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January 23, 2007 PENTAX Corporation 

 
PENTAX Optio M30
A standard-class, compact digital camera newly designed with an ultra-slim body and high-quality texture
PENTAX Optio M30

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Optio M30 Specification
  Effective Pixels       7.1 megapixels
  Sensor       7.38 megapixels ( total pixels )
1/2.5 inch interline transfer CCD with a primary color filter
  Recorded Pixels   Still   7M ( 3072 x 2304 ), 5M ( 2592 x 1944 ), 4M ( 2304 x 1728 ), 3M ( 2048 x 1536 ), 2M ( 1600 x 1200 ), 1024 ( 1024 x 768 ), 640 ( 640 x 480 ) pixels
During Flame composition mode,the recoded size is fixed to 3M ( 2048 x 1536).
      Movie   640 ( 640 x 480 ), 320 ( 320 x 240 ) pixels
  ISO Sensitivity       Auto ( ISO64/ISO100/ISO200/ISO400/ISO800/ISO1600/ISO3200 )
* The sensitivity is auto selected up to ISO3200 at the Digital SR mode.
  File Formats   Still   JPEG ( Exif 2.2 ), DCF, DPOF, PRINT Image Matching III
  Movie MOV ( Quick Time Motion JPEG ) , approx. 30fps / 15fps ( frames per second ) , with sound and Movie SR
Color mode : Full color, Sepia, Monochrome
      Sound   WAV ( PCM ), monaural
  Quality Levels   Still   (Best), (Better), (Good)
      Movie   (Best), (Better), (Good)
  Storage Media       Build-in Memory ( approx. 21.9MB ) , SD Memory Card, SDHC memory card
  White Balance       Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light, Manual setting
  Lens   smc PENTAX zoom lens
Optical 3X zoom
      Focal Length   6.3 mm - 18.9 mm ( equivalent to 38-114 mm in 35mm format )
      F Value   F3.1 - F5.9
      Composition   6 elements in 5 groups ( 4 aspherical elements )
      Zoom   Electric
      Capturing Area   approx. 44mm x 33mm to the fullest of LCD ( at Super Macro mode )
      Lens barrier   Electric
  Digital Zoom   1X - approx. 4X ( up to approx.12X with optical 3X zoom )
  LCD   2.5 inch, TFTcolor LCD ( with back light )
approx. 115,000 pixels
  Playback   One Shot, Index ( 9 thumb nails ), Enlargement ( up to 8X, scroll available ), Movie Playback, Sound Playback, Histogram, Bright and Dark portion, Folder display, Select&Delete, Calendar
      Mode Pallet   Slideshow, Resize, Trimming, Image&Sound Copy, Image Rotation, Digital Filter, Brightness Filter, Frame Composite, Red-eye Compensation, Voice Memo, Protect, DPOF
      Digital Effect   B&W, Sepia, Color Filter ( 6 colors ), Color extract ( B&W with Red, B&W with Green, B&W with Blue ), Soft
      Color Filter   B&W, Sepia, Color Filter ( 8 colors with bar ), B&W with Red, B&W with Green, B&W with Blue
  Focus   Type   TTL contrast detection auto focus system
9-point AF, Spot AF, Auto tracking AF changeable
      Still   Normal : 0.4m to infinity ( whole zoom area. Tele only : 0.6m to infinity )
Normal : 1.31ft to infinity ( whole zoom area. Tele only : 1.97ft to infinity )
Macro : 0.1m to 1.0m ( at wide setting )
Macro : 0.33 ft to 3.3 ft ( at wide setting )
Super macro : 0.05m to 0.4m
Super macro : 0.16ft to 1.31ft
Intfinity-landscape mode : Infinity ( whole zoom area )
Pan focus : 1.4m to infinity ( at wide setting ), 5.8m to infinity ( at tele setting )
Pan focus : 4.6ft to infinity ( at wide setting ), 19 ft to infinity ( at tele setting )
Manual Focus : 0.1m to infinity ( at wide setting ), 0.6m to infinity ( other than wide )
