Pentax Optio M20 7MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

Details

• Glowing 2.5 LCD Screen
• Multimode Electronic-Scuttle
• Extreme-quality extended movie captures QuickTime motion JPEG (640 x 480) at 30fps

Description

MD) CL) PENTAX OPTIO M20 DIGITAL CAM

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Customer Reviews

Died as eventually as warranty was over
I had this camera for one year. The shutter knob fell off while my son was getting married. No more photos for me!

When I got home base I looked up the warranty. It ran out about 1 day after the camera broke. So I checked out the care centers that Pentax offered for repairs. When I contacted the one nearest me, they said the non-reflective rate to fix the camera was almost exactly the same amount as I had paid to buy it new.

Subsequent time I will buy an extended warranty, or assume that answerable to $100 digital cameras are also in the "disposable camera" grade.

2010-07-27 | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 3

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Not kind enough in 2010
In the search for a cheap point and shoot, based on the stellar reviews in Amazon I bought the Pentax M20. Last buying the camera and using it for a little while, I realized that what weight have been good in 2006 is not necessarily good in 2010.

The proficient:

1. Compact
2. Accepts SDHC
3. Lots of different scenes and modes
4. 640x480 video
5. Program modus operandi provides decent manual control over exposure
6. Country-like button gives a idiot-proof mode (but auto/fresh mode doesn't produce the best pictures)
7. Lost of in-camera pile processing options (cropping, etc.)

The bad:

1. Auto mode is pretty bad, wellnigh always I get much better pictures using the program rage
2. Poor LCD resolution (makes it more difficult to compose), an visual tunnel viewfinder might have somewhat alleviated this muddle
3. Poor low light photos, anything above ISO 200 seems grainy
4. Photos inadequacy sharpness, almost all the pictures I took lacked sharpness and seemed a bit gentle.
5. Horrible auto white balance
6. Image Stabilization is a simulated, doesn't really work

Don't bother with this camera if you thirst for good quality pictures. Your cellphone camera authority do a better job than this camera.

2010-03-19 | states of being (college station, TX, USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 3

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In no way received camera
The camera was ordered by way of Reiger Store and returned to the store because of a wrong deliver on the package. I emailed Reiger Store twice and confirmed that I had premised them the proper address. They have not gotten bankrupt to me.

2009-12-30 | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 1

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Consummate camera
I dead this camera, but it was so great to use that I had to have another one, despite the fact model, etc. The seller, Fallenleaf, was very easy to work with and get in with with.

2009-04-21 (DC) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Grand color, easy to use
I get had this camera for over a year and have take nearly 1000
photos with it. Almost all in Auto mode. Pictures attired in b be committed to great color
saturation. Focus is good - not significant duskiness except
on horizon in some distant lanscape shots recently. Peradventure I need to take a close look and clean my lens which I remember has caused me bluriness problems in other cameras. Dependable size and relatively rugged.
I would definitely buy again.

2008-08-28 (CA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

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Pentax Optio M30 7.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

Details

• Pictures at 30 frames per second at 640 x 480 resolution
• 7.1-megapixel CCD captures ample supply detail for photo-quality 15 x 20-inch prints
• Picture from as close as two inches away in Super Macro mode and and four inches in Van Macro mode

Description

The 7.1 megapixel CCD and 3x visual zoom in the M30 assures high resolution images. Using a new snug battery and miniaturized circuitry, the M30 is thin and compact. Face Notice Auto Focus and Auto Exposure automatically detects a persons pan and assures properly exposed portraits. Digital Shake Reduction rage automatically selects higher ISO setting to prevent blur due to citizen or photographer movement. Mode pallet includes auto envision mode to automatically select the best settings. High-superiority extended movie captures QuickTime motion JPEG with a line of built-in editing functions Manual focus - 0.33 feet to infinity at widespread off the mark, 1.97 feet to infinity other than wide Macro distinct - Manual and automatic macro, super macro Focal point range - Normal 1.31-feet to infinity, Macro 0.33-3.3 feet at inclusive, Super Macro 0.16-1.31 feet Flash Type - Built-in, series-knob, high power auto flash Flash Modes - Vehicle, on, off, redeye reduction, soft flash Effective Range - 18.0-feet at inappropriate, 9.2-feet at telephoto, 50.9 feet at wide with digital SR, 26.6 feet at telephoto with digital SR, Sports car ISO Self-timer - 10 sec, 2 sec ISO Sensitivity - Sedan 64-1600 (3200 in Digital SR Mode at full resolution), Manual Chalky Balance - Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten, Fluorescent Shutter Type - Programmed AE electronic lens with CCD electronic shutter Shutter expedition - 1/2000 to 4 seconds File Format - JPG (EXIF 2.2), DCF, DPOF, Copy Image Matching III Still, MOV (QuickTime Motion JPG), 30 FPS with echo, Movie SR, WAV (PCM), WAV monaural Sound System Requirements - Windows ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Mac OS 9.2, X (10.1 or later), USB harbour Dimensions - 3.8 x 2.2 x 0.7 inch Weight - 4.2 ounces without freestyle

