Pentax IQ Zoom EZY -S Date 35mm Camera

Product Details

• ASIN: B00005B2CT
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,516 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 21, 2009

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Pentax's IQ Zoom EZY-S Date camera gives new meaning to the phrase "point-and-shoot." It adjusts the focus and exposure of your shot automatically for sharp, clean results every time. The high-quality 38-70mm, 1.8x zoom lens makes framing your shots extremely easy, ensuring that you always get the picture you want. To ensure that you'll never forget when you took that roll of film, you have the option of imprinting the date or the day and time on every photo.

The versatile built-in flash has several programmed exposure modes that suit a variety of lighting situations. If insufficient light is detected, the flash fires automatically; the backlight compensation uses the available natural lighting (without a flash) to improve the balance of light between the subject and the rest of the picture. The advanced flash functions let you flex your creative muscles; the flash-on mode can help eliminate shadows when sunlight is behind your subject, while the flash can be turned off for those times when use of flash is restricted--in museums or during concerts, for example. You can use the red-eye reduction lamp to help reduce that ugly red-eye effect often caused by flash photography.

For those times when your subject is in the distance, you can use the IQ Zoom EZY-S Date's infinity-landscape mode to capture the image clearly--even through glass. With the 10-second self-timer, you can get into the picture yourself. With all of these options, keeping track of your settings may seem a bit challenging. Pentax thought of the solution to that concern, though. The easy-to-read LCD panel lets you see all your settings and levels, including: exposure counter, battery exhaustion warning mark, red-eye reduction, flash-on, flash-off, slow shutter, bulb, backlight compensation, infinity landscape, and self-timer, with one quick glance.

Since the IQ Zoom EZY-S Date is fully automatic, all you have to do is load the film and go. The film transport system handles the loading, winding, and rewinding. It even turns itself off after three minutes of inactivity, saving your battery power and protecting the lens.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great little camera BUT........, August 8, 2001

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Laura Shepard (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pentax IQ Zoom EZY -S Date 35mm Camera (Electronics)

Really great features. Can be a little overwhelming for someone who's been used to fully automatic point & shoot cameras. JUST DON'T BUY IT RIGHT BEFORE A BIG OR IMPORTANT EVENT. Get it and practice with the features first. The slow shutter features resulted in very blurred pictures of my cousin's wedding ceremony. Great color & light but very blurred. I believe with some practice it could be a great little camera for the basic photographer.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Everything but the picture, March 4, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Pentax IQ Zoom EZY -S Date 35mm Camera (Electronics)

Nice design, nice ergonomics, nice features. The only problem is that the lens is not very sharp, even for 4x5s. Tried indoors with flash, and outdoors in bright light. I can understand this camera having problems with 8x10, but the small format shots should be better.