|
PENTAX Announces User-Friendly
Optio M20 With Impressive Battery Life
Mississauga, ON – August 21, 2006
PENTAX is pleased to announce the launch
of the new PENTAX Optio M20, a compact digital
camera boasting extended battery life.
In addition to offering extended battery
life from only two AA batteries, this model
features a new Blur Reduction mode, which
allows you take sharper photos without camera
shake or subject blurring, 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. The Optio M20 offers fun, easy
digital photography to many different users,
regardless of photographic skill and experience.
MAIN FEATURES
1. Outstanding battery life
Thanks to its comprehensive energy-saving
design, the Optio M20 provides exceptional
battery life (approximately 220 images with
AA-size alkaline batteries,*1 or approximately
700 images with AA-size lithium batteries*1)
Since it accepts the globally available
AA-size batteries, you will have no worries
about obtaining fresh batteries on the road.
*1 Measured under testing conditions prescribed
by CIPA standards.
2. New Blur Reduction mode reduces camera
shake and subject blurring
The Optio M20 is equipped with a Blur Reduction
mode. This, new feature lets you take photos
at faster shutter speeds for sharper images
even in low lighting conditions such as
night scenes and indoor sporting events.
In this mode, the camera automatically adjusts
the sensitivity to as high as ISO 1600 to
match the brightness of the subject. The
higher sensitivity permits faster shutter
speeds that effectively reduce not just
camera shake but also blurring caused by
moving subjects.
3. Auto Picture mode automatically determines
the best settings for the shooting conditions
The Auto Picture mode lets the Optio M20
automatically determine the shooting conditions
for Landscape, Portrait, Night Scene, and
Program modes and chooses the optimum settings
for each subject. This PENTAX-original function
simplifies shooting as it eliminates the
need to make a number of individual settings.
4. High-Quality Movies with Anti-Shake
Function
The Optio M20 captures movies at 30 fps
(frames per second) at resolutions up to
640 x 480 pixels and with an image quality
rivaling that of camcorders. Camera shake
while filming can be corrected automatically
using the movie anti-shake function.*2
*2 Using the movie anti-shake function
results in a narrower field of view than
that during normal recording.
5. Face Recognition AF & AE for
beautiful one-step portraits
The Optio M20 includes Face Recognition
AF & AE, which allows you to take bright,
beautiful photos of people with perfectly
focused faces that are free of shadows caused
by backlighting. This useful function automatically
detects the position of the subject’s
face anywhere in the photo frame and then
adjusts the focus and optimizes the exposure
for the detected position.
6. The image quality of 7.0 effective
megapixels permits beautiful, crisp prints
even at large-format sizes
The Optio M20 produces clear images with
impressive quality thanks to the high resolution
afforded by its 7.0 effective megapixels
and to its high-performance PENTAX lens.
This resolution makes it possible to attain
prints with crisp details even when the
photo is enlarged.
7. Auto-tracking AF continuously focuses
on a moving subject
The Optio M20’s auto-tracking AF feature
continuously focuses on subjects, such as
children and pets, which move around unpredictably
while you are trying to take a picture.
The focus frame automatically follows the
movement of the subject inside the photo
frame so you can capture those instantaneous
photo opportunities.
8. Easy to View LCD Monitor
The Optio M20 comes with a 2.5-inch LCD
monitor, which displays subjects’ movement
with very little time delay (60 fps). Its
easy to view, large monitor and menu display
make operation, setting, monitoring, and
playback comfortable and easy. The camera
also has an auto LCD dimmer function that
automatically dims the backlight to optimize
the checking of the screen, both indoors
and outdoors.
9. Easy to use 3X optical zoom
The Optio M20 includes a 3X optical zoom
lens with a focal length from 38 to 114
mm (in 35mm format), which is ideal for
a broad spectrum of subjects from landscapes
to portraits.
10. Supports the SDHC memory card for
greater storage of high-quality images and
longer movies
The Optio M20 supports two removable storage
media: the conventional SD memory cards
and the new SDHC memory cards.*3
*3 SD High Capacity; these memory cards
have capacities in excess of 2 GB.
11. Compatibility with the ImageLink
printing system
The Optio M20 is compatible with the ImageLink
printing system, which allows wireless connection
of a digital camera to ImageLink-compatible
printers. By simply placing the Optio M20
on the printer’s dock, the user can
take advantage of simple, push-button printing
of recorded images, without requiring a
personal computer.
12. Other Features
(1) World time function for 71 cities (28
time zones) worldwide
(2) Calendar display lets you choose photos
by date
(3) Mode Palette provides quick access to
15 shooting modes and 13 playback modes
(4) Soft flash function avoids overexposure
during close-up flash photography
(5) Macro mode allows close-up photography
as near as 5 cm
(6) Digital zooming provides up to 4X magnification
(7) Approximately 21.9 MB of built-in memory
(8) Includes the ACDSee for PENTAX image
viewer/image management software
(9) Supports PictBridge, DPOF functions,
Exif Print, and PRINT Image Matching III
PENTAX Canada Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary
of PENTAX Corporation of Japan and maintains
offices in Mississauga. PENTAX markets cameras,
lenses, binoculars, surveying equipment,
closed circuit television lenses and medical
equipment.
PENTAX on the web at www.pentax.ca
|
