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Pentax Optio S40 Digital CameraPrice:
$199.99
The new PentaxOptio S40 is a 4 megapixel, 3X zoom digital camera that is loaded with the features to help you on your way! Sporting a sleek...
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The new PentaxOptio S40 is a 4 megapixel, 3X zoom digital camera that is loaded with the features to help you on your way! Sporting a sleek aluminum design and the signature, compact dimensions of the Pentax Optio digital brand, the Optio S40 features an exciting, new help function. Offering simple-to-understand explanations in a regular or enlarged font for easier viewing, the help function guides new, and old hands, through the camera's array of digital features with a simple touch.
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10 Reviews from Shopping.com
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amazing camera
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Pros: long battery life, high quality, small form-factor
Cons: none
The Bottom Line:
if you want quality out of a camera, unless you are a professional, this cam is for you
It is a pleasure taking pictures using this camera. I selected it primarily because of the size -- it easily fits into a pants pocket and secondly because of the high quality/price ratio: for $250 one gets 4.0 megapixel quality shots, very hard to beat that.
It is truly amazing how far along digital cameras have come in the last three years. When I compare the Pentax s40 to my older Olympus Camedia 1.3 megapixel camera (which I also bought for about $250 at the time) it's like comparing day/night. The Pentax camera takes very wide angle, high quality pictures and comes with a built-in 32mb memory chip which can hold approximately 48 fairly-high quality images in memory. An additional 256mb card can be added if one needs to be able to to store either higher-rez images or to increase the capacity in general.
Another nice feature that I like is the ease of connecting the camera to the computer via a USB port. A single mouse-click is required to dump the contents of the memory chip onto the computer hard disk and the procedure takes about 5 seconds.
Lastly, and this again I find very nice when comparing this camera to my old Olympus is the longevity of the batteries. I have been taking pictures (with/without the flash) for several days now and have not had to replace the batteries yet (while with my previous camera I had to replace batteries after about 30 shots.
I would highly recommend this camera because it's cute, high in quality, low in price and efficient.
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