Manual Focus : 0.33ft to infinity ( at wide setting ), 1.97ft to infinity ( other than wide )
* Face priority AF is auto selected at the Portrait mode.
      Movie   Normal : 0.4m to infinity ( whole zoom area. Tele only : 0.6m to infinity )
Normal : 1.31ft to infinity ( whole zoom area. Tele only : 1.97ft to infinity )
Macro : 0.1m to 1.0m ( at wide setting )
Macro : 0.33 ft to 3.3 ft ( at wide setting )
Super macro : 0.05m to 0.4m
Super macro : 0.16ft to 1.31ft
Intfinity-landscape mode : Infinity ( whole zoom area )
Pan focus : 0.5m to infinity ( at wide setting ), 2.0m to infinity ( at tele setting )
Pan focus : 1.64ft to infinity ( at wide setting ), 6.6 ft to infinity ( at tele setting )
Manual Focus : 0.1m to infinity ( at wide setting ), 0.6m to infinity ( other than wide )
Manual Focus : 0.1m to infinity ( at wide setting ), 0.6m to infinity ( other than wide )
Manual Focus : 0.33ft to infinity ( at wide setting ), 1.97ft to infinity ( other than wide )
      Focus Lock   By pressing the shutter button to the middle
  Exposure Control   Metering System   TTL metering : Only Multi-segment metering
      Exposure Compensation   ±2EV (1/3EV Steps)
  Capture modes       Green, Mode Pallet
      Mode Pallet   AUTO Picture, Program, Night Scene, Movie, Voice Recording, Landscape, Flower, Portrait, Surf&Snow, Sport, Digital SR, Kids, Pet, Food, Frame Composition
  Movie   Shooting time   Until the memory card becomes full
      Edit Function   NA
  Shutter   Type   Programmed AE electronic lens shutter with CCD electronic shutter
      Speed   approx. 1/2000 sec. - approx. 4sec.
  Flash   Type   Built-in series-control auto flash. Automatic discharge under low lighting conditions in auto modes.
      Modes   Flash-on and Flash-off modes. ”Red-eye” compensation function employs a pre-discharge. Soft flash
      Effective Range   Wide : approx. 0.4m - approx. 5.5m ( ISO Auto ), approx. 0.4m - approx. 15.5m ( at Digital SR mode )
Tele : approx. 0.6m - approx. 2.8m ( ISO Auto ), approx. 0.6m - approx. 8.1m ( at Digital SR mode )
  Drive Modes   One shot, Self-timer ( 10 sec, 2 sec ), Continuous
  Self-timer   Electric
  Clock Function   World Time   75 cities ( 28 time zones )
  Power   Sources   Rechargeable D-LI63 lithium-ion battery, Optional AC adapter kit is also available
      Recordable Images   Approx. 230 ( Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery )
      Playback Time   Approx. 330min ( Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery )
  Interfaces   USB/AV terminal, DC input terminal
  Video Output   NTSC/PAL
  PictBridge   Printer   ”PictBridge” supported
      Modes   Single image, All images, DPOF, Paper Size, Paper Type, Paper Quality, Border
      Paper Size   Card, L, 2L, Post Card, 100x150, 4”x6”, 8”x10”, Letter, 11”x17”, A4, A3, Printer Setting
      Paper Type   , , , Printer Setting
      Paper Quality   , , , Printer Setting
      Border   With, Without, Printer Setting
  Dimensions       97(W) x 57(H) x 18(D) mm ( excluding protrusions )
  Weight   Body   120g ( without battery and SD memory card )
      With battery & SD card   135g ( loaded and ready )
  Accessories   Rechargeable D-LI63 lithium-ion battery, Charger, AC cable, USB cable, AV cable, Software ( CD-ROM ), Strap
  Language       English, French, Germany, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkey, Russian, Thai, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese


