no further light can be recorded, regardless of whether light is hitting the CCD. The shutter controls the exposure time, which can range from thousandths of a second to several minutes or more. Fast shutter speeds freeze action, slow speeds are more suited to stationary subjects. A tripod is recommended for slow exposure shots to avoid camera shake, or IBIS. More times, up to 5 minutes! The backlight compensation flash off mode works quite well as flash off in case of.

Where to find a Pentax Espio 738

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