Pentax Optio T30 7.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

by Pentax

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 2.5 x 1 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000LY2GPC
• Item model number: 19231
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,706 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 22, 2007

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Pentax Optio T30 is one of the thinnest digital cameras featuring a three-inch LCD monitor. In addition, the Optio T30 features a touch display with a wide field of view for fun image capture and editing. This latest Optio also offers new functions such as Face Recognition Autofocus and Autoexposure to assure properly exposed portraits and a high ISO Digital Shake Reduction mode. In addition, the innovative touch panel allows image customization with the drawing functions while a unique Mode Pallete includes Auto Picture mode to access camera settings.

Excellent Image Quality
7.1 effective megapixel resolution delivers images with exceptional definition. The camera features the smc Pentax lens to render clear, high-contrast images, while our unique lens coating helps eliminate ghosting and other artifacts. This image processing technology produces vivid colors and creates smooth tonal expressions at all brightness levels.

Large LCD Monitor
The Pentax Optio T30 is equipped with a high-resolution, oversized 3.0-inch LCD monitor with approximately 230,000 pixels that enables images and menu text to be prominently displayed. The monitor also offers a wide 170-degree viewing angle that makes it easy to view images from every direction.

Thinnest Body in 3.0-Inch LCD Class
With a new, thin, high-performance battery design and the Pentax Sliding Lens System, the Optio T30 offers the thinnest compact bodies with a 3.0-inch LCD touch-screen monitor and 3x optical zoom. (The Pentax Sliding Lens System is a proprietary lens system: The central lens group slides upward from the optical axis and the front and back lens groups slip under them. Housing the lens in two steps in the lens cylinder reduces overall lens thickness, thereby minimizing body width.)

Face Recognition AF and AE Function
The Optio T30 is equipped with Face Recognition AF and AE function that automatically detects and focuses on faces regardless of where the people appear in the photo frame. In addition, optimal exposure settings are automatically adjusted so that the areas with faces are highlighted even if there is backlighting. (The Face Recognition AF and AE function is available when the photography mode is "Portrait" and the camera is directed at people from the front.)

Digital Shake Reduction
The digital Shake Reduction mode helps reduce image blur by adjusting sensitivity automatically to as high as ISO 3200 to match the brightness of the subject. This enables photography with fast shutter speeds and less blur.

Movie Shake Reduction
An electronic, software-based Shake Reduction function exclusively for capturing movies effectively corrects image distortion. In Movie Shake Reduction mode, the field of view is narrower than that during normal recording.

Touch-Display Control System
With just a touch, various functions may be entered directly on the Optio T30 touch-display LCD monitor.

My Drawing Mode
The fun and easy-to-use My Drawing mode helps users customize shots with a stylus pen (included). Users may sketch and write notes directly on images displayed on the monitor or add stored or original illustrations to any image with the Stamp function.

Auto Picture Mode
The Auto Picture mode allows the camera to automatically determine the best shooting conditions for Landscape, Portrait, Night Scene, and Program modes and choose the optimum settings for each subject. This Pentax original function makes photography easier for new users.

Additional Features

• Auto-tracking AF continuously focuses on a moving subject
• Compatible with new SDHC memory cards, in addition to conventional SD memory cards (memory cards not included--must be purchased separately)
• Function (Fn) setting permits you to store frequently used settings and recall them from the panel with a single touch
• Mode Palette provides quick access to 16 shooting modes and 12 playback modes
• Deleted images recovery function that restores images erased accidentally
• Memo pad function that enables the user to save handwritten memos and illustrations as images
• Frame composite mode adds decorative frames to images when shooting or after shooting
• Digital zooming provides up to 4x magnification
• Approximately 19.9MB of built-in memory
• FotoNation's red-eye correction function for flash shots
• Includes the ACDSee for Pentax image viewer/image management software
• Supports PictBridge, DPOF functions, Exif Print, and Print Image Matching III

What's in the box
Optio T30 digital camera, USB cable I-USB7, AV cable I-AVC7, rechargeable battery D-LI63, battery charger D-BC63(A), AC plug cord D-CO2U, strap O-ST20, stylus pen O-SP63, software S-SW63

Product Description

The 7.1 megapixel CCD and 3x optical zoom in the T30 assures high resolution images. Extremely large 3-inch LCD Touch display allows you to easily review images or composition of a shot with a 170 degrees field of view. The Ultra-compact aluminum alloy body of the T30 is one of the most compact cameras. Face Recognition Auto Focus and Auto Exposure automatically detects a persons face and assures properly exposed portraits. Digital Shake Reduction mode automatically selects higher ISO setting to prevent blur due to subject or photographer movement. Touch panel allows image customization with the drawing function and doubles as a memo pad. Mode pallet includes auto picture mode to automatically select the best settings. Focus System Type - TTL contrast detection autofocus system, with AF assist lamp Manual focus - 0.49 feet to infinity at wide, 1.31 feet to infinity other than wide Macro focus - Manual and automatic macro Focus range - Normal 1.31-feet to infinity, Macro 0.49-1.64 inch at wide Flash Type - Built-in, series-control auto flash Flash Modes - Auto, on, off, redeye reduction, soft flash Effective Range - 19.7-feet at wide, 9.8-feet telephoto, Auto ISO Self-timer - 10 sec, 2 sec ISO Sensitivity - Auto 64-400 (3200 in Digital SR Mode at full resolution), Manual 64-1600 White Balance - Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten, Fluorescent Shutter Type - Programmed AE electronic lens with CCD electronic shutter Shutter speed - 1/2000 to 4 seconds File Format - JPG (EXIF 2.2), DCF, DPOF, Print Image Matching III Still, MOV (QuickTime Motion JPG), 30 FPS with sound, Movie SR, WAV (PCM), monaural Sound System Requirements - Windows ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Mac OS 9.2, X (10.1 or later), USB port Dimensions - 3.7 x 2.2 x 0.75 inch Weight - 4.2 ounces without battery

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars VERY SLOW SHUTTER SPEED, March 20, 2010

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Stace "Stace" (Great Neck, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Pentax Optio T30 7.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

This is the worst camera I ever owned. The shutter speed is so slow that if you take a photo of a person walking in the room, you get an empty room. By the time the camera clicks you missed the moving image even if you change the speed or type of image, same result...awful..I purchased from here through Beach Camera and couldn't return it because I had sent in the rebate...UGH...Don't buy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars horrible, February 8, 2008

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CrazyltCadet "crazyltcadet" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pentax Optio T30 7.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

this camera is horrible. i havent even had it for year and first the lens got stuck and we had to get that fixed. Now the battery wont even recharge. I would never get this again.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Camera!!!, September 12, 2007

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Rafael Santos Flores - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pentax Optio T30 7.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

Very fast delivery.... The camera works so great and the pics are outstanding.

The touch screen feature is just awesome and the 3 inches screen is the best.

Thanks

RSF