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Pentax Optio T30 7.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom
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Pentax Optio T30 7.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

The Pentax Optio T30 is one of the thinnest digital cameras featuring a three-inch LCD monitor. In addition, the Optio T30 features a touch display with a wide field of view for fun image capture and editing. This latest Optio also offers new functions such as Face Recognition Autofocus and Autoexposure to assure properly exposed portraits and a high ISO Digital Shake Reduction mode. In addition, the innovative touch panel allows image customization with the drawing functions while a unique Mode Pallete includes Auto Picture mode to access camera settings.

Excellent Image Quality
7.1 effective megapixel resolution delivers images with exceptional definition. The camera features the smc Pentax lens to render clear, high-contrast images, while our unique lens coating helps eliminate ghosting and other artifacts. This image processing technology produces vivid colors and creates smooth tonal expressions at all brightness levels.

Large LCD Monitor
The Pentax Optio T30 is equipped with a high-resolution, oversized 3.0-inch LCD monitor with approximately 230,000 pixels that enables images and menu text to be prominently displayed. The monitor also offers a wide 170-degree viewing angle that makes it easy to view images from every direction.

Thinnest Body in 3.0-Inch LCD Class
With a new, thin, high-performance battery design and the Pentax Sliding Lens System, the Optio T30 offers the thinnest compact bodies with a 3.0-inch LCD touch-screen monitor and 3x optical zoom. (The Pentax Sliding Lens System is a proprietary lens system: The central lens group slides upward from the optical axis and the front and back lens groups slip under them. Housing the lens in two steps in the lens cylinder reduces overall lens thickness, thereby minimizing body width.)

Face Recognition AF and AE Function
The Optio T30 is equipped with Face Recognition AF and AE function that automatically detects and focuses on faces regardless of where the people appear in the photo frame. In addition, optimal exposure settings are automatically adjusted so that the areas with faces are highlighted even if there is backlighting. (The Face Recognition AF and AE function is available when the photography mode is "Portrait" and the camera is directed at people from the front.)

Digital Shake Reduction
The digital Shake Reduction mode helps reduce image blur by adjusting sensitivity automatically to as high as ISO 3200 to match the brightness of the subject. This enables photography with fast shutter speeds and less blur.

Movie Shake Reduction
An electronic, software-based Shake Reduction function exclusively for capturing movies effectively corrects image distortion. In Movie Shake Reduction mode, the field of view is narrower than that during normal recording.

Touch-Display Control System
With just a touch, various functions may be entered directly on the Optio T30 touch-display LCD monitor.

My Drawing Mode
The fun and easy-to-use My Drawing mode helps users customize shots with a stylus pen (included). Users may sketch and write notes directly on images displayed on the monitor or add stored or original illustrations to any image with the Stamp function.

Auto Picture Mode
The Auto Picture mode allows the camera to automatically determine the best shooting conditions for Landscape, Portrait, Night Scene, and Program modes and choose the optimum settings for each subject. This Pentax original function makes photography easier for new users.

Additional Features

  • Auto-tracking AF continuously focuses on a moving subject
  • Compatible with new SDHC memory cards, in addition to conventional SD memory cards (memory cards not included--must be purchased separately)
  • Function (Fn) setting permits you to store frequently used settings and recall them from the panel with a single touch
  • Mode Palette provides quick access to 16 shooting modes and 12 playback modes
  • Deleted images recovery function that restores images erased accidentally
  • Memo pad function that enables the user to save handwritten memos and illustrations as images
  • Frame composite mode adds decorative frames to images when shooting or after shooting
  • Digital zooming provides up to 4x magnification
  • Approximately 19.9MB of built-in memory
  • FotoNation's red-eye correction function for flash shots
  • Includes the ACDSee for Pentax image viewer/image management software
  • Supports PictBridge, DPOF functions, Exif Print, and Print Image Matching III
What's in the box
Optio T30 digital camera, USB cable I-USB7, AV cable I-AVC7, rechargeable battery D-LI63, battery charger D-BC63(A), AC plug cord D-CO2U, strap O-ST20, stylus pen O-SP63, software S-SW63

