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Pentax Optio S45 Review
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Review Summary
The Pentax Optio S45 features a Pentax SMC 3x optical zoom lens, a 4 megapixel sensor, and a large 2.5" screen, all encased in a small aluminium body. The Pentax Optio S45 is available from around £110 making the S45 a very good value for money.
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Other Reviews For This Model
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| CNET Reviews |
8.00 |
12-19-05 |
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| "The 4-megapixel sibling of Pentax's 5-megapixel Optio S55, the Pentax Optio S45 offers the same ultracompact body, large LCD, 3X optical zoom, and streamlined feature set as its predecessor. It also has a number of helpful and fun features that aren't as easy to find as they could be, so you'll need to read the manual to acquaint yourself with everything this camera can do. But for out-of-the-box use, the Optio S45 is snapshot simple.
Aside from its minimal shutter lag in bright light and its smooth-moving 3X zoom lens (35.6mm to 107mm, 35mm-camera equivalent), the Pentax Optio S45 is incredibly slow. Even the continuous-shooting mode plods along at about 0.7fps at best, and the camera takes almost 5 seconds to go from start-up to first shot." |
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| Trusted Reviews |
7.17 |
08-02-05 |
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| The S45 - and the S55 announced at the same time - is developed from the Optio S40 launched in February of last year. It shares a similarly-sized aluminium body, the same 2x AA battery power source and the same Sliding Lens System 3x zoom SMC (Super Multi Coated) Pentax optics. This lens system is one of the most widely used in the whole of digital photography. It appears on products from Casio, HP, Samsung, Ricoh and BenQ. It is lightweight, compact and efficient, and can produce some excellent results in combination with the right electronics. We'll come to the results later, after taking a look at the camera's overall appearance and performance. |
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