Pentax Optio P70 Features
The Pentax Optio P70 is a 12 megapixel digital camera with a 4x optical zoom lens. The lens has wide angle capabilities. Its focal length is equivalent to 27.5 - 110mm in 35mm format. More zoom becomes available when shooting at lower resolutions. For example you can use 5.2x magnification at 7 megapixels. 6.3x digital zoom is also available.
Basics
- Special resolution for widescreen television playback
- Self timer 2 or 10 seconds
- Macro Focusing: 10cm
- Sensor Size 1/2.3 inches
- Blinking Detection
- Face Detection
- Smile Shutter
LCD
The LCD monitor is 2.7 inches in size. The screen is made up of around 230,000 dots.
Flash
Flash Modes: Auto, On, Off, Soft Flash, Red Eye Reduction
Flash Range: 4.6m (wide), 2.1m (tele)
Scene Modes
There are a number of preset scene modes. These are: Night Scene, Night Scene Portrait, Half-length Portrait, Movie, Landscape, Flower, Portrait, Surf and Snow, Sport, Digital SR, Kids, Pet, Food, Fireworks, Frame Composite, Party, Natural Skin Tone, Candlelight, Text, Blog, Digital Wide, Digital Panorama, Green and Vertical Snap.
Movies
You can shoot High Definition movies with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. Sound can be recorded and zoom can be applied before shooting.
Playback Options
- Color Filter: 11 settings
- Soft Filter
- Brightness Filter
- Red-eye Compensation
- Voice Memo
- Image Recovery
Advanced Features
Among the more advanced features are:
- Manual focusing
- Pan focusing
- Light Metering: Multi Pattern, Centre weighted, Spot
- Exposure Compensation: +/- 2.0 EV, 1/ 3 EV step
- Continuous Shooting
- High Speed Continuous Shooting
- ISO Sensitivity: Auto, Manual 64 - 6400
- White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light, Manual
- Aperture Size: F2.6 (W) - F5.8 (T) - set automatically
- Shutter Speed: 1/1000 - 1/4 seconds - set automatically
- Shutter Speed: 4 seconds in night mode only
Computer - Printers - Television
All the necessary cables and software are supplied to attach the Pentax Optio P70 to a computer, television set and compatible printer.