  • 7.1-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 15 x 20-inch prints

  • 3x optical zoom (with high-ISO shake reduction); 3.0-inch LCD touch-screen display

  • Slim body due to high-performance battery design and Pentax Sliding Lens System

  • Face Recognition AF and AE Function; My Drawing mode, using included stylus

  • Stores images on SD and SDHC memory cards (19.9MB internal memory included); powered by li-ion battery (battery and charger included)

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Product Details:
Product Length: 4.0 inches
Product Width: 2.5 inches
Product Height: 1.0 inches
Product Weight: 0.3 pounds
Package Length: 6.9 inches
Package Width: 5.6 inches
Package Height: 3.3 inches
Package Weight: 1.65 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 6 reviews
 
 

Customer Reviews:
Average Customer Review:3.5
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:

1horrible  Feb 09, 2008
this camera is horrible. i havent even had it for year and first the lens got stuck and we had to get that fixed. Now the battery wont even recharge. I would never get this again.

1 of 3 found the following review helpful:

1substandard entry  Dec 23, 2007
This is the worst digital camera i've ever owned.

Flaws:
1. autofocus is slow and in about 50% of cases will focus on the wrong central object. This is evident because small bracket signs bracket the object that the camera is focusing on. So it is readily apparent whether your subject agrees with the camera's. About half the time it won't. Don't try to just snap a picture without seeing where the brackets are located or you will be severely disappointed.


2. The shutter lag is unforgivably slow. You have to half depress the button to see what it is focusing on, this takes about 0.5 sec, and then depress fully to take your picture, another 0.4 sec. By this time your subject is long gone...

3. The autoflash is horrible. This is in part a consequence of numbers 1 and 2 above. Because the autofocus is often mistargeted and slow, the flash will be tailored for the wrong subject.

4. Indoor photography is blurred or overexposed. Again, because the autofocus is so slow, if you try to take a simple flash photo, it will either shut off the flash entirely or overexpose your photo. Forget low light pictures.

5. The touch screen is absolutely pointless. Program mode is also pointless since low light photos are so grainy as to be unviewable.

6. The cycling time between 2 photos is extremely slow. If you are trying to capture several photos of a meaningful scene, forget it. Just take 1 and hope it is in focus.

7. The battery is proprietary, rather short lived, and slow to charge in the provided charger. So your option is to shell out $40 for another battery.

Pros:
In outdoor full light conditions the pictures are satisfactory. But not at dusk or night time, and forget trying to take cool night time outdoor pictures.

Again, this is the worst digital camera i've ever owned. There are identically priced cameras from Canon and Kodak which are vastly superior. And i'm going back to them. Or maybe i'll try a Casio. I had a 3mp Kodak ez-share which i hated but was much much better than this product. if anyone from pentax wants to make up for this travesty they can contact me at [...]

Please avoid this device.





2 of 3 found the following review helpful:

5Camera Optio T30  Oct 06, 2007
I just went on a trip and took many pictures, I usually shake a lot when I take pictures and with this camera, I took all my pictures and my shaking did not do anything. It is so easy to use and the big 3" screen in the back makes vewing the pictures a lot mor fun. The videos are of very good quality. I am very glad that I bought this camera.

3 of 4 found the following review helpful:

5Excellent Camera!!!  Sep 13, 2007
Very fast delivery.... The camera works so great and the pics are outstanding.

The touch screen feature is just awesome and the 3 inches screen is the best.

Thanks

RSF

3 of 12 found the following review helpful:

5About the delivery  Jul 03, 2007
The Pentax is a very good product. When I order this stuff paid an aditional charge for a special delivery to recived it in 3 days, but it did not. So the person that supouse to take in Fl, should return to Caracas and it cost me aditional expenses

 
 
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