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July 12, 2007 PENTAX Corporation 

 
PENTAX Optio M40
An ultra-slim, standard-class, compact digital camera with a well balanced basic function
and 8.0 effective megapixcels
PENTAX Optio M40

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Optio M40 Specification
  Lens   PENTAX zoom lens, Optical 3X zoom
6 elements in 5 groups ( 4 aspherical elements )
      Focal Length   6.3mm-18.9mm ( equivalent to 36-108 mm in 35mm format )
      F Value   F3.1-F5.9
      Capturing Area   approx. 47.0 mm x 35.2 mm to the fullest of LCD ( at Super Macro mode )
      Intelligent Zoom   -
      Digital Zoom   approx. 4X
  Shake Reduction   Still   Hi-sensitivity anti-shake mode ( Digital SR )
      Movie   Movie anti-shake ( Movie SR )
  Focus   Type   TTL contrast detection auto focus system
9-point AF, Spot AF, Auto tracking AF
      Still  
Normal :0.4m to infinity ( whole zoom area. Tele only: 0.6m to infinity )
1.31ft to infinity ( whole zoom area. Tele only: 1.97ft to infinity )
Macro :0.1m to 1.0m ( at wide setting )
0.33ft to 3.3ft ( at wide setting )
Super macro :0.05m to 0.4m
0.16ft to 1.31ft
Infinity-landscape mode :Infinity ( whole zoom area )
Manual Focus :0.1m to infinity ( at wide setting ), 0.6m to infinity ( other than wide )
0.33ft to infinity ( at wide setting ), 1.97ft to infinity ( other than wide )
* AF is fixed to Face priority AF at the Portorait and Natural skin tone mode.
  Sensor   1/2.35 inch interline transfer CCD with a primary color filter, 8.50 megapixels ( total pixels )
  Effective Pixels   8.0 megapixels
  Recorded Pixels   Still   8M ( 3264 x 2448 ), 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
      Movie   640 ( 640 x 480 ), 320 ( 320 x 240 ) pixels
  File Formats   Still   JPEG ( Exif 2.2 ), DCF, DPOF, PRINT Image Matching III
  Movie AVI ( Motion JPEG ), approx. 30fps / 15fps with sound *1
  Sound WAV ( PCM ), monaural
  Quality Levels   Still   (Best), (Better), (Good)
      Movie   (Best), (Better), (Good)
  Sensitivity   Auto,Fixed ( ISO 50/100/200/400/800/1600/3200 )
* The sensitivity is auto selected up to 3200 at the Digital SR mode
  White Balance   Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light, Manual setting
  LCD   2.5 inch, TFTcolor LCD
approx. 150,000 pixels
      Brightness level   2 steps ( Economy mode and Normal mode )
  Exposure Control   Metering System   TTL metering : Only Multi-segment metering
  Exposure mode   Metering System   Picture mode, Program
* AE is fixed to Face priority AE at the Portorait and Natural skin tone mode.
      Exposure Compensation   ±2EV ( 1/3EV Steps )
  Capture modes   AUTO Picture, Program, Night Scene, Movie, Voice Recording, Landscape, Flower, Natural Skin Tone, Portrait, Surf&Snow, Sport, Digital SR, Kids, Pet, Food, Frame Composition
* Date Imprint Available
  Playback modes   Slideshow, Resize, Trimming, Image&Sound Copy, Image Rotation, Digital Filter, Brightness Filter, Frame Composite, Red-eye Compensation, Voice Memo, Protect, DPOF, Start-up Image Setting
      Function   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
      Digital Filter   B&W, Sepia, Color Filter ( 6 colors ), Color extract ( B&W with Red, B&W with Green, B&W with Blue ), Soft
  Movie   Shooting time   Until the memory card becomes full ( up to 2GB )
      Editing Function   -
  Shutter speed   approx. 1/2000 sec.- approx. 4sec.
  Flash   Modes   Flash-on and Flash-off modes. “Red-eye” compensation function employs a pre-discharge. Soft flash
      Effective Range  
Wide :approx. 0.2m - approx. 8.0m ( ISO Auto ), approx. 0.2m - approx. 15.5m ( at Digital SR mode )
Tele :approx. 0.6m - approx. 4.0m ( ISO Auto ), approx. 0.6m - approx. 8.1m ( at Digital SR mode )
  Drive Modes   One shot, Self-timer ( 10 sec, 2 sec ), Continuous
  Storage Media   Build-in Memory ( approx. 21.9 MB ), SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card
  Clock Function   World Time   75 cities ( 28 time zones )
      Alarm clock   -
      Style watch   -
  Power   Rechargeable D-LI63 lithium-ion battery, Optional AC adapter kit is also available
      Battery life  
Still :Approx. 220 ( Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery )
Movie :Approx. 80 ( Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery )
  Interfaces   USB ( 2.0 Hi-Speed )/AV, DC Input terminal
  Video Output   NTSC/PAL
  PictBridge   Modes   Single image, All images, DPOF, Paper Size, Paper Type, Paper Quality, Border
  ImageLink   -
  Water proof   -
  Dimensions       97.5(W) x 57.5(H) x 18(D)mm ( excluding protrusions )
  Weight   Body   115 g ( without battery and SD memory card )
      With battery & SD card   135 g ( loaded and ready )
  Language       English, French, Germany, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Russian, Thai, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese
  Accessories   Rechargeable D-LI63 lithium-ion battery, Charger, AC cable, USB cable, AV cable, Software ( CD-ROM ), Strap
  Languages for ACDSee  
Windows :English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Russian
Mac :English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Japanese


Storage capacity

Storage capacity ( Still )
  Still
Recorded Pixels 8M (3264 x 2448) 5M (2592 x 1944) 4M (2304 x 1728) 3M (2048 x 1536) 2M (1600 x 1200) 1024 (1024 x 768) 640 (640 x 480)
Quality Levels
Internal memory 511178172411223113274022365443739387127175
64MB 153047244767306188387511061101149121203258242352484
128MB 32629549951376212417877153223124206301244412522489712979
256MB 6212118697186267121242346151299435242401586476802101695313861906
512MB 123239368192368530239479686299592863479795116294415902014188827473777
1GB 247479737385737106047995913745981185172795915912325188931824030377854967557
2GB 5039751499778149921199751921279412052364341519213235472838426147768476841024515368
4GB 9891915294315272943416219153771548623664642670537716352928475431207015087150872011630175

Storage capacity ( Movie / Sound )
  Movie Sound
Recorded Pixels 640 x 480 320 x 240
  30fps 15fps 30fps 15fps
 
Internal memory 20284241561:2233451:031:031:272:0717:23
64MB 571:171:571:532:343:471:322:042:562:564:025:5247:58
128MB 1:562:363:573:505:137:403:064:125:555:558:0911:511:36:58
256MB 3:475:057:427:2810:1014:576:038:1211:3311:3315:5323:063:08:53
512MB 7:3110:0415:1514:4820:0829:3711:5916:1422:5322:5331:2845:476:14:15
1GB 15:0220:0930:3229:3840:1859:1623:5932:3045:4845:481:02:581:31:3612:28:41
2GB 30:0840:581:00:161:00:161:18:481:53:5048:471:04:021:33:081:33:082:08:042:50:4525:22:33
4GB 59:101:20:281:58:201:58:202:34:443:43:311:35:472:05:433:02:523:02:524:11:275:35:1649:49:27

*
Internal memory : approx. 21.9 MB
*
The limitation of the record time becomes it up to 2GB ( one file ).
*
The continuous voice recording time is 24 hours.




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