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Im looking for opinions on Pentax, are they any good in general, are they a respected camera manufacturer ? The names familiar as in ive heard of them but never really known what they produce.
Ive been looking for a new camera with certain features
* I wanted it to be compact and pocketable - Ruling out big bulky cameras with bumps and curves and long permanantly protruding lenses
* I wanted as good an optical zoom as possible in the above type/size camera.
* I wanted it to take SD/MMC cards so I can use a spare 1GB card I have already
* I want it to have a rechargeable battery and not use AA's
* I want it to last me a while so no cheap no name brands offering huge MP ratings for very little money etc... I want a quality camera
This is what I found:
Full Spec here at the pentax website:
http://www.pentax.co.uk/product_details.php?divisionid=2&productid=1200&parentid=16
This fills pretty much all of my needs, its reasonably small, it has a retractable zoom, it has a 5x optical zoom which is the best I could find in a camera like this and best of all I found it for £180 delivered saving about £40 - £80 cheaper than anywhere else just because it was missing its box.
Still waiting for it to arrive but just wanted to know if it was any good ?
Thanks for any advice
B.
Ive been looking for a new camera with certain features
* I wanted it to be compact and pocketable - Ruling out big bulky cameras with bumps and curves and long permanantly protruding lenses
* I wanted as good an optical zoom as possible in the above type/size camera.
* I wanted it to take SD/MMC cards so I can use a spare 1GB card I have already
* I want it to have a rechargeable battery and not use AA's
* I want it to last me a while so no cheap no name brands offering huge MP ratings for very little money etc... I want a quality camera
This is what I found:
Full Spec here at the pentax website:
http://www.pentax.co.uk/product_details.php?divisionid=2&productid=1200&parentid=16
This fills pretty much all of my needs, its reasonably small, it has a retractable zoom, it has a 5x optical zoom which is the best I could find in a camera like this and best of all I found it for £180 delivered saving about £40 - £80 cheaper than anywhere else just because it was missing its box.
Still waiting for it to arrive but just wanted to know if it was any good ?
Thanks for any advice
B.