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Pentax Optio M50 Digital Camera (Blue)

8.0 Megapixels
5x Optical Zoom smc-Pentax Lens
2.5" LCD Monitor
High Sensitivity (ISO 6400)
Tracking AF
Versatile Video Recording
Face Recognition
Auto Picture Mode
Stylish & Compact Design

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The Pentax Optio M50 Digital Camera produces images with an astounding 8.0 megapixel image quality, and is equipped with a 5x optical smc PENTAX lens (equivalent to a 36 - 180mm lens in 35mm format). It has an ultra-slim and stylish body with a fresh design, and is made from high quality aluminum alloys for superb durability.

It is also loaded with a host of impressive advanced features including Digital Shake Reduction, an Auto Macro feature, Face Recognition Auto Focus with the Smile Capture mode, and you can even capture smooth, high-quality movies at 30 fps at a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels, which is comparable to movies taken with a camcorder.

The compact Optio M50 provides a generous 2.5 inch LCD monitor that is easily viewable from any angle for easy framing and reviewing of your images, and the camera's aluminum chassis and slim design makes the camera both durable and fashionable.

• Ultra Thin Compact Design: The Optio M50 Digital Camera is comfortable to hold, very portable, and very fashionable. It is less than 1" thick and is made of a premium quality aluminum alloy for greater durability.

• 8.0 Megapixel Resolution: The Optio M50 captures outstanding image quality thanks to a 1/2.35" 8.0 Megapixel primary color CCD combined with a high-performance ASIC image processor.

• Top Quality 5x Zoom Lens: The Optio M50 incorporates a high-performance smc-Pentax 5x optical zoom lens to capture a variety of subjects - from landscape to snapshots and portraits - with perfect composition by means of effortless fingertip operation. Furthermore, the lens incorporates four aspherical lens elements to effectively compensate for image distortions and aberrations. The quality lens also provides macro capability enabling the camera to focus down to 4 inches (10 cm).

• Digital SR (Shake Reduction) Function: Using Digital SR reduces camera shake and blurring of the subject when photographing still images. The sensitivity is adjusted automatically, to as high as ISO 6400, enabling photography with fast shutter speeds, and consequently less blur. Movie SR (Shake Reduction) is also included in the camera providing an electronic shake reduction function exclusively for capturing movies.

• Superb Autofocus System with Responsive Tracking AF: The TTL contrast detection autofocus system with 9-point multi auto focus, Spot-focus, Infinity landscape and Auto tracking focus provides for sharp images and focus flexibility for more creative shooting. When the tracking AF mode is selected, the focus frame continually follows the main subject as it moves around in the image field, ensuring sharp, crisp focus at the shutter release. This mode is automatically selected by the camera in the Sport, Pet and Kids shooting modes.

• Face Recognition Function: The Optio M50 which is equipped with a Face Recognition function automatically detects and focuses on up to 15 faces, regardless of where the people appear in the photo frame. In addition, optimal exposure settings are automatically set so that the area with faces is highlighted, even in backlit situations, and the evolved Face Recognition system of the M50 includes a Smile Capture mode to automatically capture smiling faces.

• Auto Picture Mode: The Auto Picture mode in the Optio M50 automatically determines the shooting conditions for Landscape, Portrait, Night Scene, and Normal modes and selects the optimum settings for each subject.

• VGA Movie Record: The high-quality extended movie feature of the Optio M50 captures QuickTime motion JPEG at up to VGA quality (640 x 480 @ 30 fps), and can also record in 3 different compression ratios to maximized video recording capability. You can also record movies in full color, in sepia tone for that old movie look, or in black & white for an art-film appearance, plus the Movie SR feature ensures that your video clips are smooth and comfortable to watch.

• Simple, User-friendly Operation: In order to assure best results with minimal effort, the Optio M50 offers the convenient Green Mode, which automatically and instantly sets all image factors - including exposure, sensitivity and white balance - to optimum levels, with a single push of the green button on the back panel. Since this user-friendly mode eliminates complicated camera operations completely, it lets even first-time digital camera users take beautiful, high-quality images with minimal effort.

• Easy-to-use Shooting Modes: The Optio M50 features the Pentax-original mode palette system for smooth, effortless selection of shooting and playback modes - all the user has to do to set the desired mode is select the corresponding icon on the screen. Furthermore the extensive modes available in the camera mean that there is a simple shooting solution for just about any type of photography. The M50 even has a Panorama mode that automatically stitches three images together for a wide vista shot - great for landscapes and travel pictures.

• 2.5" Color LCD Display: Despite its compact dimensions, the Optio M50 features a large, low-reflection 2.5-inch color LCD monitor with wide view capability (approx. 170 degrees) to make capturing and reviewing images easy, and since the screen is bright with excellent contrast, it is easily viewable, whether shooting in a dimly lit indoor setting or outdoors in the bright sun.

• Outstanding Battery Life: Thanks to its comprehensive energy-saving design, and a compact high yields lithium battery, the Optio M50 provides exceptional battery life (approximately 230 images on a full charge).

• Direct Print Capable: The Optio M50 supports PictBridge Direct Printing, so you can take advantage of simple, push-button printing of recorded images, without requiring a personal computer.

