Pentax Optio 330GS 3MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

by Pentax

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 1.2 x 2.3 inches ; 7.7 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006L537
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,719 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 9, 2002

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pentax 330GS, January 5, 2003

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Peter (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pentax Optio 330GS 3MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

The camera is great to use and has a lot of neat features quick capture, flip out display, one step review, small size avi viedeo. It would be better if it could record sound with the video.

I would have given it a 5 star rating except for dissappointng performance using 2 AA batteries. The CR V3 lithium battery is not rechargable and very expensive, however does last a long time. The instruction book says that you can use normal alkaline AA and get about 50 shots (acceptable) but I found that I could only get 2 or 3 (unacceptable) before I started to get "battery depleted" warning. Forget trying to use normal AA batteries.

Note that the 330 RS comes with rechargeable Lithion Ion batteries, in hind sight it would have been worth the extra bucks.

I brought the camera in Hong Kong

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this camera!!!, January 24, 2003

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ANITA ANDERSON (CLARKSVILLE, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pentax Optio 330GS 3MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

This is my first digital camera, I bought it in December, after researching cameras for several months. I had narrowed my search down to a couple of Sony's and a Kodak, but bought this one after a long talk with a knowlegdable sales clerk. And I have not regretted my decision!! I love the compact size of the camera, and that I could take it out of the box and start using it immediately as a simple point and shoot camera, while reading up on all the extra features, and slowly trying out several of them. Love the night shooting mode, took some great night time photos of Christmas decorated houses, just make sure you use a tripod, otherwise the pictures will come out blurry. I have also used the setting for bright beach or snow mode, pics came out great. I have even taken pics of birds feeding at our feeder, through my dining room window, using 'manual focus'. Neat. Bottom line is a love my camera 100% percent.

19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Stuff, November 22, 2002

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J. King (Ghettoburg, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pentax Optio 330GS 3MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

This was my first digital camera purchase. I have approximately 10 years of 35mm SLR photo experience so I was looking for a camera that had some manual features and would function well taking night photos. Picture quality is excellent so far, as I haven't had the camera for very long (this is also the only reason I was hesitant to choose 5 stars).

Using the auto-focus will take some adjustment. The shutter button must be pressed halfway (you will feel resistance to know how far) for the camera to focus on the subject. Once the focus is set you can take the picture. The delay between pressing the button and getting the focus isn't very long, but this is my first auto-focusing camera.

The 180 degree swing-out screen wasn't a feature I was shopping for, but am definitely glad it has. The release mechanism is a little flimsy, but there's plenty of tension in the hinge to keep the screen from swinging wildly.

All in all this camera rocks my brown-eye.