Pentax Optio A20 10 megapixel Digital Camera For £153.61!
02/03/07
The PENTAX Optio A20 is a 10.0 megapixel camera with an ultra-compact alumninum alloy body. Features include 3x optical zoom lens, built in Shake Reduction and Tracking AF, a versatile manual shooting mode, 2.5 inch LCD and Movie mode MPEG-4 DivX (640 x 480) capture at 30fps and guaranteed video playback on all DivX® certified devices.
High Quality Images
Despite its compact dimensions, the Optio A20 produces extremely clear, high-quality images thanks to the high resolution provided by its 10 effective megapixels. This level of resolution makes it possible to produce prints with crisp detail even when the photo is enlarged to A3 size. The Optio A20 uses a large 1/1.8-inch CCD with a wide light sensitive area, which enables superior tone reproduction, fine textures, and greater noise reduction.
Anti-Shake Functions
The SR (Shake Reduction) mechanism, developed by Pentax, features two gyro sensors that detect the amount of shake and moves the image sensor (CCD) horizontally and vertically counteract camera shake. The SR mechanism effectively prevents shake the instant that the shutter button is pressed.
Blur Reduction - In this mode, the camera automatically adjusts the sensitivity to as high as ISO 1600 according to the brightness of the subject. The higher sensitivities permit faster shutter speeds that reduce camera shake and blurring caused by moving subjects. The image recording size is fixed to 5 M (2592 x 1944 pixels) when Blur Reduction mode is selected.
Movie Anti-Shake - Camera shake while taking a movie can also be corrected automatically by software, thanks to an electronic, movie anti-shake function. *3 Using the movie anti-shake function results in a narrower field of view than during normal recording.
Face Recognition AF & AE
The camera includes the new Face Recognition AF & AE*4 function, which allows you to take photos of people with perfectly focused faces free of shadows, frequently caused by exposing for the background or for bright clothing. This useful function automatically detects the position of the subject anywhere in the photo frame and then adjusts the focus and optimises the exposure for the detected position. This camera’s Face Recognition AF & AE function uses the Face Tracker face-recognition technology from FotoNation.
Auto-tracking AF continuously focuses on a moving subject
The Optio A20’s Auto-Tracking AF feature continuously focuses on subjects as they move around. Since the focus frame automatically follows the movement of the subject inside the photo frame, you can be sure to capture those instantaneous photo opportunities.
Red-eye correction available after shooting
The Optio A20 comes with FotoNation’s red-eye correction function, which can correct red-eye problems, a common side effect of flash photography, after the photo is taken. With the ability to manually select the area to correct, this function allows for more precise correction of red-eye photos.
Other features:
* Calendar Display function allows image retrieval based on the capture date
* Easy image search and arrangement on a PC using a Date Folder function
* Green Mode enables the use of fixed, automatic settings when taking a photograph
* Digital zooming provides up to 4x magnification
* Approximately 22MB of built-in memory
* A wide range of exposure setting modes
* Auto Picture mode
* Pan-focus function for effortless snapshots
* ACDSee for PENTAX image viewer/image management software
* USB 2.0 (HI-SPEED) compatible
* Supports PictBridge, DPOF functions, Exif Print, and PRINT Image Matching III
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