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Pentax Optio M50 8MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom (Silver)

Pentax Optio M50 8MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom (Silver)

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Brand: Pentax
Category: Photography

Buy New: $229.99



New (2) from $114.98

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 reviews
Sales Rank: 16378

Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 5
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Focal Length: 31.5
Minimum Focal Length: 6.3
Maximum Resolution: 8
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 3.7 x 2.2 x 0.9

MPN: 17103
Model: 17103
UPC: 027075140400
EAN: 0027075140400
ASIN: B0012Q72HA

Release Date: April 14, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

Features:
  • 8.0-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 16x 22-inch prints
  • 5x optical zoom; Digital Shake Reduction
  • 2.5-inch LCD monitor with wide viewing angle
  • Face Recognition AF and AE
  • Capture images to SD cards (not included); 51.1MB of built-in memory

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
A compact digital camera with a powerful 5X zoom, the Optio M50 sports a stylish design, shake reduction, face recognition, simplicity, and great image results for still and movie modes. You are assured high-resolution images with its 8.0 megapixel CCD and review your images easily with a 2.5-inch wide view LCD. This all-around Optio also offers Smile Capture and Face Recognition to capture perfect portraits. The M50 is just a great everyday camera for home, touring, or just anytime. Panorama mode automatically stitches a series of three images into one wide scene 2.5? TFT color LCD TTL contrast detection autofocus; Autofocus - 9 point autofocus, multi/spot/auto-tracking autofocus available; Manual focus; Macro focus Built-in series-control auto ElectronicFlash; Flash modes - Auto, flash on, flash off, redeye; Effective range - 14' (wide, auto ISO), 9.2' (tele, auto ISO) Internal memory - 51.1 MB; Removable memory - SD, SDHC USB 2.0 hi-speed, AV out; Video out - NTSC, PAL; Printer interfaces - PictBridge File formats - Still - JPG (EXIF 2.2), DCF 2.0 (design rule for camera file system), DPOF, Print Image Matching III; Movie - AVI (Motion JPG), 30/15 FPS w/sound, color/sepia/B&W, Movie SR; Sound - WAV (PCM), monaural Unit Dimensions (W x H x D) - 3.7 x 2.2 x 0.9?; Weight (without battery or removable memory) - 4.1 oz; Loaded and ready - 4.6 oz Includes USB Cable I-USB7 (39551), AV Cable I-AVC7 (39552), Rechargeable Li-Ion Battery D-LI78 (TBA), Battery Charge Cradle D-BC78(A), AC Plug Cord (39477), Strap O-ST51 (39328), Software S-SW77


Customer Reviews:   Read 11 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars A Nice Little Camera for Family and Vacation Photos   September 14, 2008
Timothy Riley (San Antonio, TX USA)
56 out of 57 found this review helpful

I bought the Pentax Optio M50 as a gift. I chose this model for the following reasons:

* It is small and compact enough to always have with you
* It is very stylish (especially for a young girl). We got it in Pink to go with her pink iPod.
* I wanted a camera with a minimum of 8MP which is plenty for home use (I have advanced digital SLRs with 8MP and they take pro-quality images)
* The zoom ratio (5x) was much better than those found on other cameras in it's class (usually 3x)
* I like the feature that automatically detects and exposes for faces (although the "Auto-Smile" feature seems to be a hit-or-miss feature so I don't suggest using it)
* It is a good value for the price

A couple of things to be aware of though:

* There is no optical viewer, you must use the rear screen to compose the image
* The "shake reduction" feature is not true electronic image stabilization, which you can find or higher-end cameras. Instead it raises the sensitivity of the light sensing chip in low light which allows the use of a higher shutter speed at the same time giving you less detail in the resulting photo. Nice feature, but not as nice as IS which reduces or compensates for actual camera shake electronically.

Over all this is a great buy. Just a few years ago a camera like this would have cost at least twice as much. Considering it's features this is a very good value and Pentax is a name that you can trust.



5 out of 5 stars Light weight and beautiful pictures   May 13, 2008
Graciela Saud Sandoval
31 out of 32 found this review helpful

It's a powerful camera even when you get it light weight at first impression.
I recommend it, take beautiful pictures. Great quality.
The smile capture feature is great, so fun!
The zoom is a little to sensitive, it goes fast to the max value and you often have to zoom out to get the point you are looking for. But great if you want to go to the max zoom in fast.
I'm very pleased with my camera.



5 out of 5 stars Great little camera.   September 24, 2008
V. Valle (Miami, Fl USA)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful

It's small and very light so you can take it anywhere. Icons that are fun and easy to use. Takes great pictures. I love the soft flash mode, the warm skin tone mode and the rechargeable battery. The only thing is that I got it in pink, great color, but my little granddaughter thinks it's her toy!


5 out of 5 stars pentax camera   July 2, 2008
Janice Mayo
9 out of 16 found this review helpful

i love it i shake alot and i tryed my brothers and i took great pic's i was impressed. i had to have one. i do scrappbooking and need to take good pic of my family. i have two other camera and this is the best when u have shakie hands.


5 out of 5 stars Camera   July 26, 2008
Debi Kerns (Sterling, Il)
8 out of 12 found this review helpful

This camera is awesome. It is handy being so small yet takes great photos. The zoom is an excellent feature.

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