Monday, Oct 8, 2007
Pentax Launches Optio A40 With 12.0 Effective Megapixels
|
|
 Pentax Optio A40. Photo Credit: PentaxPentax has announced the Pentax Optio A40, the latest model in the "Optio A" series compact digital cameras.
The Optio A40 is Pentax's first digital camera with 12.0 effective megapixels for ultra high-definition images.
A40 is equipped with a large, 1/1.7-inch CCD that has a wide light receiving area that is superior in tone reproduction.
The new camera features three types of Shake Reduction (SR) including mechanical, digital and movie versions. The SR mechanism corrects camera shakes when photographing still images by shifting the image sensor ( CCD ) horizontally and vertically in relation to the amount of shaking that the high-accuracy gyro sensor detects. The shake reduction technology used in Pentax's digital SLR cameras is applied to the Optio A40 as well, and highly corrective effects that are equivalent to shutter speeds of approximately 2.5 to 3.5 steps can be achieved.
Digital SR mode automatically adjusts sensitivity, to as high as the ultrahigh sensitivity of ISO 3200 according to the brightness of the subjet, and effectively reduces camera shakes and subject blurring when photographing still images. With fast shutter speeds, photography with reduced blurring is available.
The Movie SR function electronically reduces camera shakes exclusively during the shooting of movies. This function uses software to effectively correct distortions in images caused by camera shakes during the capturing of movies.
The Optio A40 model also comes with the new Face Recognition technology which includes a Natural Skin Tone mode which smoothly presents skin texture based on the detected information and a Half-length Portrait mode, which automatically takes close-up photograph of the bust by trimming the people recognized in photo frame.
The Optio A40 features a 3X optical zoom lens with a focal range covering angles of view equivalent to those of a 37-111mm lens in 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 6X digital zoom to achieve a total of approximately 17.9X zoom capability.
The Optio A40 features a 3X optical zoom lens with a focal range covering angles of view equivalent to those of a 37-111mm lens in 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 6X digital zoom to achieve a total of approximately 17.9X zoom capability.
Some of the other features include Auto Picture mode that automatically determines the best settings for the shooting conditions. Mode palette provides quick access of 18 shooting modes and 15 playback modes. Approximately 21.0 MB of built-in-memory and Compatible with SD memory cards and SDHC memory cards.
Pentax Optio A40 will ship in October 2007 for US $299.95
News Copyright © Sawf News. May not be reproduced without explicit written permission
|
