At just over 21mm wide the Pentax Optio P70 will slip easily into a pocket. It comes in three different colours – silver, light blue and pink. It has 12 megapixels and a 4x optical zoom lens. As digital cameras are packed with more and more megapixels it is becoming common to see a feature that allows you to increase the amount of zoom available if you reduce the resolution you are shooting at to a lower number of megapixels. In this case Pentax calls the feature intelligent zoom. It can boost the amount of zoom available with the Optio P70 to a maximum of 25x.
Other features of interest include a 2.7 inch LCD screen. There is also a very useful image recovery feature. This feature attempts to recover lost or deleted images. This could come in very handy if you accidentally delete your latest holiday snaps. As is now becoming more commonplace there is also a feature that attempts to clean up any red eye in a portrait shot taken using flash.
Pentax Optio P70 Details
Style
Ultra Compact
Megapixels
12
Zoom
4x
LCD Screen
2.7
MemoryCards
SD/SDHC
Resolution
4:3, 16.9
File Formats
JPEG
Focal Length Equivalent
27.5 - 110mm
Shutter Speed
4 to 1/1000 seconds
Aperture
F2.6 (W) - F5.8 (T)
Sensitivity
ISO 64 - 6400
White Balance Settings
Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light, Manual setting
ExposureCompensation
-2EV to +2EV (in 1/3EV steps)
Viewfinder
No
Flash Modes
Auto, Red-eye Reduction, On, Off, Soft Flash
Flash Range
4.6m
Shooting Modes
Night Scene Portrait, Half-length Portrait, Movie, Landscape, Flower, Portrait, Surf & Snow, Sport, Digital SR, Kids, Pet, Food, Fireworks, Frame Composite, Party, Natural Skin Tone, Candlelight, Text, Blog
Maximum Movie Resolution
1280 x 720
Maximum Movie Frames Per Second
30
Maximum Movie Duration
Not Supplied
Macro Focus
10cms
Metering
Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot
ManualControls
None
Image Stabilisation
No
Lens Converters
No
Self Timer
10 seconds
Video Out (TV Playback)
Yes
Computer Connection
Yes
Batteries
Lithium ion
Dimensions
97 x 54 x 21.5mm
Weight
110g
Specifications are subject to change without notice.
Pentax Optio P70 Specification
