Pentax Optio 555 5MP Digital Camera w/ 5x Optical Zoom
List Price: $599.99
Details
- LCD up on bright enough for use in direct sunlight
- 5.0 MegaPixel CCD
- Ultra lightweight aluminum vitiate body - Weighs only 7.2 oz
Description
Click in this for Manufacturer Rebate form Camera Type: Compact-font digital still camera with built-in zoom lens, autofocus, vehicle exposure and auto flash Effective Pixels: 5.0 megapixels Concept Capture Device Type: 1/1.8 inches interline along CCD with a primary color filter Total Pixels: 5.25 megapixels Go red Depth: 12 bit x 3 colors Recorded Pixels: Still - 2592 x 1944 Pixels, 2048 x 1536 Pixels, 1600 x 1200 pixels, 1024 x 768 pixels, 640 x 480 pixels; Large screen - 320 x 240 Focus System Type: Hybrid AF (TTL contrast identification autofocus system combined with exo-passive sensor) Autofocus: Encyclopaedic AF, Spot AF and Infinity Landscape Mode Manual Focus: 0.79 inches (0.02m) to Infinity Focusing Order: Normal: 1.97 feet (0.6m) to Infinity; Macro: 5.9 inches (0.15m) to 2.13 feet (0.65m); Wonderful Macro: 0.79 inches (0.02m) to 2.13 feet (0.65m) at 7.8mm Lens Group: smc PENTAX power zoom Focal Length: 7.8 mm - 39 mm 35mm A kind: 37.5 mm - 187.5 mm Aperture Range: f2.8 - f4.6 Edifice: 9 elements in 7 groups (two dual-sided aspherical elements) Visual Zoom: 5x Digital Zoom: 4x Combined: 20x Light Metering Neatness: TTL metering with choice of: Multi-segment, Center-weighted and Particle meter Sensitivity: Auto, or user select ISO 64,100, 200, 400 Unmasking Control Method: Program AE Exposure Modes: Metered enchiridion, Aperture-priority AE, Shutter-priority AE, Program, Picture, Panorama aid, Movie, 3D image, Digital filters, User Exposure Recompense: +/-2 EV (1/3 steps) Shutter Type: Programmed AE electronic lens shutter with CCD electronic shutter Shutter Swiftness: Approx. 1/2000 - 15 seconds(1/1000 in Metered manual and Shutter-prerogative AE) White Balance Control: TTL Auto, Pre-set, Custom White Deliberate White Balance Setting: Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten Shallow, Fluorescent Light (W, N, D), Manual Flash: Built-in series-guide auto flash, flash exposure compensation (+/- 2 EV in 1/3 steps), sports car discharge under low light and backlit conditions in auto fad Fl...Succeeding the sought-after, award-winning Optio 550, the Optio 555 offers a quicker start-up continuously and reduced lag time between shots. This lightweight camera in the same way offers a 5-megapixel resolution, 5x optical zoom, PictBridge express printing, and movie mode with sound.
Optics and Word of honour
With its 5-megapixel resolution, the Optio 555 delivers 2592 x 1944 pixel images for up to announcement size enlargements. It also offers 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1024 x 768, and 640 x 480 determination modes. The high-precision SMC Pentax 5x optical zoom lens and employs radical image processing technologies to capture powerful images. The ultra-brief zoom system allows the lens to fully retract in two stages and helps downgrade the depth of the camera. It also features a 4x digital zoom, for a 20x mount up to zoom.
Movie and Audio Modes
The Optio555 can also taking video with sound at 15 frames per second, with 320 x 240 recorded pixels. The videos can be as elongated as your memory card will allow. All clips are recorded in MOV size, allowing easy playback on a PC or Mac. The time-lapse movie mark runs a set of sequential recorded frames together as a short flick. It offers a selection of X2, X5, X10, X20, X50, or X100 recording speeds and can be toughened to achieve effects such as construction scenes or clouds rushing with a leg on each side of the sky.
The Optio555 can record audio to the full capacity of the external reminiscence, allowing the Optio555 to be used as a regular voice recording machinery. With a 64 MB memory card, you can record up to 2 hours and 12 minutes of audio. It likewise allows you to record and attach up to 30 seconds of sound for respectively image.
More Features
 This camera can connect undeviatingly to select printers. Learn more about PictBridge. |
- 1.5-inch LCD watchdog
- Viewfinder with actual image zoom allows you to keep up power by switching off the LCD monitor
- Macro mode lets you pump full of lead as close as 5.9 inches from subject, while Wonderful Macro mode gets you as close as .79 inches
- Built-in two shakes of a lamb's tail with auto, on, off, auto + red-eye reduction, and flash-on + red-eye reduction modes
- Shooting modes: Metered enchiridion, Aperture-priority AE, Shutter-priority AE, Program, Picture, Panorama promote, Movie, 3D image, Digital filters, User
- Picture modes: Countryside, Night scene, Flower, Portrait, Surf & Snow, Autumn flush, Sunset, Fireworks, Text
The Optio555 in the same way features PictBridge compatibility, which eliminates the need for PC connectivity during printing by allowing the camera to be relevant directly to a compatible printer. This feature allows explicit control over printing and a full range of other functions. Learn more concerning PictBridge.
Storage and Transfer
The Optio 555 is compatible with Protected Digital (SD) MultiMedia (MMC) memory cards; a 16 MB SD card is included. When shooting in Monstrous/Normal mode (2592 x 1944), you can store 8 images on the included celebration card. Images can be downloaded to either a Mac or PC via USB 1.1, which means the camera can be useful to any USB-based Windows Me/2000/XP and Mac OS 8.6 or later computer without installing any software.
Power and Range
The camera is powered by a proprietary rechargeable lithium-ion battery. It provision 4.84 by 3.35 by 3.35 inches and weighs 7.2 ounces excluding the batteries or 8.8 ounces when overloaded with the battery.
What's In The Box
This package includes the Optio 555 digital camera, 16 MB SD playing-card, rechargeable lithium-ion battery and charger, USB and A/V cables, strap, and CD-ROM with USB drivers for PC and Mac. It in the same way includes ACDSee 5.0 digital camera software (a $150 value), which makes it amicable to retrieve, view, manage, print, enhance and share your digital photos.
