Pentax Optio S30

...decided to go for the Pentax Optio S30 in the end. It cost me £129.90 to buy from a Jessops local store (sorry, Jessops don't sell it on-line). First Impression: Opening the box I found the camera, a usb link cable, a manual, a camera-to-TV cable, software, wristband, and advertisments (along with a Pentax survey). The camera was well protected and even came with two batteries included (didn't last for more than 20 pictures, but even so nice of ...
...it can be argueed that Pentax could have spent less time on features and more time on battery life and loading time. However some of the features are really cool, these include color coding (only display red, green, gray, etc.) or black and white pictures. The best of all however is the fact that you can take a picture normally and then later on edit it to be only black and white, resize it, or add a sound clip to it. The wheel on top I have not ...

unclebj 06.12.2004 · Read full review
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I received this camera from a friend and used for several days. Design. Altrough the phone is on market for several time I think the design is still great, aluminium-made with great build quality. Functions The camera has many usefull functions, that are accessed from the 5 buttons navigational menu: white balance, different modes of focus,3 quality modes and many others Picture Quality From a 3.2 mpx camera (2000x1536) the quality is very ...
...indoor pictures the quality is medium,some noise. On night shots, the flash really does a good job,good pictures overall. Batery life Pretty good.Uses two AA / CR-V3 batteries, that can be recharged, really nice. notes: The viewfinder is small but improve the battery life 3xOptical zoom-the lens are good, medium noise Flash is extremely powerfull Suport SD 30fps video mode ...

neo1983 18.07.2007 · Read full review
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I bought the Pentax Optio S30 because I wanted a compact camera that would fit in my pocket and would be easy to carry around, and it certainly fulfils that requirement- its very slim-lined and portable. Other features I particularly like about this camera are the fact that it takes ordinary AA batteries rather than the Li-ion ones, so it's much cheaper to power, and if you are ever stuck in a situation on the move, where your rechargable batteries ...
...up, you can just nip to the nearest shop and get some regular ones. It also has some very nifty, although not strictly necessary, 'fun' modes, such as black and white filter, panorama assist, super macro and many others. However, I have found that it is very slow at actually taking photos- there's a big time delay between pressing the button and actually taking the photo- almost 2 seconds I'd say, which is a big annoyance, especially if you're trying ...

mousey330 22.11.2004 · Read full review
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The Pentax Optio s30 is a brilliant camera, cramed pack full with useful features. To start of with, the size and finish of the camera is extremly impressive especially when you see the results it produces. I was looking for something of decent quality I could carry around with me but without finding it a burden - exactly what I got... with a bit more. I found it very easy to use, while also containg complex manual settings for the more experienced ...
...very good also. The Pentax does have its flaws, the main one being some slowness, especially recovering between shots, but I find that pre-focusing means I can get action shots perfectly easily. I was in Africa over the summer on safari and the pictures it produced where amazing quality. The batteries that come with the camera are poor quality, but purchase some rechargables and the battery life is quite convieniant. ...

nuttynelly 19.08.2005 · Read full review
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...magazine who had reviewed the pentax optio s30 and highly rated it so i popped down to my local argos and purchased the pentax optio s30 it cost £209.99 at the time. when i got home i took it out of the box and was very inpressed in the sleak compact size it came complete with 2xaa batterys 1xwrist strap 1xusb computer cable and ACDsee software and easy to use manual The camera has: 3.2 million pixels 3xoptical zoom 2.6digital zoom 11mb internal ...
...home un wrapped my new pentax and to my shock the same problem but this time it wouldnt even switch on did the same again try half a dosen diffrent batterys still no look so not giving up with pentax i decied to send a email to pentax explaining the problems to see if it was a common problem A couple of days had past and no reply so i decided to take it back to argos who kindly swapped it for a casio exilim exz30 which was my second choice and i ...

SNOWY1976 23.01.2005 · Read full review
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Lucky for me I recived this camera for free when my techno-phobe mother decided is was all too complex for her. Actually mastering the basic cameria functions is relatively striaght forward after a quick flick through the manual. It has multiple functions, such as landscape, portrait, night time, flash, zoom, video and sound recording to name a few. And people never seem to stop getting excited when you turn it on and the lens pops out on its own. ...
...(including myself) who know little about photography and jab at the buttons wildly to try to get the strange symbols to go away. To those more photographically proficient it will all make perfect sense, but the camera itself will be endlessly frustrating. The slight delay, it can not be more than 3 seconds, from clicking the big silver button to the camera taking the picture may seem insignificant but it has become the bane of my photographic aspirations. ...

SuperFlorence 10.03.2007 (23.03.2007) · Read full review
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