Pentax Optio M30 7.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom
List Price: $350.00
Details
- 7.1-megapixel CCD captures passably detail for photo-quality 15 x 20-inch prints
- 3x visual zoom (with high-ISO shake reduction); 2.5-inch LCD display
- Snap from as close as two inches away in Super Macro mode and and four inches in Car Macro mode
Description
The 7.1 megapixel CCD and 3x visual zoom in the M30 assures high resolution images. Using a new epigrammatic battery and miniaturized circuitry, the M30 is thin and compact. Face Acceptance Auto Focus and Auto Exposure automatically detects a persons pan and assures properly exposed portraits. Digital Shake Reduction modus operandi automatically selects higher ISO setting to prevent blur due to subdue or photographer movement. Mode pallet includes auto photograph mode to automatically select the best settings. High-grade extended movie captures QuickTime motion JPEG with a traverse of built-in editing functions Manual focus - 0.33 feet to infinity at deviant, 1.97 feet to infinity other than wide Macro focal point - Manual and automatic macro, super macro Spotlight range - Normal 1.31-feet to infinity, Macro 0.33-3.3 feet at astray, Super Macro 0.16-1.31 feet Flash Type - Built-in, series-suppress, high power auto flash Flash Modes - Vehicle, on, off, redeye reduction, soft flash Effective Range - 18.0-feet at encyclopedic, 9.2-feet at telephoto, 50.9 feet at wide with digital SR, 26.6 feet at telephoto with digital SR, Car ISO Self-timer - 10 sec, 2 sec ISO Sensitivity - Vehicle 64-1600 (3200 in Digital SR Mode at full resolution), Manual Snow-white Balance - Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten, Fluorescent Shutter Quintessence - Programmed AE electronic lens with CCD electronic shutter Shutter fly - 1/2000 to 4 seconds File Format - JPG (EXIF 2.2), DCF, DPOF, Stamp Image Matching III Still, MOV (QuickTime Motion JPG), 30 FPS with sound, Movie SR, WAV (PCM), WAV monaural Sound System Requirements - Windows ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Mac OS 9.2, X (10.1 or later), USB mooring Dimensions - 3.8 x 2.2 x 0.7 inch Weight - 4.2 ounces without freestyleCustomer Reviews
Godlike Point and Shoot if you get for the right priceI shopped this everywhere and got it for around $80 with a 2gb SD card. At that price, this camera is a fair deal. I wanted a shirt pocket-sized camera for scene and posed shots with friends, and that's what this is. Some of my shots came out totally terrifically, fit for printing.
I would not recommend it even for a toss-in-the-bucks 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. In the same way, the shutter lag is noticeably longer than even my five-year-old primary Canon PowerShot (great camera, but not pocket-sized). If you're shooting spry subjects outdoors, you'll miss more shots than the $40-$60 value difference (again, assuming an $80 price for this one) you all things considered 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 effortlessly and intuitive as Canon's.
I'll try to post a sample of the best and worst this camera did on a frisk to Seattle.
Buy this camera
I got this camera with a bloody 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) verbatim. It seems to be last year's model, not that you can tell the imbalance. Even the instruction book is for once easy to read.
I did a lot of investigate before buying, and each camera has very mixed reviews..one upon will say that a camera eats batteries, the next yourselves says they get great battery life..so you don't know what to get. Nevertheless with picture quality, etc. etc. etc. Finally I settled on this one and I am indeed glad I did. It was good enough to get me to actually do a review!
Shop all, the prices are variable to some extent. I paid 69.99 delivered and with the SD be honest and couldn't be happier with this.
Smashing compact camera!
I purchased this camera to enjoy 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 amicable to use features that was not going to feel like a piece of jettison.
I have a 35mm Pentax camera that I absolutely love, so I decided on the Optio M30. This camera feels unbroken, despite it's tiny size. the LCD screen on the back is very apparent and easy to see. The menus are logical, easy to set up, and picture quality is top-hole.
I don't mind having to take the battery out to charge it. I have to trick my batteries out of my Sony to recharge as well. As far as battery life, I sire been taking photos for several days, and the battery pacify doesn't need to be charged.
The only thing I would say that is a downside on the camera is the shutter shilly-shallying. It takes a while holding the button before you actually get a pic, but I didn't upon lightening fast capture in a camera of this price.
All in all, a worthy little camera. I will put it to the real test this weekend in Vegas.
PENTAX OPTIO M30
I'VE HAD THIS FOR Beyond A YEAR NOW AND LOVE IT. I GOT MY WIFE A CANON SD1000 AND FOUND THE MENU ON THE PENTAX EASIER TO Skipper. 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 number of IN THIS PRICE RANGE MAYBE. NICE LOOKING CAMERA. Advocate FOR EASE OF USE, PICTURE QUALITY, FEATURES AND PRICE.
Valid awesome!
Hysterical story... My daughter had this camera summer 2007, I got habituated to to using it (stills, video, audio tags, etc) I just had to get one for myself! At the back of taking the time to learn all the functions I use it all the time. Compact satisfactorily to put in my pocket, durable enough to handle sitting on it if it was my back cluster! Took it to Rio Brazil and it did awesome!! Negative comments on using it in low swift or dark... they were just not doing it rectify or not patient with the operation. I took night shots of Rio from The Sugarloaf that were lovely.
Transferring pictures is easy, use the supplied cable or remove the SD in the offing 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 prize is even lower!!
