PENTAX Corporation is
pleased to announce the PENTAX Optio V10, a standard-class compact digital
camera that is equipped with a large 3.0-inch LCD monitor for enhanced usability
and easy viewing. The Optio V10 is balanced with features such as 8.0 effective
mega pixels, 3X optical zoom and easy operations, all in a slim, lightweight
body.
Main Features:
1. An ultra-slim body
with a sophisticated texture
By using an exclusive
slim battery and making the circuit board smaller, it is possible to realise an
ultra-slim body of just 19mm even though featuring large LCD monitor. High
quality aluminium alloy is used for the outer cover, giving the camera a
sophisticated texture.
2. Large, 3.0 inch
easy viewable LCD monitor
The Optio V10 comes
with a high resolution, a 3.0-inch LCD monitor with approximately 230,000 pixels
that enable images and the text to be displayed largely and clearly. The LCD
monitor has a wide viewing angle of 170 degrees from all directions, making it
easy to confirm images, even when looking at the screen diagonally.
3. Digital SR (Shake
Reduction)
Digital SR (Shake
Reduction) mode automatically adjusts sensitivity, to as high as the ultrahigh
sensitivity of ISO 3200 according to the brightness of the subjects, and
effectively reduces camera shakes and subject blurring when photographing still
images. With fast shutter speeds, photography with reduced blurring is
available.
4. “Face Recognition
AF & AE” function this is convenient when photographing portrait
The Face Recognition
AF & AE function automatically detects and focuses on faces, regardless of where
the people appear on the photo frame. So, it allows you to take beautiful
photographs of people easily by letting the camera determine the focus and
exposure.
5. Auto Picture mode
automatically determines the best photography mode for shooting conditions
The Auto Picture mode
lets the camera automatically determine the shooting conditions for Landscape,
Portrait, Night Scene, and Normal modes and chooses the optimum setting for each
subject. This function eliminates the necessity of making a number of individual
settings.
6. 3X optical zoom
and 4X digital zoom for a maximum of 12X magnification
The Optio V10
features a 3X optical zoom lens with a focal range covering angles of view
equivalent to those of a 36-108mm lens in a 35mm format, which is ideal for a
broad spectrum of subjects from landscapes, through memorial photographs, to
portraits. Such zooming power can also be combined with a 4X digital zoom to
achieve a total of approximately 12X zoom capability.
7. High Resolution
Images
The Optio V10’s 8.0
effective mega pixels and high performance PENTAX lens, which precisely captures
images down the finest details, realizes to delivers high resolution photos that
look sharp even at large magnifications.
8. Others