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Customer Reviews

Satisfactory Point and Shoot if you get for the right price
I shopped this in every direction and got it for around $80 with a 2gb SD card. At that price, this camera is a sympathetic deal. I wanted a shirt pocket-sized camera for aspect and posed shots with friends, and that's what this is. Some of my shots came out assuredly terrifically, fit for printing.

I would not recommend it even for a toss-in-the-loot camera if, for instance, you want to get shots of your kids on the playground. Profuse of my pictures with a bright sky background came out with striations. Equally, the shutter lag is noticeably longer than even my five-year-old preliminary Canon PowerShot (great camera, but not pocket-sized). If you're shooting influential subjects outdoors, you'll miss more shots than the $40-$60 cost difference (again, assuming an $80 price for this one) you quite need to get a pocket-sized Canon.

Evening or low light pictures from problems consistent with all point and shoot cameras.

Menu functions were as unexacting and intuitive as Canon's.

I'll try to post a sample of the best and worst this camera did on a cavort to Seattle.

2009-08-25 | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 3

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Buy this camera
I got this camera with a plumb good deal, including a 2GB SD card. You will love this camera, it is altogether nice looking, takes really good photos, and interfaces with windows vista (which I use) flawlessly. It seems to be last year's model, not that you can tell the alteration. Even the instruction book is for once easy to read.

I did a lot of probe before buying, and each camera has very mixed reviews..one look over will say that a camera eats batteries, the next child says they get great battery life..so you don't know what to get. Just the same with picture quality, etc. etc. etc. Finally I settled on this one and I am undeniably glad I did. It was good enough to get me to actually do a review!

Shop approximately, the prices are variable to some extent. I paid 69.99 delivered and with the SD possible and couldn't be happier with this.

2009-03-07 | Big Spring Ben (Big Spring, TX) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5

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Intimate compact camera!
I purchased this camera to tease in my purse when I am out and about. It isn't logical for me to lug around my big Sony, so I wanted a camera with serenely to use features that was not going to feel like a piece of throw away.

I have a 35mm Pentax camera that I absolutely love, so I decided on the Optio M30. This camera feels law-abiding, despite it's tiny size. the LCD screen on the back is very prominently and easy to see. The menus are logical, easy to set up, and picture quality is excluding.

I don't mind having to take the battery out to charge it. I have to make off my batteries out of my Sony to recharge as well. As far as battery life, I fool been taking photos for several days, and the battery alleviate doesn't need to be charged.

The only thing I would say that is a downside on the camera is the shutter wait. It takes a while holding the button before you actually get a pic, but I didn't need lightening fast capture in a camera of this price.

All in all, a keen little camera. I will put it to the real test this weekend in Vegas.

2009-02-16 (Montana) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

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PENTAX OPTIO M30
I'VE HAD THIS FOR Done with A YEAR NOW AND LOVE IT. I GOT MY WIFE A CANON SD1000 AND FOUND THE MENU ON THE PENTAX EASIER TO Handle. TAKES GREAT PICTURES. ALOT OF PICTURE OPTIONS. BE Steadfast TO GET THE CORRECT SD CARD FOR RAPID SHOOTING. LOW LIGHT IS ALWAYS A PROMLEM WITH ANY DIGITAL CAMERA OR AT Smallest amount of IN THIS PRICE RANGE MAYBE. NICE LOOKING CAMERA. Urge FOR EASE OF USE, PICTURE QUALITY, FEATURES AND PRICE.

2008-08-24 (PHILA, PA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

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Reasonable awesome!
Comic story... My daughter had this camera summer 2007, I got acquainted with to using it (stills, video, audio tags, etc) I just had to get one for myself! In the rear taking the time to learn all the functions I use it all the time. Compact sufficiency to put in my pocket, durable enough to handle sitting on it if it was my back camp! Took it to Rio Brazil and it did awesome!! Negative comments on using it in low simplification or dark... they were just not doing it reason or not patient with the operation. I took night shots of Rio from The Sugarloaf that were unequalled.
Transferring pictures is easy, use the supplied cable or remove the SD Christmas card and use your card reader (if you have one!)
Get this camera, get an SD possible (2GB or more) and enjoy! You will not be disapointed in your purchase and now the sacrifice is even lower!!

2008-06-22 | Or husband Steve! (Near Cincinnati, OH) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5

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