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Steves Digicams Reviews Pentax Optio SV
Steves Digicams have just reviewed the Pentax Optio SV, a compact digicam with 5 Megapixels and 5x zoom lens.
“The ergonomics are good, controls are easy to operate and the Function button makes quickly changing settings a snap. The menu system is easy to navigate and thanks to its 1.8-inch LCD the text is larger and more legible. Its LCD worked great outdoors in bright sunlight and when shooting indoors it “gains up” well, although the image does get a little grainy. We were surprised to find a plastic tripod socket on a camera in this price range. This causes some concern about stripping the threads after continuous use with a tripod or monopod.”
Website: Steves Digicams - Pentax Optio SV Review
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#1 Doug Horne
Our company has just purchased 6 Pentax Optio SV's, mainly because of its large zoom in the compact overall size. However a huge trap for young players (as we have found out to our amazement) is that we cannot print the date on the photos when we print them out through our pc's standard printers. This is an essential feature for the business use of these cameras and we never dreamed that this feature would not be available. After lengthy studying the manual we have learned that it will print on certain "photo lab equipment"(see page 126 of the manual) but no mention is made of the standard pc printer, or more importantly simply the jpg file for insertion in emails or word processing documents and the like (which is our main use).
This is a huge disappointment for us and renders the cameras far less useable than what we really need or expected for such an outlay on so many cameras.
Buyers should be made aware of this disappointing shortcoming of the camera.
5:17 am - Thursday, August 18, 2005
#2 GARY POGODA
This may be a little too late, but just in case you can return, sell, or trade in the Optio SV's, the newly released HP Photosmart R817 is another ultra-compact, 5 megapixel camera with "5x" optical zoom. I could not tell from its specs if it has the time stamp feature you want, but you could ask Mark, who is now, or will be shortly, reviewing that camera.
4:40 pm - Thursday, August 18, 2005