The Pentax Zoom-70 (aka the IQZoom) from circa 1986 is the inaugural model of the long-running IQZoom/Espio series of high-end zoom point-and-shoots.
This camera was given a glowing review in the March 20, 1987 Washington Post by Director of Photography, Carl Kramer:
THIS WEEK I'd like to tell you about a new and very special camera, the Pentax IQZoom. Of all the compact cameras I've tested in the past 18 months, this is the one I like best by far.
Three of us have put a lot of film through the IQZoom over the past few months: 16 rolls of negative color, five rolls of black and white and five of transparency.
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I've taken pictures while sight-seeing, in my back yard and at business, civic and political meetings. I was delighted with the results -- even snow scenes, day or night, came out fine.
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The suggested manufacturer's price for the IQZoom is about $275 [that'd be $739.85USD inflation adjusted for early 2023!); it's worth every cent!
The camera requires either 4 ordinary AAA alkaline batteries (not included) or a CR-P2 lithium battery (available as an option). For most people, we recommend just using ordinary AAA batteries, as they're more economical and we couldn't detect much difference in flash recharge time. If you opt to use alkaline batteries, remember to remove them from the camera if it will sit unused for an extended period (more than a month or two) because they can leak and cause corrosion issues (lithium batteries are not prone to this leakage).
