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January 4, 2006 PENTAX Corporation 

 
PENTAX Optio A10
The flagship model of our new Optio compact digital camera series featuring a proprietary Shake Reduction system for higher image quality
PENTAX Optio A10

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Optio A10 Specification
  Type       Compact-type digital still camera with built-in zoom lens, autofocus, auto exposure and auto flash and CCD-shift″ (CCD Shift Shake Reduction)
  Effective Pixels       8.0 megapixels
  Sensor       8.32 megapixels
1/1.8 inch interline transfer CCD with a primary color filter
  Color Depth       12 bit
  Recorded Pixels   Still   8M ( 3264x2448 pixels ), 5M ( 2592 x 1944 pixels ), 4M ( 2304 x 1728 pixels ), 3M ( 2048 x 1536 pixels ), 2M ( 1600 x 1200 pixels ), 1024 ( 1024 x 768 pixels ), 640 ( 640 x 480 pixels )
      Movie   640 ( 640 x 480 pixels ), 320 ( 320 x 240 pixels )
During Candle light mode, the recorded size is fixed to 4M ( 2304 x 1728 )
During Frame composition mode,the recorded size is fixed to 3M ( 2048 x 1536 )
  Sensitivity       Auto, Manual ( 50/100/200/400 : Standard Output Sensitivity )
During Candle light mode, Sensitivity is compliant to Standard Output Sensitivity 800.
  File Formats   Still   JPEG (Exif 2.2), DCF, DPOF, PRINT Image Matching III
  Movie AVI (MPEG-4 format, DivX), approx.30fps (frames per second) , with sound, Movie anti-shake
Recorded as 30fps based on image signal at 20fps.
      Sound   WAV (PCM format), monaural
  Quality Levels       (Best), (Better), (Good)
  Storage Media       Built in memory ( approx. 24MB ), SD memory card
  Lens   smc PENTAX power zoom 7.9mm-23.7mm (equivalent to 38mm-114mm in 35mm format)
F2.8-F5.4, 7 elements in 5 groups ( 3 dual-sided aspherical elements #2 )
  Digital Zoom   1X - approx. 4X
  Focusing System   Type   TTL contrast detection autofocus system with AF spotbeam
Manual focus / Infinity-landscape / Panfocus mode available
      Focusing Areas
Focusing Range
  5-point multi AF / Spot AF / Tracking AF switchable
      Still    
      Autofocus    Normal: 0.35m (1.15 ft ) to infinity
Macro: 0.12m (0.39 ft.) to 0.4m (1.31 ft.) at full wide-angle setting - 11.5mm
Supermacro: 0.06m (0.20 ft) to 0.15m(0.49 ft) at full wide-angle setting
      Movie    
      Autofocus    Normal: 0.12m (0.39 ft ) to infinity at full wide-angle setting, 0.35m (1.15 ft) to infinity at full telephoto setting
Macro: 0.12m (0.39 ft.) to 0.4m (1.31 ft.) at full wide-angle setting - 11.5mm
Supermacro: 0.06m (0.20 ft) to 0.15m(0.49 ft) at full wide-angle setting
      Manual Focus    available
      Panfocus    available
      Infinity-landscapes    available
  Exposure Control   Metering System   TTL metering : Choice of Multi-segment metering, Center-weighted metering, Spot metering
      Modes   Auto Picture,Program, Night Scene, Movie, Voice recording, Landscape, Flower, Portrait, Sport, Surf & Snow, Candle light, Food, Pet, Text, Frame composite
      Exposure Compensation   ±2EV (1/3EV Steps)
  Movie   Shooting time   From approx. 1 sec. to memory card capacity.
      Movie Edit   Save as still image, Divide, Extract
  Shutter       Programmed AE electronic lens shutter with CCD electronic shutter
      Shutter speed   Approx. 1/2000 sec. to 4 sec.
  Drive Modes   One shot, Self-timer, Continuous ( standard,high speed ), Remote control
  Flash       Built-in auto flash. Automatic discharge under low lighting conditions in auto mode
Flash-on and Flash-off modes. Soft flash mode and "Red-eye" reduction function also available.
      Effective Range   Approx. 0.06m - 5.0m (0.2 ft -16 ft) at 7.9mm, Sensitivity Auto
Approx. 0.35m -2.5m (1.15 ft -8.2 ft) at 23.7mm, Sensitivity Auto
  White Balance   Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light, Manual setting
  LCD Monitor   2.5 inch, TFT color, Low-Reflective type LCD ( Approx. 232,000 pixels ), field of view: approx. 100%
  Time   World Time   71 cities ( 28 time zones )
  Language       English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Neatherlandish, Russian, Korean, Chinese ( Traditional / Simplified ), Thai, Japanese
  PictBridge   Print modes   Single image print, All images print, DPOF auto print
      Print settings   Paper size, Paper type, Printing quality, Border status
  Interfaces   AV output terminal, USB 2.0(HI-SPEED) terminal, DC input terminal
  Video Output   Compatible with NTSC and PAL formats
  Power Sources   Rechargeable D-LI8 lithium-ion battery. Optional AC adapter also available.
      Power Life  
Still *
: Approx. 150 shots to be taken.
Playback mode **
: Approx. 100 min.
  Dimensions       88.5(W) x 54.5(H) x 23(D) mm ( 3.5 x 2.1 x 0.9 inches ) ( excluding protrusions )
  Weight       145g ( 5.1 oz. ) loaded and ready
125g ( 4.4 oz. ) without battery and SD memory card

