Getting Your Kid Into Digital Cameras

Advantages: Features Like Any Regular Digital Camera
Disadvantages: 16 MB Internal Memory and No Zoom Capabilities

...No digital camera review on CIAO would be complete without a few entries about cameras designed for kids. After all, kids are almost universally enthusiastic about taking pictures. And parents with a love of photography often pass down their passion to their children. But digital cameras are not always kid-friendly, due to fragile construction, price, or complicated menus and buttons. The newest trend in children's electronics is a group of digital cameras made especially for small children. These cameras are easy to hold, come in bright colors that kids love, and have many of the same features as grown-up digital cameras. Kids love them. The VTech KidiZoom Digital Camera is one of the top digital cameras for kids. This camera was made with fun in mind. Kids like the KidiZoom's large LCD screen and the onboard photo editing options...

bennyong 21.12.2008 · Read review
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Pentax Optio MX digital camera/ camcorder

Advantages: Digital Camera and Camcorder in One!!
Disadvantages: Not many

...Brief description of the Pentax Optio MX: The Pentax Optio MX is a great, unique looking camera, if a little clunky. It is great for both amateurs and the more experienced alike. The camera itself is not in the usual 'box' style of most other digital cameras, it has a sleek silver body, with an arm on the right, which rotates 180 degrees. This is where the lithium-ion battery is stored. The 'take picture' button, is encased in zoom button, with the record button a little lower down, all neatly sitting on the shoulder of the handle. The LCD monitor display is on the cameras back, and can be flipped up 210 degrees and swivels 180 degrees, which is great for protecting it from damage. The flash is stored in the top of the camera, and can be erected by the push of a small button on the left hand side. Also on the side are the flash...

tigger67333 17.01.2007 · Read review
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  Pentax produces pretty perfect pictures!

Advantages: Great build quality, easy to use and good picture quality.
Disadvantages: No image stabalisation and no wide angle capability in the lens.

...As I am sure most Ciao members will now know, I am a professional photographer but as well as taking pictures I also hold photography seminars at my local camera club and over the last few years I have become somewhat of a target for sales persons asking me to try out their latest digital cameras and give talks and written reviews on them. I figured a couple of years back if I was going to be testing out all these cameras and doing reviews anyway then I may as well be posting them on Ciao and Dooyoo and making some money for charity which as you well know is what I do now. The latest camera to be handed to me is the Pentax Optio M60 and as you read on you will find that this little digital camera is a real breath of fresh air. For months now I have been handed very expensive digital point and shoot cameras that claim to be able...

thebigc1690 28.04.2009 (17.05.2009) · Read review
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Review of Pentax Optio M60

Pentax K1000

Advantages: Unlimited use
Disadvantages: Need to buy a flash separate

...In this age of high technology automatic electronic equipment it pays to take a step back to the simple things such as the Pentax K1000 camera. The fully manual 35mm SLR obviously requires complete user control but for the photographer who doesn’t want to be limited by a camera’s ability, this is the one for you. The only power needed is for the exposure meter from a small battery which is activated when the lens cap is removed. The built-in through-the-lens meter measures the average brightness of the ground glass at full aperture and then couples to the aperture, shutter and film speed settings. The shutter mechanism is completely manual meaning that the camera can still be used even when the battery is exhausted, with a little guess work for the exposure. The focal plane shutter extends from speeds B, 1 second to 1...

hakkved 09.03.2001 (07.03.2001) · Read review
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Review of Pentax K1000

Click with Pentax

Advantages: very little camera, very light, easy to carry
Disadvantages: not made to take pictures very close

...I can remember sometime ago when still a student doing Graphic Design course at University. Yes, I can remember that one of my subjects was photography and how hard was. One day my teacher turned to everybody saying that we were going to do our first test and wasn't theory but practising...about anything we wanted but had to be in the move. Photography is what you take from the moment that you have seen and freeze it in one click. You don't have any idea how hard was taking pictures of my german shepard playing with the ball.To me...my dog was playing but to him was just a matter of time to make a hole, yeah and than looking and saying in his language...now you have to buy another one, because this one already gone...how about that? I did use a Pentax PC-33, and a black and white film requested by the teacher. After 4 hours taking...

1234 22.12.2000 · Read review
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Review of Pentax PC 33 Compact Camera

I take my pocket camera kayaking, snorkeling and river running!

