Pentax Optio RZ18 Compact Camera

Pentax announced the newest superzoom camera called the Optio RZ18. This compact digital camera is truly offers something rarely in similar camera, because Pentax Optio RZ18 has a 18x optical zoom.With this great optical zoom you can take all the pictures, both close-up to landscape with ease by simply using a compact sized digital camera.

Pentax Optio RZ18 use CCD type image sensor with 16 megapixel resolution. This camera has equipped with wide-angle lens Pentax Zoom Lens 4.5 mm – 81.0 mm (equivalent to 25mm lens – 450 mm on a 35mm format camera). In addition to having the power to 18x optical zoom, the lens with the aperture F3,5 to 4.9 also has the ability to digitally zoom up to 7.2 x and also equipped with a macro shooting mode that can take focus close as 1.6 inches.

This camera has the ability to shutter speed 1 / 2000 second to 1 / 4 sec. Shutter speed can also be reached 4 seconds in Night Scene mode. Level of sensitivity, this camera has very broad ISO range for a camera in the compact class, ie ranging from ISO 80 to ISO 6400. With the ISO sensitivity and shutter capability plus embedding sensors coupled with shift based image stabilization (Multiple Pentax Shake Reduction), Pentax Optio RZ 18 fairly steady for use in low light shooting conditions.

Camera fixed to a 3-inch LCD screen with 460,000 dots HVGA resolution. It also has the ability to record video in HD formats(720p @ 30fps). This capability is less when compared to other cameras that most of the class already has a Full HD video recording format.

Pentax Optio RZ18 comes with some color choice, orange, black or white. This camera will be marketed in October 2011with prices $ 299.