Pentax Optio T20 - UK Digital Camera Review

Pentax Optio T20 Review

The Pentax Optio T20 is one of the slimmest digital cameras on the market and has 7 megapixels, 3x optical and 4x digital zoom. The availability of 7 megapixels delivers exceptional definition ensuring high quality prints.

The smc PENTAX lens with its unique coating ensures clear, high contrast images whilst the image processing technology within the Pentax Optio T20 produces excellent colour and tones at whatever brightness level.

Pentax Optio T20 Front
Pentax Optio T20 Back

Images can be viewed on the large 3" TFT colour LCD (approximately 230,000 pixels) and can also be personalised using the My Drawing mode. This mode allows you to write directly onto the image shown on the screen with the stylus pen or a stored illustration can be added with the Stamp function. The LCD screen also allows you to select and confirm functions simply by touching the screen. Movies can be edited on camera and filters used such as colour, digital and brightness.

The Pentax T20 has a 12MB built-in memory and takes SD memory card. Still file format is JPEG (Exif 2.2), DCF, DPOF, PRINT Image Matching III with movie format of AVI (Motion JPEG) at 30fps or 15fps with sound.

Still focus ranges are pan-focus, manual and auto with movie ranges of pan-focus and manual. The Pentax Optio T20 has 12 shooting modes where settings are preselected and these include; night, movie, landscape, portrait, surf and snow, food, sport and flower. The built-in flash system offers control auto, flash-on, flash-off, soft flash and red-eye reduction.

The Pentax T20 ISO equivalents are auto and manual ranging through 80/160/320/400 with ISO 800 available as a manual setting. White Balance modes include; auto, daylight, tungsten, fluorescent, shade and manual.

A rechargeable D-L18 lithium-ion battery powers the Pentax Optio T20 with an AC adaptor being available as an optional accessory.

The Pentax T20 is compatible with NTSC and PAL formats and PictBridge.

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Pentax Optio T20 Specifications & Features

  • 7 Megapixels
  • 3 x Optical Zoom
  • 4 x Digital Zoom
  • 12 x Combined Zoom
  • 15cm Focusing Distance
  • Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light and Manual White Balance Settings
  • 3.0" LCD Screen, approx. 230,000 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) Card - 12MB Internal Memory
  • Rechargeable Li-ion Battery
  • Approximate Weight 135g

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