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You can even watch and listen
to them on the camera's built-in color LCD screen and speaker. The camera
lets you record audio notes, too, which is ideal for those situations when
you want to preserve the names of people or places you're photographing.
More Features
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Compact, durable aluminum
body
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Bright LCD monitor that's
easy to see even in direct sunlight
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Three metering options
(multi-segment, center-weighted, and spot) help determine the
appropriate light response during flash photography
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Three image-quality settings
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Seven auto picture modes take
the guesswork out of composing for the most common photo environments.
They are landscape, flower, portrait, self-portrait, surf & snow, autumn
color, and sunset.
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Focus Free mode allows you to
place a focus point anywhere in the image area
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Help button explains dial
positions and features
Storage and Transfer
Images and video are stored in 11 MB of internal memory, but the camera
also has a slot for optional use of Secure Digital (SD) memory cards
(memory card not included). Files can be downloaded to either a Mac or PC
via USB connectivity, which means it can be connected to any USB-based
Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and Mac OS 8.6 or later computer without installing
any software.
Power and Size
The camera is powered by two AA-size batteries (alkaline included,
rechargeable lithium ion recommended). The camera measures 3.5 by 2.3 by 1
inches and weighs 4.4 ounces without batteries and memory card
(approximately 6.1 ounces with).
What's in the Box
Optio S40 digital camera, two AA-size alkaline batteries, USB and video
cables, strap, and ACDSee image software
Product Description
The PENTAX Optio S40 is a 4 megapixel, 3X zoom digital camera that is
loaded with the features to help you on your way! Sporting a sleek
aluminum design and the signature, compact dimensions of the PENTAX Optio
digital brand, the Optio S40 features an exciting, new "help" function.
Offering simple-to-understand explanations in a regular or enlarged font
for easier viewing, the "help" function guides new, and old hands, through
the camera's array of digital features with a simple touch.
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Product Reviews:
One picture per set of batteries, March 28, 2006
Reviewer: Danielle in Colorado
We have owned this camera for almost two years now. While it was a great
little camera for the first 15 months, it now runs through batteries
faster than I can take a picture - literally. Customer service recommends
using rechargeable batteries (which I have been using), but otherwise
repair was their only solution. Friends with the same camera are also
having the same problem. While other manufacturers might charge a little
bit more, I think a different brand (i.e. Nikon) is well worth the
investment.
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TERRIBLE QUALITY PICTURES, NO FOCUS, February 25, 2006
Reviewer: *_ME_*
This camera's nice size is irrelevant, because the pictures you take won't
be worth keeping. Even still objects came out blurry with the autofocus.
It takes about 3.5 seconds to take the picture, and about 15 seconds in
between pictures to get ready. The screen is tiny, you can't see through
the viewfinder, and it tells you the batteries are dead even when they're
not. Also, when I put brand new lithium batteries in, it even still would
say they're dead and automatically shut off.
This was the biggest disappointment. I went on a once-in-a-lifetime trip
and almost none of the pictures turned out, and it wouldn't stay on more
than about 2 minutes at a time anyhow without killing the lithium
batteries. DON'T BUY IT!
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Nice size but very slow and broke easily, December 14, 2005
Reviewer: Jim M
I bought this last year and liked the look and the size, as well as the aa
batteries, but discovered to work well you had to buy special aa
batteries, and even with these the camera was very slow. Not just slow
btwn pics, but slow in capturing images after you press the trigger. So,
it took nice pictures if my subject was a mountain or something that stood
still, but many pics turned out blurry from the fact that the flash went
off a number of times and people moved before the camera captured the
photo. Additionally, I dropped the camera from a few feet and the lens
stuck open, so i felt it wasn't very durable.
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