Advantages: Waterproof, pocket-sized and decent pictures
Disadvantages: Clearly not as good as a digital SLR and some features are rather gimicky

.... We had previously looked into whether there was a camera available that was designed for travel, something that offered a bit of bump protection and, maybe even a splashproof facility. Unless we wanted to spend an additional £100 (at the time) on a waterproof case for a standard camera (which would make the whole as bulky as our existing Kodak) it seemed that there was a hole in the market. That was until we discovered the Pentax Optio WP. It was new on the market at the time and there was little written about it. As it was no more expensive than most of the other compacts from the major photography houses we decided to make the leap. We've no regrets. The camera itself comes in at a tiny 102 x 51 x 22mm (WxHxD) weighs 120g and is made from rather sturdy plastic. It feels great in the hands and certainly more robust than many...

CareBear 06.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pentax Optio WP

Powerful Pentax

Advantages: Small, Light, Flexable, Excellent Results
Disadvantages: Fiddlely buttons

...I needed a digital camera for part of the NVQ work that I am doing at the moment and also thought it would be a good idea for my annual leave next week. There are so many digital cameras on the market that I was at a bit of a loss which to buy. My father has been a photographer of sorts for some time and has always recommended Pentax. The Pentax Optio immediately got my attention. It is tiny, about the size of a box of paracetamol in all dimensions. It has an aluminium body and is very classy to look at. I have been told that the case can be scratched very easily. I have had mine now for a month and I am not the most careful of people around and there is not a scratch in sight. By pressing the on/off button on the right hand side at the top of the camera, the zoom lens effortlessly glides outwards. Press it to off and the lens...

hakken_krakk 10.07.2004 · Read review
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Review of Pentax Optio S4

Pentax K100D

Advantages: image quality,shake reduction, backwards lens compatibilty
Disadvantages: DSLR's are still too big

...REVIEW OF PENTAX K100D DIGITAL SLR BACKGROUND I've owned SLR's for 30 years starting with screw mount lenses and moving to Pentax K mount. In the last 5 years I became interested in digital photography owning a Canon A200 and Konica Minolta Dimage Z3. We've also got 5 other digital compacts in the household including new Samsung and Fuji 6MP models. The KM Z3 is a great camera with a 12 times optical zoom and anti shake sensor but I was a little disappointed with noise in the dark areas of some pictures. This could be kept to a reasonable level if ISO was fixed at 50 but this limits flexibility when the sun isn't shining. I'd thought about buying a digital SLR for some time but couldn't really justify the expense over what seemed to be minor benefits. However, when I discovered that the K100D would work with my old K mount...

bodyboarderdude 07.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Pentax K100D

I LOVE MT PENTAX. PICTURES ADDED 16/06/04

Advantages: Small Compact easy to use and good looking
Disadvantages: none so far

...I do a lot of pub crawling and clubbing and i like to take photos of my nights out with my friends so i need to find a new camera that was small and light so it didnt pull my pants down when in my pocket. So my search began. I hit the camera counter at my place of work and started annoying our sales chaps. At one point i had 17 small digital cameras sitting in front me having a play around with them all. What was even better was the fact i could have a look at my test photos as the gents on the counter setup a Photo printer with in-built card reader for me so i could print them out. Out of those 17 i dwindled my choices down to 3 Pentax OptioS Canon Ixus 500 Sony T1 They all looked very inpressive. Nice and small and the picture quality form them all was good. The Canon was a fantastic camera with great quality...

Shedney 12.06.2004 (16.06.2004) · Read review
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Review of Pentax OptioS digital camera

My Pentax Optio 33WR Digital camera

Advantages: Small, Robust
Disadvantages: Batteries run out quick! A case that fits!

...About 3.3 megapixels I think, dosen't take a bad small picture. I find this camera difficult to hold still at times but it does have a timer function so you can take some lovely pictures with it with yourself in the shot to! With it's small square shape it is easy to place anywhere to get a good timed shot. I have had much difficulty finding a case that fits it's unusual square shape and now it lives in a leather bag. It only takes 2 AA batteries but I find these run out really quickly so I now use rechargeable and always carry spare. It is rubber sealed and I have taken mine to the beach and it still seems ok. The screen is a nice size and you can zoom in on pictures you have just taken. It has different modes for different conditions like evening (not much light) portraits (people) one if your taking pictures...

zanyzanny 11.07.2005 · Read review
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