Hands-on with Pentax's new Optio lineup
By Steven Kim 
posted January 31st 2008 4:16PM
posted January 31st 2008 4:16PM
posted January 31st 2008 4:16PM
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What's with all the blurry photos? Can't you borrow a (better) camera from Pentax to take those photos?
They look no worse than any other camera I've seen. It just suffers from bad presentation. Just a bunch of people standing around a clutered desk, the camera has touch smudges on it and everyone fotographed at groin level... i think any camera will look bad in those conditions
Are the Optio cameras not good? From the specs, the M50 was a camera I was considering when it was released. Should I stay away?
I've had my Optio A30 for about a year and love it. CCD shift optical image stabilization, 640x480 30fps DivX video recording, very little shutter lag, an actual manual exposure mode and quite pocketable. It's been a nearly perfect compliment to my DS. My girlfriend's W20 is pretty good too.
Give me a compact about the same size as my A30 or smaller that is waterproof, has optical IS, better quality DivX video and greater than 3x optical zoom and that would be my next camera.
My mom and sister both have Optios. They're fine for pointing and shooting. Well built and fit in an Altoids tin. Not everyone needs a DSLR. Honestly? Most people that OWN DSLRs don't need them. You don't need that kind of capability to take pictures of your dumb dog for your Flickr account.