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February 22, 2007 PENTAX Corporation 

 
PENTAX Optio A30
A compact digital camera in PENTAX's top class, with 10.0 effective megapixels and enhanced anti-shake functions, making high-quality images possible
PENTAX Optio A30

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Optio A30 Specification
  Effective Pixels       10 megapixels
  Sensor   Total pixels   10.37 megapixels
1/1.8 inch interline transfer CCD with a primary color filter
  Recorded Pixels   Still   10M (3648 x 2736), 7M (3072 x 2304), 5M (2592 x 1944), 3M (2048 x 1536), 2M (1600 x 1200), 1024 (1024 x 768), 640 (640 x 480) pixels
* During Digital SR mode, the recorded size is fixed to 5M.
* During Flame composition mode, the recorded size is fixed to 3M ( 2048 x 1536 ).
      Movie   640 ( 640 x 480 ), 320 ( 320 x 240 ) pixels
  ISO Sensitivity       Auto ( ISO64 - ISO800 ), Fixed ( ISO64/ISO100/ISO200/ISO400/ISO800/ISO1600 )
* 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 AVI(DivX® compatible with MPEG-4), 30 fps, with sound, Movie anti-shake
(The input image signal at 25fps is recorded as 30fps.)
      Sound   WAV (PCM), monaural
  Quality Levels   Still / Movie   (Best), (Better), (Good)
  Storage Media       Build-in Memory (approx. 22MB), SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card
  White Balance       Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light, Manual setting
  Lens   smc PENTAX zoom lens
      Focal Length   7.9mm-23.7mm (equivalent to 38-114mm in 35mm format)
      F Value   F2.8-F5.4
      Composition   7 elements in 5 groups (2 dual-sided aspherical elements,1single-sided aspherical element )
      Zoom   Electric
      Capturing Area   approx. 65.6mm x 48.6mm to the fullest of LCD (at super Macro mode)
      Lens barrier   Electric
  Intelligent Zoom   approx. 3.6X at 7M, approx. 4.2X at 5M, approx. 5.3X at 3M, approx. 6.7X at 2M,
approx. 10.4X at 1024, approx. 16.3X at 640 (including optical 3X zoom)
  Digital Zoom   1X - approx. 5.4X (up to approx.16.3X with optical 3X zoom)
  Shake Reduction   CCD-Shift-Type SR Mechanism
approx. 2.5 - 3.5 Shutter-speed steps (A20 is approx. 2.0 - 3.0 Shutter-speed steps)
  LCD   2.5 inch, TFT color LCD (with back light), approx. 232,000pixels, field of view:approx.100%
Low reflection type, Wide viewing angle (Horizontally 160° Verticaly 160°)
LCD Bright Mode
  Playback   One Shot, Index (9 thumb nails), Enlargement (up to 8X, scroll available), Movie Playback, Sound Playback, Histogram, Select&Delete, Calender
      Mode Pallet   Slideshow, Resize, Trimming, Image&Sound Copy, Image Rotation, Color Filter, Digital Filter, Brightness Filter, Movie Edit, Red-eye Compensation, Voice Memo, Protect, DPOF, Start-up Screen, Frame Composite
      Color Filter   B&W, Sepia, Color Filter (8 colors), Color extract (B&W with Red, B&W with Green, B&W with Blue)
      Digital Filter   Soft, Illustration, Special Effect1,Special Effect2, Slim
      Brightness Filter   Brightness
  Focus   Type   TTL contrast detection auto focus system, AF assist lamp available
5-point AF, Spot AF, Tracking AF
      Still  
Normal:
0.35m to infinity (whole zoom area)
1.15ft to infinity (whole zoom area)
Macro:
0.12m to 0.4m (at full wide-angle setting - 11.5mm)
0.39ft to 1.31ft (at full wide-angle setting - 11.5mm)
Supermacro:
0.06m to 0.15m(at full wide-angle setting)
0.20ft to 0.49ft(at full wide-angle setting)
Infinity-landscape, Panfocus, Manual Focus:
available
* Face priority AF is auto selected at the Portrait and Kids mode.
* Auto tracking AF is auto selected at the Sport, Kids and Pet mode initially.
