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Pentax Optio A20

Posted by: Mark Peters Tuesday 22nd, August 2006

Pentax launches the new Pentax Optio A20, a compact digital camera featuring 10.0 effective Megapixels and a fine, high-quality image. The Pentax A20 digital compact camera is the latest model in our high-grade Optio A series. In addition to offering 10.0 effective Megapixels, this stylish, compact and lightweight model has many extra features, including three types of anti-shake function such as SR (Shake Reduction), which reduces camera shake. A new ASIC supplies the Pentax Optio A20 with dramatically more image-processing power. Thanks to the ASIC’s high-speed processing capability, the Pentax A20 attains a higher level of tone reproduction and color correction based on enormous amounts of actual photo data.

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Pentax Optio M20

Posted by: Mark Peters Tuesday 22nd, August 2006

Pentax launches the Pentax Optio M20, a compact digital camera boasting extended battery life. The Pentax M20 is a well-balanced compact digital camera family with a wide range of basic features. In addition offering extended battery life from only 2 AA batteries, this model features a new Blur Reduction mode as well as an upgrade to 7.0 effective Megapixels. Using easily-available AA batteries, you can take high quality photos with the Optio M20 anytime anywhere, while on trips and everyday. The Pentax Optio M20 includes a 3X optical zoom lens with a focal length from 38 to 114 mm for 35-mm film, which is ideal for a broad spectrum of subjects from landscapes, through sightseeing photographs, to portraits.

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Pentax Optio W20

Posted by: Luuk Jurrien Tuesday 8th, August 2006

Pentax is pleased to announce the launch of the new Pentax Optio W20, a compact digital camera featuring excellent waterproof performance with a slim, flat body design. The Pentax Optio W20 digital camera is the latest model in the Pentax Optio W series of cameras that are waterproofed for underwater photography without requiring a waterproof case or other accessories. This model features a new Blur Reduction mode, which allows you take sharper photos without camera shake or subject blurring even of low-light scenes or fast-moving subjects, and an upgrade to a 7.0 effective Megapixel. All told, the Pentax W20 camera boasts better image quality in a fun, easy-to-handle package.

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Pentax Optio S7

Posted by: Luuk Jurrien Tuesday 25th, July 2006

Pentax is pleased to announce the launch of the Pentax Optio S7, a compact digital camera slimly designed for greater portability. The Pentax Optio S7 is the latest model in our Optio S series, which is renowned for its slim and stylish compact bodies. In addition to an upgraded 7.0 effective Megapixel, this model has been decked out with extra features to make it easier to use, including a Blur Reduction mode, which reduces camera shake and subject blurring, and Face Recognition AF & AE, a function that simplifies portrait-taking by automatically detecting the position of the subject’s face and adjusting the focus and exposure based on the detected position.

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Pentax K110D

Posted by: Luuk Jurrien Saturday 31st, December 2005

Pentax Corporation is pleased to introduce the Pentax K110D, an entry-class lens-interchangeable digital SLR camera that combines a host of advanced technologies with a simple, user-friendly operation system and a compact, lightweight body. It brings high-quality digital SLR photography to everyone, especially to first-time digital SLR users. Developed as a starter camera for beginning digital SLR photographers, the Pentax K110D is designed to capture high-quality images with simplified operation in a variety of applications, including the documentation of hobby scenes and the preservation of family events. The Pentax K110D is introduced next to the Pentax K100D dSLR.

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Pentax K100D

Posted by: Luuk Jurrien Saturday 31st, December 2005

Pentax Corporation is pleased to introduce the Pentax K100D lens-interchangeable digital SLR camera. The new Pentax K100D combines 6.1 effective Megapixels with a host of advanced technologies, including a Pentax-original Shake Reduction (SR) system, to deliver high-quality digital SLR photography and user-friendly operations to all levels of photographers. Developed as a popular-class digital SLR camera, the Pentax K100D packs an array of advanced, user-friendly features, including a Pentax-developed Shake Reduction (SR) system, high-precision auto focus and auto sensitivity control, into a compact, well-balanced body to accommodate a wide range of shooting and playback requirements.

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Pentax *ist DL2 DSLR

Posted by: Luuk Jurrien Saturday 31st, December 2005

Pentax is pleased to announce the marketing of the Pentax *istDL2 lens-interchangeable digital SLR camera to offer the fun and excitement of high-quality digital SLR photography to many levels of photographers, especially first-time digital SLR users. Developed as a proud successor to the *istDL, the new Pentax ist DL2 digital SLR inherits many of its predecessor’s popular features, including a compact, lightweight and easy-to-hold body and a simple, accessible operation system. At the same time, it provides several improvements and additions, such as an increased number of AF sensor points and eight user-friendly Scene Modes. As a result, it delivers greatly enhanced overall cost performance to its users.

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Pentax *istDS first look

Posted by: Luuk Jurrien Thursday 30th, September 2004

At the Pentax booth visitors were able to get their hands on the latest DSLR from Pentax - *istDS. This very compact, lightweight body is an entry-level digital SLR camera that is designed to be as user-friendly as possible. The *istDS is one of the smallest and lightest digital digital SLR cameras on the market today - even more compact and lightweight than the PENTAX *istD. The resolution of this compact DSLR body is 6.1 effective Megapixels and it is compatible with most Pentax interchangeable lenses, old or new. The back of the camera is equipped with a large 2-inch colour LCD display, a feature that is very convenient for the user. The display offers 210,000 pixels of resolution.

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