Customer Reviews

Pentax IQ Zoom 90MC Quartz Date Camera

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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.

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.

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.

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The Pentax IQZoom 90MC is one of the finest point and shoot cameras of the late 90's. It is small, elegant and appears to be a digital camera. It takes a CR2 battery. The viewfinder is superior. Assembled in The Philippines.