      Movie  
Normal:
0.12m to infinity (at full wide-angle setting), 0.35m to infinity (at full telephoto setting)
0.39 ft to infinity (at full wide-angle setting), 1.15ft to infinity (at full telephoto setting)
Macro:
0.12m to 0.4m (at full wide-angle setting - 11.5mm)
0.39ft to 1.31ft (at full wide-angle setting - 11.5mm)
Supermacro:
0.06m to 0.15m(at full wide-angle setting)
0.20ft to 0.49ft(at full wide-angle setting)
Infinity-landscape, Panfocus, Manual Focus:
available
      Focus Lock   By pressing the shutter button to the middle
  Manual Focus       0.06m to infinity (at full wide-angle setting), 0.35m to infinity (at full telephoto setting)
  Exposure Control   Metering System   TTL metering: Choice of Multi-segment metering, Center-weighted metering, Spot metering
      Exposure Mode   Picture, Program, Shutter-priority, Manual
* Face priority AE is auto selected at the Portrait and Kids mode.
      Exposure
Compensation
  ±2EV (1/3EV Steps)
  Capture modes       Green
      Mode Pallet   Auto Picture [Nomal, Night Scene, Landscape, Portrait], Program / Shutter-priority / Manual, Night Scene, Movie, Voice Recording, Landscape, Flower, Portrait / Kids, Digital SR, Surf&Snow, Sport, Pet, Text, Food, Frame Composite
  Movie   Shooting time   Until the memory card becomes full ( up to 2GB )
      Edit Function   Save as still image, Divide movies, Extract movies
  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” reduction function employs a pre-discharge. Soft flash
      Effective Range  
Wide:
approx. 0.06m - approx. 7.1m (Standard Output Sensitivity Auto)
approx. 0.20ft - approx. 23ft (Standard Output Sensitivity Auto)
Tele:
approx. 0.35m - approx. 3.5m (Standard Output Sensitivity Auto)
approx. 1.15ft - approx. 11ft (Standard Output Sensitivity Auto)
  Drive Modes   One shot, Self-timer ( 10sec., 2sec. ), Continuous, Remote control ( 3sec., 0sec. )
  Self-timer   Electric
  Remote Control   Type   Infrared rays, Optional transmitter available
      Function   On Capturing: 3sec, 0sec. Release, Zoom function available with Remote Control E On Playing back: Forwarding Image, Backwarding available with Remote Control E, on video output
      Distance   Within approx. 4m in front of the camera
  Clock Function World Time   75 cities (28 time zones)
  Power   Sources   Rechargeable D-LI8 lithium-ion battery, Optional AC adapter kit is also available
      Recordable Images   Still: approx. 150 (Rechargeable D-LI8 lithium-ion battery)
      Playback Time   Playback: approx. 110 mins (Rechargeable D-LI8 lithium-ion battery)
  Interfaces       USB2.0(HI-SPEED), AV output 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, 100 x 150, 4" x 6", 8" x 10", Letter, 11" x 17", A4, A3, Printer Setting
      Paper Type   , , , Printer Setting
      Paper Quality   , , , Printer Setting
      Border   With, Without, Printer Setting
  Dimensions       89.5(W) x 57.5(H) x 23.5(D)mm (excluding protrusions)
  Weight   Body   130g (without battery and SD memory card)
      With battery & SD card   150g (loaded and ready)
  Accessories       Rechargeable D-LI8 lithium-ion battery, Charger, AC cable, USB cable, AV cable, Software (CD-ROM), Strap
  Start-up Time       approx. 1.8 sec. (A20 is approx. 1.9 sec. )
  AF Time       approx. 0.54 sec. (A20 is approx. 0.83 sec. )
  Release Time Lug       approx. 0.02 sec. (A20 is approx. 0.1 sec. )
  Shot to Shot       approx. 1.3 sec. / flame (Panasonic 256MB SD memory card)
  Languages       English, French, Germany, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkey, Russian, Thai, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese


