Pentax Optio RS1000 Review
December 10, 2010
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Gavin Stoker
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Specifications
| Type | |
|---|---|
| Camera Type | Digital zoom compact camera |
| Sensor | |
| Type | CCD |
| Size | 1/2.33'' |
| Effective Pixels | 14 megapixels |
| Still | 14M (4288x3216), 10M (16:9) (4224x2376), 7M (3072x2304), 2M (16:9) (1920x1080), 640 (640x480 pixels)? |
| Movie | HDTV (1280x720), 30/15 fps VGA (640x480) 30/15 fps QVGA (320x240), 30/15 fps |
| Colour Depth | 12 bits x 3 colours |
| Sensitivity |
Auto or Fixed (100-6400 ISO) |
| Lens | |
| Focal Length | PENTAX zoom lens 4.9 - 19.6mm f/3.5 (W) - 5.9 (T), equ. to 27.5-110mm in 35mm format |
| Digital Zoom | Digital zoom: approx. 6.7x |
| Construction | 6 elements in 5 groups (3 aspherical elements) |
| Focusing System | |
| Type | Contrast detection TTL Autofocus system |
| Functions | Multi-AF 3-point zone, Spot AF, Auto-tracking AF (anticipating moving subject) |
| Focus Range (automatic) | Normal: 0.4m - infinity (whole zoom area) Macro: 15cm to 50cm (at wide setting), 25cm to 50cm (at medium magnification length) Super Macro: 8cm to 25cm (at focal length of 5.8mm) |
| Screen | |
| Type | 3'' (7.62cm diagonal) colour LCD monitor |
| Resolution | 230.000 dots |
| Playback | Slideshow, Image Rotation, Small Face filter, Natural Skin Tone, Digital Filter, Frame composite, Movie Edit, Red-Eye compensation, Resize, Cropping, Protect, Image copy, DPOF, Start-up image, Face close-up playback? |
| Shutter | |
| Type | Electronic shutter with automatic exposure program controlled |
| Speed | 1/2000 to 1/4 sec. 4 sec max. (Night Scene mode) |
| Exposure system | |
| Metering | Multi-segment metering |
| Exposure Modes | Auto Picture, Program, Natural Skin Tone, Night Scene Portrait, Night Scene, Movie, Landscape,Blue Sky, Sunset, Flower, Sport, Digital SR, Kids,Pet, Portrait, Food, Candlelight, Surf & Snow, Half-length portrait, Frame composite, Text, Digital Panorama, Green |
| Compensation | +/- 2EV (1/3EV steps) |
| Flash | |
| Type | Automatic activation in low lighting conditions |
| Modes | Flash-on, flash-off and soft flash modes. "Red-eye" reduction function |
| Effective Range | Wide: approx. 0.15 - 4.8m (ISO Auto) Tele: approx: 0.4m - 2.6m (ISO Auto) |
| Exposure Parameters | |
| Modes | One shot Self timer (2 or 10 sec) Continuous shooting Burst Shooting (3.2 fps for up to 10 frames) Multi-Burst (takes 16 VGA-size pictures at approx. 7.5 fps and creates a contact sheet) |
| Face Recognition | Available functions: Face recognition, Smile capture |
| White Balance | Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light, Manual setting |
| Digital Filter | B&W, Sepia, Toy camera, Retro, Colour, Soft, Starburst, Fish-eye, Brightness |
| Movie | |
| Recording | HDTV (1280x720) at 30/15 fps VGA (640x480 pixels) at 30/15 fps QVGA (320x240 pixels) at 30/15 fps |
| Editing | Video Editing available |
| Storage | |
| Internal | 18.4MB |
| External | SD and SDHC memory cards |
| File Format | JPEG (Exif 2.3), DCF 2.0, DPOF, PRINT Image Matching III AVI (Motion JPEG) |
| Special Features | |
| Features | World time (75 cities, 28 time zones) Digital Shake Reduction Noise reduction when shutter speed is slower than 1/4 sec DRE available: shadow adjustment |
| Language | English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Greek, Russian, Thai, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Interface | |
| Interface | USB 2.0 Hi-Speed, PC/AV output (PAL/NTSC, mono) |
| Power | |
| Source | Rechargeable Li-ion D-LI108 battery? ? ? ? |
| Performance | Approx. 210* shots and 260** min. in playback mode with Li-ion rechargeable battery. *Recording capacity shows approximate number of shots recorded during CIPA-compliant testing. Actual performance may vary depending on operating conditions. **According to the result of PENTAX in-house testing?. |
| Dimensions | |
| Height | 56mm |
| Width | 92mm |
| Depth | 20.5mm |
| Weight | 113 g unloaded, 130 g loaded and ready? |
| Compatibility | |
| PC | Windows XP SP2, VistaTM and 7 |
| Mac | Mac OS X 10.3.9 or above |
| Accessories | |
| Included Software | Arcsoft Media Impression 2.0 for PENTAX |
| Kit Content | USB cable, Li-ion rechargeable battery, battery charger kit, strap, software, set of 3 alternative skins, hex wrench (diameter: 1.6mm), set of 5 pre-cut printable sheets of 10x15 photo paper), tracing stencil |