*
Recording capacity shows approximate number of shots recorded during CIPA-compliant testing. Actual performance may vary according to operating conditions. ( with LCD monitor on and flash used for 50% of the shots )
**
According to the result of in-house testing. ( with LCD monitor on )


Storage capacity ( Still )
Recorded Pixels 8M
(3264x2448)
5M
(2592x1944)
4M
(2304x1728)
3M
(2048x1536)
2M
(1600x1200)
1024
(1024x768)
640
(640x480)
 
Built-in 
memory 
7 11 16 12 19 26 16 24 34 20 29 41 28 41 58 52 76 106 97 141 196
16MB 4 6 9 7 10 15 9 13 19 11 16 23 16 24 33 30 44 61 56 82 114
32MB 9 14 20 16 23 33 20 30 42 25 36 51 35 51 71 65 94 131 120 174 242
64MB 21 31 43 34 50 69 43 63 88 52 76 105 73 107 148 135 195 271 248 359 497
128MB 44 64 89 70 102 142 89 129 180 107 155 215 150 217 302 274 396 549 504 728 1009
256MB 86 125 174 138 200 277 175 253 351 209 303 420 294 425 589 535 774 1072 983 1420 1967
512MB 173 250 347 275 398 551 348 504 698 417 602 835 584 844 1169 1063 1535 2127 1949 2816 3900
1GB 347 502 696 551 797 1104 698 1009 1398 835 1206 1671 1169 1690 2340 2127 3073 4256 3901 5000 5000

Storage capacity ( Movie / Sound )
Recorded Pixels Movie
(640x480)
Movie
(320x240)
Sound
Frames per second 30fps 30fps 30fps 30fps 30fps 30fps
 
Built-in 
memory 
1min.02sec. 1min.14sec. 1min.25sec. 2min.45sec. 3min.05sec. 3min.22sec. 25min.57sec.
16MB  35sec. 42sec. 48sec. 1min.35sec. 1min.46sec. 1min.56sec. 15min.07sec.
32MB  1min.16sec. 1min.31sec. 1min.45sec. 3min.25sec. 3min.49sec. 4min.10sec. 32min.00sec.
64MB  2min.39sec. 3min.09sec. 3min.37sec. 7min.04sec. 7min.55sec. 8min.37sec. 1h.5min.47sec.
128MB  5min.23sec. 6min.25sec. 7min.22sec. 14min.23sec. 16min.06sec. 17min.32sec. 2h.13min.21sec.
256MB  10min.31sec. 12min.32sec. 14min.23sec. 28min.05sec. 31min.27sec. 34min.14sec. 4h.19min.59sec.
512MB  20min.52sec. 24min.52sec. 28min.34sec. 55min.45sec. 62min.26sec. 67min.57sec. 8h.35min.30sec.
1GB  41min.47sec. 49min.46sec. 57min.10sec. 111min.36sec. 124min.58sec. 136min.01sec. 17h.11min.28sec.


System requirements

ACDSee for PENTAX
PC
OS Windows 98 SE, Me, NT, 2000, and XP
CPU Pentium or later (Pentium III 500MHz or later)
Memory capacity Over 64MB (Over 128MB)
Hard disk capacity Over 40MB (Over 50MB)
Others CD-ROM drive, Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, QuickTime6.0 or later, DirectX9.0 or later, Windows Media Player7.1 or later
Language English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Korean, Chinese (Traditional / Simplified), Japanese
Macintosh
OS 9.2 (with the latest CarbonLib) or later
CPU PowerPC 266MHz or later
Memory capacity Over 8MB
Hard disk capacity Over 6MB
Others CD-ROM drive, QuickTime6.0 or later
Language English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese

The minimum system requirements for running ACD Showtime! for PENTAX are shown in parentheses.
ACD Showtime! for PENTAX is compatible with Windows only.

USB (Driver installment is required for Windows 98/98SE)
PC
OS Windows 98, 98SE, Me, 2000, or XP
Macintosh
OS 9.2, X (Ver.10.1 or later)




REMARKS :  This information is current as of the date of publication. Note that information displayed may have already been changed without prior notice.
#2
A partial modification was made to the lens specification on March 24, 2006.
The Optio A10's zoom lens now uses ″two dual-sided aspherical elements and one single-sided aspherical element for a total of three aspherical elements″ not ″three dual-sided aspherical elements″.

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