Image Quality
Optics
Focus Control
Exposure Control

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Performance
Memory & Power
Input/Output

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Physical

Camera Type: Ultra-Compact Point-and-shoot Digital Camera

Image Quality

Image Sensor: 1/2.35" 8.5 Megapixel Interline Transfer CCD

Effective Resolution: 8.0 million pixels

Color Depth: 24-Bit RGB

Color Modes: Color, Sepia, B&W

Image File Formats: JPEG (best, better, good)

Recorded Resolution: 8M (3264 x 2448)
5M (2592 x 1944)
4M (2304 x 1728)
3M (2048 x 1536)
2M (1600 x 1200)
1024 (1024 x 768)
VGA (640 x 480)

Video Recording: AVI Motion JPG (best, better, good) with sound and Movie SR Vibration Reduction
VGA (640 x 480 @ 30 or 15 fps)
QVGA (320 x 240 @ 30 or 15 fps)
Clip length limited only by available memory

Audio Recording: WAV (PCM), monaural

Optics

Lens Type: Pentax smc zoom lens (8 elements in 6 groups with 4 aspherical elements)

Optical Zoom: 5x
Intelligent Zoom up to 25.5x @ VGA)

Lens Focal Length: 6.3mm - 31.5mm (36mm - 180mm equivalent)

Digital Zoom: 5.1x

Minimum Focus Distance: 3.9" (10 cm)

Maximum Aperture: f/3.5-5.6

Optical Image Stabilization: No (Digital SR available)

Accessory Lens/Filter Mount: No

Focus Control

Focus Type: TTL Contrast Detection Auto Focus

Focus Modes: 9 point AF, Spot AF, Auto Tracking AF, Face Priority AF, Manual, Macro (manual and automatic), Focus lock

Focus Range: Normal: 15.7" (40cm) - infinity
Macro 3.9" (10cm)- 19.7" (50cm) wide)

Exposure Control

Sensitivity: Auto ISO (64-6400*)
Selectable ISO (64, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400*)
*ISO 6400 available in Digital SR Mode only

Shutter Type: Programmed AE electronic lens shutter w/ CCD electronic shutter

Shutter Speed: 4 - 1/2000 seconds

Aperture Range: f/3.5-5.6 (max.)

Exposure Metering: TTL-AE (Multi-segment, Center weighted, Spot)

Exposure Modes: Auto Picture, Green simplified, Program (P), Exposure Compensation (±2 EV in 1/3 EV increments)

White Balance Modes: Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Manual

Scene Modes: Auto Picture, Program, Night Scene, Movie, Voice Recording, Landscape, Flower, Natural Skin Tone, Portrait, Surf & Snow, Sport, Digital SR (5M), Kids, Pet, Food, Panorama, Digital Wide Angle (5M), Green

Flash

Built-in Flash: Yes (Auto, On, Off, Red-eye reduction)

Effective Flash Range: Up to 14' (4.2 m)

External Flash Connection: No

External Flash Control: Not Applicable

Performance

Start-Up Time: 2.0 seconds

Shutter Lag: 0.003 seconds

Time Between Shots: Not Specified by Manufacturer

Burst Capability: Continuous at 1.4 fps

Self Timer: 10 seconds or 2 seconds

Interval Recording: No

Date & Time Stamp: Yes

Memory & Power

Built-in Memory: 51.1MB

Compatible Memory Cards: Secure Digital (SD/SDHC) Card

Recording Capacity

Includes 51.1MB built-in Memory

Still Image Capacity

	Best	Better	Good
8M	10	22	34
5M	16	34	48
4M	22	44	62
3M	30	55	80
2M	44	75	110
1024	88	146	188
VGA	175	260	360

Video Capacity

Video Mode	Record Time
VGA (best) @ 30 FPS	40 seconds
VGA (best) @ 15 FPS	82 seconds
QVGA (best) @ 30 FPS	67 seconds
QVGA (best) @ 15 FPS	130 seconds

Note: All values are estimated

Battery Type: D-LI78 Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery

Power Adapter: AC Adapter Kit (optional)

Input/Output

Computer Interface: USB 2.0 high-speed

Direct Print Capable: Yes (PictBridge)

Remote Control: No

Video Output: NTSC & PAL

Web-Cam Capable: No

System & Software Requirements

Windows System

Pentium II Processor or later
Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista
256MB RAM (512MB recommended)
100MB available Hard Disk space (1GB Recommended)
Available USB Port
CD-ROM Drive
Color Monitor (16-bit)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later

Macintosh System

PowerPC 266 MHz or higher
Mac OS X (10.1.2 or later)
8MB available RAM (minimum)
6MB available Hard Disk space (minimum)
CD-ROM Drive
Color Monitor (16-bit)
QuickTime 6.0 or later

Display

Viewfinder: No

LCD Display: 2.5" TFT Color LCD (230,000 pixels) - Wide angle viewable

Language Options: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Russian, Thai, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Playback Options: One shot, Index (9-up), Magnification (up to 8x), Sound playback, Histogram, Bright/Dark indication, Folder display, Select & Delete, Calendar, Digital SR, Slideshow, Resize, Trimming, Image & sound copy, Image rotation, Digital filters (B&W, sepia, 6 color filters, 3 color extract filters, soft, brightness), Fame composite, Red-eye edit, Vice memo, Protect, DPOF, Image recovery, Startup image, Face zooming, Movie playback, Movie edit (Save as still image, movie divide)

Physical

Dimensions: 2.2 x 3.7 x 0.9" (58 x 95 x 23mm)

Weight: 4.1 oz (117g) without battery

What's in the Box

Pentax Optio M50 Digital Camera (Blue)

Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery (D-L178)

Battery Charge Cradle (D-BC78(A))

AC Plug Cord (type-A)

USB Cable (I-USB7)

A/V Cable (I-AVC7)

Wrist Strap (O-ST51)

Software CD-ROM (S-SW77)

Operating Manual

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