Best Inexpensive Digital Camera Low Price(Pentax Optio A30 10MP)

Features Pentax Optio A30 10MP

    * 10.0-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 18 x 24-inch prints

    * 2.5-inch LCD display; 3x optical zoom with Shake Reduction technology

    * Face-Recognition Auto Focus and Auto Exposure assure properly exposed portraits

    * Record movies with sound in Divx MPEG-4 movie format

    * Powered by D-LI8 lithium-ion battery; stores images on SD/SDHC memory cards (includes 22 MB internal memory)

 

Technical Details Pentax Optio A30 10MP

    * lcd-screen

    * mpeg-movie-mode

    * image-stabilization

 

Description Pentax Optio A30 10MP

The 10.0 Megapixel CCD and 3x optical zoom assure high-resolution images while Enhanced Shake Reduction technology includes SR, Digital SR and Movie SR. The 2.5-inch LCD monitor makes sharing images easy with Bright mode and wide field of view. Face Recognition Auto Focus and Auto Exposure assure properly exposed portraits. The 0.02-second shutter lag time let's you have swift operation and the intelligent zoom function enhances the digital zoom. High-quality movie can be captured at MPEG-4 DivX (640 x 480) at 30fps with anti-shake and editing functions. Choose from a wide range of automatic and manual exposure modes including manual exposure and shutter priority modes. ISO Auto - 64-1600, 3200 available in Digital SR Mode at 5MP ISO Manual - 64, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 White Balance - Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Manual modes Shutter speed - 1/2000 to 4 sec Sensor Type - 1/1.8-inch Interline Transfer CCD with primary color filter Lens Type - SMC Pentax Zoom Lens (7E, 5G, 2 dual aspheric lenses, 1 single aspheric lens) 160 degrees horizontal and vertical wide angle viewable LCD Viewfinder Capture Modes - Auto Picture (Normal, Night Scene, Landscape, Portrait), Program, Night Scene, Movie, Voice Recording, Landscape, Flower, Portrait, Kids, Digital SR, Surf & Snow, Sport, Pet, Text, Food, Frame Composite File formats - JPG (EXIF 2.2), DCF, DPOF, Print Image Matching III Sills, AVI (DivX with MPG-4) Movie, WAV (PCM), monaural sound NTSC and PAL Video out Aluminum Alloy Construction Materials System Requirements - Windows ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Mac OS 9.2, X (10.1 or later) and USB port Dimensions - Width 3.5 x Height 2.3 x Depth 0.9 inch Weight - 4.6 ounces without battery

Superb Little Digital Camera
By Mrdwheyes "moorman" (devon UK)

A small slim pocket size digital camera. It is apleasure to own and use, produces excellent results. My only citisism is I do find if I am not careful in its use my right thumb will inadvertally ptress on the fourway controller and select operations I do not require.
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Another great Pentax product.
By Ryan Freeman

Pentax has done it again. They have incorporated shake reduction technology and great image rendering into a well-designed 10MP compact digital. It is small, powerful, sturdy and easy to use. There are also features for the more discerning photographers out there. The video clips are crisp and also uttilize the anti-shake technology! The large view screen on the back is a joy to use. Maybe the one thing I would improve is the battery life. If you're leaving on an extended trip, maybe buy an extra one for back up. The charger is a bit cumbersome if you're trying to travel as light as the A30's body size may suggest. Overall, I am VERY pleased with this product!
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Great little digital camera, Divx-bad.
By Brian R.

Easy to learn and use, I am delighted that you can manually set the shutter speed. Takes excellent pics, hand shake reduction really works! Yes, I see the dreaded purple streaks from certain lights, not a serious problem. The bad, I hate the video coding format Divx. When I download the Divx video to Adobe Premier Elements on my laptop, the video is upside down! With 4 Gbyte CF cards here, and larger to come, I don't need or want coding. I think more than 10 minutes of home video is stultifingly boring, so I don't need hours of capacity. I would never buy another Divx coded camera- do you hear me Pentax!
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FANTASTIC camera
By AB (Seattle, WA)

I did a lot of research before deciding on this digital camera. Although the Pentax brand isn't quite was well regarded as Nikon or Cannon, I decided to take the plunge. I have been nothing but 100% satisfied! A few things that I REALLY like about this digital camera are:

1) it takes FANTASTIC pictures!

2) the menus are really really intuitive and easy to use (my mother can use it!)

3) it's compact - I can throw it in my purse or a pocket easily

4) the shake reduction feature really does work.

5) the 2GB card we bought could hold over 1000 picture. Look for deals on cheap SD cards - they're out there!

 

We spent three weeks traveling this summer, and were in and out of old churches, sunny days, rain and thunder, wind... the whole nine yards!

If you're shooting at 10MP and you chose the shake reduction mode (it does shake reduction normally anyway, but there's a special shake reduction shooting mode too) it cuts the picture size down to 5ish MP (which isn't a big deal unless you're planning to make that shot a poster for your wall). By cutting down the MP size, the digital camera can retain detail in the shot. Works like a charm!

Overall, this digital camera was rugged, easy to use, we like the color (black), and the photo quality is really top-notch. We just had some 8x10s printed from our trip, and my parent's couldn't believe they were from a point-and-shoot digital camera!

Lastly, there's a little memory built into the camera. So, if you forget to replace the memory and grab the digital camera to go shoot something, you're not totally out of luck! Nice added bonus, but that's the only time you'd use it.

Only complaint is the battery life. It doesn't have a marathon battery, but it's not terrible. We were shooting all day long. Buy a second battery if you're worried - that's what we did!

BUY IT!
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Very Pleased
By W. Skonsky (Pittsburgh PA)

I read all the other reviews after i had already ordered the digital camera, so i was unsure of what i had committed to. To my pleasant surprise it has been one of the best digital camera that i have owned. I started early with Pentax cameras as i used to work in Singapore where they were much cheaper. Pentax makes an excellent lens and a sturdy digital camera. I would strongly recommend this digital camera to others especially ones that are looking for excellent images in a small pocket digital camera.
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