Storage capacity ( Still )
Recorded Pixels 10M
(3648 x 2736)
7M
(3072 x 2304)
5M
(2592 x 1944)
3M
(2048 x 1536)
2M
(1600 x 1200)
1024
(1024 x 768)
640
(640 x 480)
 
Built-in memory  6 9 13 8 13 18 12 19 26 19 29 40 28 41 57 52 76 105 96 140 194
16MB 3 5 7 5 7 11 7 11 16 12 18 25 17 25 35 32 47 66 60 87 122
32MB 8 12 17 12 17 25 17 25 35 26 39 54 37 55 76 69 101 140 128 186 258
64MB 18 26 37 25 37 52 36 53 74 56 81 113 78 114 158 144 208 289 265 383 531
128MB 37 54 76 53 77 107 75 109 151 114 165 229 160 232 322 292 423 586 537 776 1076
256MB 75 109 152 107 155 215 151 218 303 229 331 459 321 464 643 584 845 1170 1072 1550 2146
512MB 147 213 296 208 302 418 293 424 588 444 642 890 623 900 1247 1133 1638 2268 2079 3004 4160
1GB 296 428 594 418 605 838 588 850 1178 891 1287 1783 1247 1802 2496 2269 3278 4540 4161 6012 8324
2GB 604 873 1209 852 1232 1706 1198 1731 2397 1813 2619 3627 2539 3667 5079 4617 6669 9235 8465 10000 10000
4GB 1187 1716 2376 1675 2420 3351 2353 3400 4708 3561 5144 7123 4986 7203 9973 9067 10000 10000 10000 10000 10000

Storage capacity ( Movie / Sound )
Recorded Pixels Movie
(640x480)
Movie
(320x240)
Sound
Frames per second 30fps 30fps 30fps 30fps 30fps 30fps
 
Built-in memory  1min.03sec. 1min.19sec. 1min.35sec. 4min.05sec. 5min.05sec. 5min.51sec. 24min.07sec.
16MB  39sec. 49sec. 59sec. 2min.32sec. 3min.09sec. 3min.37sec. 15min.06sec.
32MB  1min.24sec. 1min.45sec. 2min.07sec. 5min.27sec. 6min.46sec. 7min.48sec. 31min.59sec.
64MB  2min.55sec. 3min.39sec. 4min.23sec. 11min.17sec. 14min.01sec. 16min.09sec. 1h.05min.47sec.
128MB  5min.55sec. 7min.25sec. 8min.55sec. 22min.56sec. 28min.29sec. 32min.51sec. 2h.13min.19sec.
256MB  11min.51sec. 14min.50sec. 17min.49sec. 45min.50sec. 56min.56sec. 1h.05min.39sec. 4h.25min.59sec.
512MB  22min.58sec. 28min.47sec. 34min.33sec. 1h.28min.53sec. 1h.50min.25sec. 2h.7min.18sec. 8h.35min.26sec.
1GB  46min.00sec. 57min.38sec. 1h.09min.11sec. 2h.57min.56sec. 3h.41min.03sec. 4h.14min.52sec. 17h.11min.28sec.
2GB  1h.33min.36sec. 1h.57min.15sec. 2h.20min.46sec. 6h.02min.00sec. 7h.29min.43sec. 8h.38min.30sec. 34h.58min.00sec.
4GB  3h.03min.49sec. 3h.50min.16sec. 4h.36min.26sec. 11h.50min.54sec. 14h.43min.09sec. 16h.58min.14sec. 68h.39min.39sec.


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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