Pentax releases 5-megapixel Optio 550
Pentax announced its new Optio 550 digital camera, scheduled for shipping to the late March.
Optio 550 features smc PENTAX 5x optical lens (F2.8 — 4.6, 37.5 – 187.5 mm in 35mm equiv.), 1/1.8" 5.25Mp CCD (5.0 million pixels effective). The camera allows to shoot at 2592x1944, 2048x1536, 1600x1200 and 1024x768 and record 320x240@15fps QuickTime movies. Each shot can be commented for up to 30s. The model supports Exif Print, PIM II (PRINT Image Matching II) and DPOF; USB 1.1 and and has SD/MMC slot. Naturally, the device is operates as "USB mass storage". The minimal focusing range is 2cm in "super macro" mode. Besides optical VF, Optio 550 features a 1.5" LCD display (about 110,000 pixels). The bundle includes Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and Mac OS 8.6+ software.
Measured 100x39.5x59 mm, Optio 550 weighs 205g (250g with SD card and battery). Its MSRP is about $800.
Source: ASCII24
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