Pentax IQ Zoom 90MC Quartz Date Camera

by Pentax

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004U5VL
• Item model number: 90MC
• Batteries: 2 CR2 batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,155 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

With the Pentax IQ Zoom 90MC camera's powerful 38-90mm lens, you can zoom out to take group pictures or zoom in to take intimate close-ups. For large group scenes, or to capture an entire landscape, you can switch to panorama mode--at any time or frame. Its multipattern metering accurately measures the available light of your surroundings, even in unusual lighting conditions, to give you properly exposed images.

The IQ Zoom 90MC camera has an easy-to-read LCD instruction panel, ensuring that you always know what your current settings are, including the optional time/date stamp; you can switch between "Year-Month-Day," "Month-Day-Year," "Day-Month-Year," "Day-Hour-Minute," or leave it blank. This camera's protective front cover also acts to turn the power on and off. The fail-safe film loading guarantees against improper loading.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good, reliable camera, October 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Pentax IQ Zoom 90MC Quartz Date Camera (Electronics)

A very good camera. My previous one was the same. But unfortunately it is not water proof and on our visit to Niagara got wet and broke. I am buying this again. The lens cover is very useful. Very handy and takes great pictures.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for owner, but don't let anyone else operate it, September 14, 2003

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hre2 "hre2" (Provo, UT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pentax IQ Zoom 90MC Quartz Date Camera (Electronics)

I bought this camera the first part of 1998. I have used it regularly for more than 5 years, and I have NEVER had any kind of problem with it. All the features work great and none of the parts have malfunctioned. The camera is great if you're the owner and you know how it works. However, my one qualm is that almost every time I have given the camera to someone else to take a photo of me, they have seriously screwed up the photo. Almost everyone is confused with the zoom and the actual "take the picture button." It seems obvious to me, but for the average random snapshot-taker, it's confusing. When red eye reduction is on, there is quite a bit of time between pushing the button and taking the picture. Time and time again I will hand off the camera, the person will push the button, and because it doesn't take immediately, they move the camera. I have so many blurry shots of half people and sides of rooms. As a result, I have become a huge fan of self timer photos. But you can't blame that on the camera.

Summary: This camera won't give you problems and will take beautiful pictures. But if you plan to hand it off so you can get photos of you, be careful who you hand it to, or avoid using the red eye reduction feature.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Red eye PRODUCTION, January 4, 2001

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Brian or Sandra Fitzpatrick (APO, AE USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pentax IQ Zoom 90MC Quartz Date Camera (Electronics)

We bought this to snap photos around the house of our little girl. We couldn't have been more disappointed. The shots come out fuzzy and the red eye reduction DOESN'T work. After several attempts to contact Pentax through their customer service website they suggested a number of techniques, none of which worked. It doesn't matter what speed film you use, get this camera indoors and you'll be disappointed. In all fairness, the outside photos look OK, took a bunch of shots of European sites and have an occasional fuzzy long distance photo, but mostly accurate.