Pentax Optio L20 - UK Digital Camera Review

Pentax Optio L20 Review

The Pentax Optio L20 is a stylish digital zoom compact camera incorporating 7 megapixels and many features including Blur Reduction and Face Recognition.

The Blur Reduction mode on the Pentax Optio L20 compensates for camera shake and subject blurring whilst the Face Recognition AF & AE makes portrait taking more successful because focus and exposure are automatically adjusted for once the subject's face has been identified.

Pentax Optio L20 Front
Pentax Optio L20 Back

ISO sensitivity equivalents are 50/100/200/400 in auto and manual and White Balance modes include auto, daylight, tungsten, fluorescent, shade and manual. The Pentax L20 focusing system is TTL contrast detection autofocus with AF spotbeam covering: autofocus - normal (0.4m to infinity) and macro (0.15 m to 0.5m on wide-angle). Still image focus ranges are panfocus, manual and autofocus with movie ranges of panfocus and manual. The Optio L20 has a selection of preset scenes including night, movie, landscape, flower, portrait, surf and snow, kids, sport and food.

The Pentax L20 has still image file format of JPEG (Exif2.2),DCF, DPOF, PRINT Image Matching III and movie format of AVI (DivX compatible with MPEG-4) at 30fps with sound. Movie mode has a movie anti-shake function and the DivX file format allows for easy transfer of movie files. The Pentax Optio L20 has a built-in memory of 23MB and is SD and SDHC compatible. Images can be viewed on the 2.5" TFT colour, Beau-reflective type LCD which has a coverage of approximately 100%.

Built-in flash modes are flash-on, flash-off, soft flash and red-eye reduction and the Pentax Optio L20 is powered by a rechargeable D-L18 lithium-ion battery with an AC adaptor being available as an optional extra.

The Pentax Optio L20 is compatible with NTSC and PAL formats and PictBridge.

Pentax Optio L20 Specifications & Features

  • 7 Megapixels
  • 4 x Digital Zoom
  • 15cm Focusing Distance
  • Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light and Manual White Balance Settings
  • 2.5" LCD Screen, approx. 232,000 pixels
  • Flash On, Flash Off, Soft and Red-Eye Reduction Flash Modes
  • Maximum Image Size 3072 x 2304 Pixels
  • 640 x 480 Movies
  • PictBridge Compatible
  • Secure Digital (SD) and SDHC Card - 23MB Internal Memory
  • Rechargeable Li-ion Battery
  • Approximate Weight 100g

Pentax Optio L20 User Reviews

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Reviewer: steven - UK
Nice small..... cam but dont like the movie mode due to having to hold the button down to film, insted of click to turn on and then click to turn off

Features
Rating 9/10
Image Quality
Rating 10/10
Usability
Rating 9/10
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