Storage capacity

Storage capacity ( Still )
Recorded Pixels 7M
(3072 x 2304)
5M
(2592 x 1944)
4M
(2304 x 1728)
3M
(2048 x 1536)
2M
(1600 x 1200)
1024
(1024 x 768)
640
(640X 480)
 
Built-in memory 6 12 18 7 15 24 11 22 31 13 27 40 22 36 54 43 73 93 87 127 175
16MB 4 8 11 5 10 15 7 14 20 8 17 25 14 23 34 28 47 60 56 82 113
32MB 8 16 24 10 21 33 15 30 43 18 37 54 30 49 72 59 99 126 118 172 236
64MB 17 34 50 22 44 67 30 61 88 38 75 110 61 101 149 121 203 258 242 352 484
128MB 35 69 103 44 88 137 62 124 177 77 153 223 124 206 301 244 412 522 489 711 978
256MB 69 134 200 86 173 267 121 242 346 151 299 435 242 401 586 476 802 1016 953 1386 1906
512MB 137 267 397 171 343 530 239 479 686 299 592 863 479 795 1162 944 1590 2014 1888 2747 3777
1GB 276 535 795 343 687 1060 479 959 1374 598 1185 1727 959 1590 2325 1889 3181 4030 3778 5496 7557
2GB 558 1078 1617 698 1397 2119 975 1921 2794 1205 2364 3415 1921 3235 4728 3842 6147 7684 7684 10245 15368
4GB 1097 2117 3176 1371 2743 4162 1915 3771 5486 2366 4642 6705 3771 6352 9284 7543 12070 15087 15087 20116 30175

Storage capacity ( Movie )
Recorded Pixels 640 x 480 320 x 240
Frames per second 30fps 15fps 30fps 15fps
 
Built-in memory 20s 28s 42s 41s 53s 1m22s 33s 45s 1m03s 1m03s 1m27s 2m07s
16MB  13s 18s 27s 26s 34s 53s 21s 29s 41s 41s 56s 1m22s
32MB  28s 37s 57s 55s 1m12s 1m51s 45s 1m01s 1m26s 1m26s 1m58s 2m52s
64MB  57s 1m17s 1m57s 1m53s 2m28s 3m47s 1m32s 2m04s 2m56s 2m56s 4m02s 5m52s
128MB  1m56s 2m36s 3m57s 3m50s 5m01s 7m40s 3m06s 4m12s 5m55s 5m55s 8m09s 11m51s
256MB  3m47s 5m05s 7m42s 7m28s 9m46s 14m57s 6m03s 8m11s 11m33s 11m33s 15m53s 23m06s
512MB  7m31s 10m04s 15m15s 14m48s 19m22s 29m37s 11m59s 16m14s 22m53s 22m53s 31m28s 45m46s
1GB  15m02s 20m08s 30m31s 29m37s 38m44s 59m15s 23m59s 32m29s 45m47s 45m47s 1h02m57s 1h31m33s
2GB  30m07s 40m58s 1h15s 1h15s 1h18m47s 1h53m48s 48m46s 1h04m01s 1h33m06s 1h33m07s 2h08m01s 2h50m41s
4GB  59m09s 1h20m27s 1h58m18s 1h58m19s 2h34m43s 3h43m27s 1h35m46s 2h05m41s 3h02m48s 3h02m50s 4h11m23s 5h35m08s

Storage capacity ( Voice recording )
  Voice recording
Built-in memory  17m22s
16MB  11m10s
32MB  23m26s
64MB  47m57s
128MB  1h36m57s
256MB  3h08m52s
512MB  6h14m14s
1GB  12h28m41s
2GB  25h22m33s
4GB  49h49m27s

*
Built-in memory : Approximately 21.9MB

**
The continuous voice recording time is 24 hours.


System requirements

ACDSee for PENTAX
PC
OS Windows Me, NT, 2000, and XP HomeEdition/Professional
CPU Pentium or later
Memory capacity Over 64MB
Hard disk capacity Over 40MB
Language English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese
Macintosh
OS 9.2 ( with the latest CarbonLib ) or later with QuickTime 6.0 or later installed
CPU Power Macintosh machines of 266MHz or later
Memory capacity Over 8MB
Hard disk capacity Over 6MB
Language English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese

USB
PC
OS Windows Me, 2000, or XP HomeEdition/Professional
Macintosh
OS 9.2, X ( Ver.10.1.2 or later )




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