14 DAY TRIAL // Pentax Imaging Company, a leader in the production of digital and film cameras, scopes, eyepieces, binoculars, lenses, mobile printers, scanners and internet camera, has just announced its new Pentax Optio S7 compact digital camera, the latest addition to the manufacturer's Pentax Optio S series, which is a well-known line-up because of the model's slim, stylish design and the advanced embedded capabilities.
The Pentax Optio S7 includes a 3X optical zoom, 7.0 effective megapixels, a high resolution 2.5 inch LCD monitor, MPEG-4 DivX Movie Mode, and 23MB internal memory, as it is considered to be the first compact Pentax digital camera to support the latest SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) memory cards in addition to SD memory cards. (SDHC (also know as SD 2.0) is a FAT32-compliant format designed for capacities up to 4GB or more.)
As several other similar products lately launched, this digital camera also features a user-friendly Blur Reduction High ISO mode in order to reduce the effects of camera shake and subject blurring for sharper images even in dim lighting conditions such as night scenes and indoor sporting events. More precisely, if the user opts for this mode, the camera adjusts shutter speeds automatically to an ISO as high as 1600 to match the brightness of the subject, as the higher sensitivities permit faster shutter speeds.
Another advanced feature is the Face Recognition AF & AE, a function that simplifies portrait-taking by automatically detecting the position of the subject's face and adjusting the focus and exposure based on the detected position.
The company's representatives announced that the new Pentax Optio S7 will be available starting September 2006 at about $300.