Excerpt: Pentax has a reputation for making good quality cameras. They don't come with all the fanfare of Canons or Nikons but their owners can wallow in the knowledge that...
Excerpt: At one-inch thick, the 8-megapixel Pentax Optio Z10 ($200 street) just barely misses its chance to join the elite ranks of ultra-thin digital compacts, but its feature
Excerpt: Continue on to Features & Controls Optio Z10 Specifications Type: Compact digital camera Sensor: Type - 1/2.5" Interline Transfer CCD; Effective pixels - 8.0MP; Total
Summary: The Pentax Optio Z10’s lens is the strongest aspect of this camera. Where most compacts stop at 3x or 4x, the Z10 keeps zooming to 7x, allowing you to get much closer to...
Pros: 7x optical zoom gives relatively long reach., Lens doesn't extend from body., Lens can zoom while filming video., Sharpness, contrast and saturation controls.
Cons: No optical or sensor-shift stabilisation., Poor results in our resolution test., No true wide angle or alignment grid., More compelling rivals.
Conclusion: You’re planning an overseas trip. You want a slim camera with a big zoom and bags of pixels, one that you can slip into your jacket pocket and which will make murals out...