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Pentax Optio W30 Review
Review Date: June 11th 2007
Author: Mark Goldstein
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Specifications
| SENSOR |
| Effective
Pixels |
7.1
megapixels |
| Total
Pixels |
7.41
megapixels |
| Type |
1/2.5
inch interline transfer CCD with a primary colour filter |
| Sensitivity |
Auto
(ISO64-400),Fixed (ISO64/ISO100/ISO200/ISO400/ISO800/ISO1600/ISO3200)
* The
sensitivity is auto selected up to 3200 at the
Digital SR mode and Report mode.
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| IMAGE
SIZE |
| Still |
7M(3072x2304),
5M(2592x1944), 4M(2304x1728), 3M(2048x1536), 2M(1600x1200),
1024(1024x768), 640(640x480) pixels
*During Flame composition mode,the
recoded size is fixed to 3M(2048x1536).
|
| Movie |
640(640x480),
320(320x240) pixels |
| FILE
FORMAT |
| Still |
JPEG(Exif
2.2),DCF,DPOF,PRINT Image Matching III |
| Movie |
MOV
(Quick Time Motion JPEG), approx. 30fps/15fps with
sound, Movie SR and Interval shooting |
| Sound |
WAV(PCM),
monaural |
| Quality
Level |
Best
***, Better **, Good * |
| STORAGE
MEDIA |
| Internal |
Build-in
Memory (approx. 21.9MB), |
| External |
SD
Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card |
| LENS |
| Construction |
11
elements in 9 groups (1 single-sided aspherical element
and 2 dual-sided aspherical elements) |
| Focal
Length |
6.3mm-18.9mm
F3.3-F4 (equivalent to 38-114mm in 35mm format) |
| Digital
Zoom |
1X
- approx. 4X (up to approx.12X with 3x optical zoom) |
| FOCUSING
SYSTEM |
| Type |
TTL
contrast detection auto focus system |
| Area |
9-point
AF, Spot AF, Auto tracking AF changeable |
| Focus
Range (Still) |
Normal:
0.4m to infinity (whole zoom area. Tele only: 0.5m
to infinity)
Macro: 0.01m to
0.6m (at wide setting)
Infinity-landscape
mode: Infinity (whole zoom area)
Pan focus: 1.5m
to infinity (at wide setting), 5.0m to infinity
(at tele setting)
Manual Focus:
0.01m to infinity (at wide setting), 0.5m to infinity
(other than wide)
* AF is
fixed to Face priority AF at the Portorait ,
Self-portorait and Natural skin tone mode.
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| Focus
Range (Movie) |
Normal:
0.4m to infinity (whole zoom area. Tele only: 0.5m
to infinity)
Macro: 0.01m to
0.6m (at wide setting)
Infinity-landscape
mode: Infinity (whole zoom area)
Pan focus: 1.5m
to infinity (at wide setting), 5.0m to infinity
(at tele setting)
Manual Focus:
0.01m to infinity (at wide setting), 0.5m to infinity
(other than wide)
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| EXPOSURE
SYSTEM |
| Metering |
TTL
metering |
| Metering
Area |
Choice
of Multi-segment metering, Center-weighted metering,
Spot metering |
| Exposure
Modes |
AUTO
Picture, Program, Night scene, Movie, Voice Recording,
Landscape, Flower,
Portrait, Underwater, Underwater movie, Digital SR, Surf & Snow,
Sport, Pet, Frame Composition, Synchronous Sound Record, Kids, Soft,
Self-portrait, Firework, Food,
Text, Museum, Natural skin tone, Report |
| Compensation |
±2EV(1/3EV
steps) |
| SHUTTER |
| Type |
Programmed
AE electronic lens shutter with CCD electronic shutter |
| Speed |
approx.
1/2000 sec - 4 sec. |
| MOVIE |
| Recording |
Until
the memory card becomes full |
| Editing |
Save
as still image, Dividing Movies, Stitch Movies |
| FLASH |
| Type |
Built-in
series-control auto flash. Automatic discharge under
low lighting conditions in auto modes. |
| Modes |
Flash-on
and Flash-off modes. "Red-eye" compensation function employs a pre-discharge. Soft flash |
| Effective
Range |
Wide:
approx. 0.2-approx. 3.6m (ISO Auto)
Tele: approx.
0.5-approx. 3.0m (ISO Auto)
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| DRIVE
MODE |
| Modes |
One
shot, Self-timer (10 sec, 2 sec), Continuous (Standard,
Hi speed), Interval shooting |
| WHITE
BALANCE |
| Modes |
Auto,
Daylight, Shade, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light,
Manual setting |
| SCREEN |
| LCD |
2.5
inch, TFTcolor ‚k‚b‚c (with back light) approx 115,000 pixels |
| PLAYBACK |
| View |
One
Shot, Index (9 thumb nails), Enlargement (up to 8X,
scroll available), Movie Playback,
Sound Playback, Histogram, Bright and Dark portion, Folder display, Select&Delete,
Calendar |
| Digital
Filter |
Slideshow,
Resize, Trimming, Image&Sound Copy, Image Rotation, Digital Filter,
Brightness Filter, Movie Edit, Frame Composite, Red-eye Compensation,
Voice Memo,
Protect, DPOF, Image Recovery, Start-up Image Setting
B&W,
Sepia, Color Filter (6 colors), Color extract (B&W with Red, B&W with Green, B&W with Blue), Soft
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| LANGUAGE |
| Language |
English,
French, Germany, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch,
Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian,
Turkish, Russian, Thai, Korean, Traditional Chinese,
Simplified Chinese, Japanese |
| WORLD
TIME |
| Time |
75
cities (28 time zones) |
| INTERFACE |
| PC |
USB |
| AV |
PAL
and NTSC supported |
| PictBridge |
Yes |
| POWER |
| Source |
Rechargeable
D-LI63 lithium-ion battery, Optional AC adapter kit
is also available |
| Performance |
Still:
approx. 210 images
Playback: approx.
240 mins
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| DIMENSIONS |
| Height |
54mm |
| Width |
107.5mm |
| Depth |
23.5mm |
| Weight |
140g
w/o battery and memory card 160g loaded and
ready
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