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Pre-announced at PMA 2008 in February, Pentax now launches the DA 17-70mm f/4 AL SDM lens, featuring a 4.1x zoom ratio covering wide-angle to moderate-telephoto ranges, and covers a focal-length range from 26mm wide angle to 107mm telephoto in 35mm format. The lens is compatible with the K20D, K200D, K100D Super and K10D and later Pentax dSLR cameras. According to the Pentax Lens Roadmap we may assume that the launch of the larger member of the family. the DA 60-250mm f/4 ED SDM, is imminent too…
Pentax Imaging Co. has today announced its latest waterproof digital camera, following in the footsteps of 2007’s Optio W30 model.
The new Pentax Optio W60 digital camera combines a ten megapixel CCD image sensor with a 5x optical zoom lens. The Pentax W60 has a compact, pocket-friendly body that’s waterproof up to 13 feet, and impressively the W60 can also be used in temperatures as low as 14°F (-10°C). Changes from the W30 include the Pentax Optio W60 offering more zoom range in a slightly smaller and lighter body. There’s also more resolution, a higher-res LCD and more besides to be found in Pentax’s Optio W60.
The Pentax W60 ships in the US market from July 2008, priced at US$329.95.
Here’s another 8Mpix compact camera from Pentax, the V20. It features a 5x optical zoom, a 3” LCD, ISO ranging from 80 to 6400, face recognition, and TV out with Video VGA mode. It measures 97.54×56.5×23.5mm at 130g.
HOYA CORPORATION is pleased to announce the release of the PENTAX Optio V20, a standard-class compact digital camera that has a zoom lens with increased magnification of 5X, enabling for the user to enjoy photography with further high-magnification. Equipped with a large 3.0-inch LCD monitor in a slim and compact body with easy operations and approximately 8.0 effective megapixels, this product is the latest in the PENTAX Optio V series, which are popular for their enhanced usability and easy viewing.
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PENTAX unveiled its 10.2M digital SLR ‘K200D’ in US market, which is expected to be available in March.
Equipped with a high-performance 23.5mm x 15.7mm CCD image sensor, the K200D features a 2.7-inch 230,000 pixel LCD monitor, ISO 1600 and its original Shake Reduction(SR) system to reduce camera shake.
Suggested price is 799.95(USD).
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Optio V10 is the name of the upcoming Compact Digital Camera from Pentax.
Let’s take a look at the features: 8MPx, a 3 inch screen, 55×58x19mm and 120 grams, SD and SDHC cards compatible, and coming with 52MB of built in memory.
This product will be sold for around 215€ in Japan.
Source : akihabaranews
Pentax is working on making its range and products better, today what they have for us is their brand new Optio Z10. This 8MPx Point and Shoot digital camera features a 7x zoom, ISO 800, video recorder (.avi), 52.1MB of built-in memory, SD and SDHC cards compatible…all this in a 94×25x58mm and 125g body.
Source : Akihabaranews
Pentax has a couple of new digital cameras today, check it: the Z10 features an 8 megapixel CCD (up to ISO 2100), 7x zoom, and 52MB of internal memory. The S10 has a 10 megapixel CCD with up to 3x zoom, 22MB internal memory, and can shoot DivX MPEG-4 videos. Both share digital anti-shake, 2.5-inch LCDs, facial recognition, SDHC compatibility, $250 price tags, and September release dates.
Source : engadget
GOLDEN, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PENTAX Imaging Company has opened the doors of www.pentaxphotogallery.com to give PENTAX shooters around the world the opportunity to be represented in the gallery and share their most defining moments of photography. This virtual Photo Gallery is the first of its kind to offer space for passionate PENTAX photographers to exhibit their work, share and gain resources within an artistic community, create an online portfolio, and more.
PENTAX Optio M40 – An ultra-slim, standard-class, compact digital camera with a well balanced basic function and 8.0 effective megapixels
PENTAX Corporation is pleased to announce the PENTAX Optio M40, a standard-class compact digital camera that is easy to carry with ultra-slim and lightweight body. The Optio M40 is •well-balanced with basic functions, and high resolution of 8.0 megapixels.
While the Optio M40 comes with an ultra-slim, metallic body of sophisticated sense, being equipped with enhanced basic functions such as 3X optical zoom, a large and easily viewable LCD monitor, and excellent operability, it also realizes much higher resolution. In addition, the Optio M40 also includes a face recognition function and an anti-shake function, for which there are high market needs, and has been created as a user-friendly model that can be broadly used by many people at various scenes.
VERSION HISTORY
Version 2.02:
* Improved support for SDHC memory cards.
Version 2.01:
* Support for SDHC memory cards.
Version 2.00:
* “Continuous AF” mode has been added to the AF settings in the Record Mode menu.
* “Auto ISO” has been added to the sensitivity modes.
* “AE-L button on M” has been added to the Custom Function menu. If selected, AE-L button provides automatic exposure while in manual exposure mode.
* The effect level of the digital soft filters can now be selected from weak, middle or strong.
* Dutch and Swedish have been added to the language options.
* A sample picture will now be displayed in the LCD monitor when selecting Picture modes.
* Unavailable menu items will now appear in gray.
Version 1.02:
* Contains everything from previous versions of the firmware.
* Support for SD cards larger than 1GB.
Version 1.01:
* Extra-long exposure times, such as those used for astronomical photography, have been known to generate some green noise in an image when noise reduction is turned on. This phenomenon will only occur under specific shooting conditions (e.g. a starry night sky), and not in general use. Version 1.01 of the firmware will minimize this noise as much as possible for those who use the *ist DS for this purpose.
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