January 8, 2003 Pentax announces a new very compact 3 Megapixel digital camera loaded with features for beginner and pro: the Pentax OptioS. The most striking feature of the OptioS is its optical zoom range. Pentax has managed to fit a 3x zoom lens into a camera with a depth of only 20mm. Additionally, a 1.6 inch LCD viewer has been mounted in spite of a length x width of only 83 x 52 mm. Even with movie mode and audio, the OptioS weights only 115 gr. incl. battery and MMC card. Availability is April 2003...More |