Pentax Announce Optio V20 5X Optical Zoom Point & Shoot Digital Camera

Pentax have announce the latest model in their Optio range of point and shoot compact digital cameras in the form of the ‘ultra-slim’ Optio V20 sporting 5X optical zoom, 8 megapixel resolution, face recognition and, seemingly a prerequisite of compact digital cameras these days, smile recognition.

Undoubtedly aimed at the less demanding of amateur photographers, the Pentax Optio V20, which, from an aesthetic standpoint is certainly a wholly uninspiring affair, also comes with digital camera shake reduction which automatically selects higher ISO setting (up to 6400) to reduce blur, 9 point autofocus, a panorama mode which automatically stitches three images together to create a panoramic scene, a 3” TFT LCD featuring IPS (In Plane Switching) technology facilitating viewing angels of up to 170 degrees and 51.1MB of internal storage capacity expandable with SD/SDHC memory cards.

A solid ‘all rounder’ for those looking for a compact digital camera for day to day use, the Pentax Optio V20 is due to be released sometime in May though, with the market already somewhat saturated by compacts, unit pricing will prove crucial and, at the time of writing, pricing of the Optio V20 is yet to be disclosed.

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