PENTAX Optio A40
The Best Digital Camera US$ 250
12.0 effective megapixels for higher image quality and enhanced
performance
The Optio A40 is PENTAX’s first digital camera with 12.0 effective megapixels, which enables for ultra high-definition images.
]SR(Shake Reduction) mechanism
The SR mechanism is unique to PENTAX, and corrects camera shakes when photographing still images by shifting the image sensor (CCD) horizontally and vertically in relation to the amount of shaking that the high-accuracy gyro sensor detects.
“Digital SR” (Shake Reduction) *1
Digital SR (Shake Reduction) mode automatically adjusts sensitivity, to as high as the ultrahigh sensitivity of ISO 3200 according to the brightness of the subject, and effectively reduces camera shakes and subject blurring when photographing still images.
“Movie SR” (Shake Reduction) *2
The Movie SR function electronically reduces camera shakes exclusively during the shooting of movies.
“Face Recognition AF&AE” function that photographs portrait more beautifully with simple operation
The Optio A40 is equipped with a “Face Recognition AF&AE” function*3 that automatically detects and focuses on faces. *3: This Camera’s “Face Recognition AF&AE” function uses the Face Tracker face recognition technology from FotoNation.
3X optical zoom and 6X digital zoom for a maximum of 17.9X
magnification.
Video recording function enabling high-quality recording for long period of time
The Optio A40 smoothly captures movies at 30fps (frames per second) at sizes up to 640×480 pixels with image quality rivaling camcorders. Since it employs the DivX® (MPEG-4) movie format*5, the Optio A40 can record long, high-quality movies.
An “Intelligent zoom” function enables images to be magnified shooting, while maintaining the image quality of optical zoom
Others
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- Users can freely choose “Shutter-Priority AE” mode and “Manual Exposure” mode, depending on the effect they are aiming to achieve
- An “Intelligent zoom” function enables images to be magnified shooting, while maintaining the image quality of optical zoom
- “Auto Picture” mode automatically determines the best settings for the shooting conditions
- Mode palette provide quick access of 18 shooting modes and 15 playback modes
- Approximately 21.0 MB of built-in-memory
- Compatible with SD memory cards and SDHC memory cards
- FotoNation’s red eye compensation function for flash shots
- Includes the ACDSee for PENTAX 3.0 image viewer/image management software that support Windows Vista™
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Support PictBridge, DPOF functions, Exif Print, and PRINT Image Matching III


