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. |
| IMAGE SIZE | |
| Still | 7M(3072x2304),
5M(2592x1944), 4M(2304x1728), 3M(2048x1536), 2M(1600x1200),
1024(1024x768), 640(640x480) pixels |
| 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. |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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, B&W, Sepia, Color Filter (6 colors), Color extract (B&W with Red, B&W with Green, B&W with Blue), Soft |
| 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 |
| 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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