Pentax Optio S6 Review
Pentax Optio S6 is an ultra compact digital camera with six megapixel pixel. really compact camera which you can slip it easily on your pocket. This stylish digital camera is easy to use, and with a 3x optical zoom lens Optio S6 is a good choice for anyone.
Optio S6 brings a large, 2.5 inch LCD monitor with the 232,000 total pixels clarity. It will give you an easy to navigate mode with clear viewing even in a sunny outdoor. This camera is really looks stylish with ultra-compact body with an aluminum alloy exterior measures just 3.3 x 2.2x 0.8 inches.
Pentax Optio S6 Features:
- High-speed continuous shooting at up to 1.6 frames per second
- Approx. 23MB built-in memory; SD memory card compatible
- Candlelight mode allows high-sensitivity shooting at Standard Output Sensitivity of 800
- Built-in AF spotbeam (on/off switching possible)
- Frame composite function allows frames to be added at time of shooting
- Pan focus function for easy snapshots
- Convenient image rotation function for easy confirmation of vertical shots
- Standard image viewer, ACDSee for PENTAX software
- FotoNation’s red-eye compensation function for flash shots
- UBS2.0 (HI-SPEED) compatible
- DPOF function, Exif Print, and PRINT Image Matching III compatible
- PictBridge compatible
Specifications:
- Model: S6
- Lens Type: Zoom lens
- Optical zoom: 3 x
- maximum_aperture_range: F/2.7-5.2
- Minimum focal length: 6.2 millimeters
- Maximum focal length: 18.6 millimeters
- optical_sensor_resolution: 6 MP
- optical_sensor_technology: CCD
- optical_sensor_size: 1/2.5″
- Included Flash Type: Built-in flash
- Red-eye reduction: Y
- form_factor: Built-in
- Display: LCD display
- display_technology: TFT active matrix
- Display Size: 2.5 inches
- light_sensitivity: ISO 100, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO 80, ISO auto
- video_input_format: MPEG-4
- Image types: JPEG
- shooting_modes: Frame movie mode
- video_input_special_effects: Soft, Illustration, Black & White Green filter, Black & White, Sepia, Slim, Black & White Red filter, Black & White Blue filter
- Exposure Control Type: Landscape, Portrait mode, Text, Surf & snow, Food, Panorama assist, Flower, Night scene, Sports mode, Sunset
- Viewfinder Type: None
- audio_input: Microphone
- Width: 2.0 inches
- Depth: 0.7 inches
- Height: 0.8 inches
- Weight: 0.23 pounds
Customer Review: Good and Not so Good
Many great features.I think some are unneccessary,But they are there.
Slow shutter release is very poor,On a small camera it can cause a lot of blured Pictures.Short battery life is not to cool,But after Market Batteries at a good price can cure that.I would get a model with anti-shake feature if I were buying now.All in all a good camera.
Customer Review: SD limitation?
So I bought this as an X-mas present for myself. I’ve own an canon SD100, 450, 600 and casio EX-Z60 so I’m totally not a newbie to the digital world. I’m not going to repeat with others have stated in this review.
I’m really impress by the Optio S6 form factor; it really is compact. The response is quite quick turning on/off, zooming, viewing captured pict/video.
After playing with the camera for several hours, I was really disappointed in the following areas:
- temperature; the camera get warm/very warm (cool, warm, very warm, hot) after 1.5 hrs of continuous use
- continuous rapid shooting was slow; I was getting 1 pix every ~1.8sec
- can NOT read 4gb SD; I tried two different 4gb SD card I had laying around (PQI & Ridata) and received an “memory card error.” All of my other cameras (even my 3 yr old canon SD100) was able to use it just fine.
- the usb cable is propriety; why can’t Pentax use a normal mini usb?
In sum, I like the camera size and its ability to record video in Divx format. The Divx function was the main impetus for purchasing this camera, but the SD limitation negate all the benefits the Optio S6 has to offer. I’m going to see if there’s a firmware update (Pentax doesn’t list one on their webpage) and report back here.
**update** so I received confirmation from Pentax Tech Support affirming my initial conclusion of the sd limitation. Indeed the maximum sd the Optio S6 can only read/write is a 1gb memory.
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April 6th, 2007 at 11:45 pm
[…] 6th, 2007 · No Comments I like the camera size and its ability to record video in Divx format. The Divx function was themain impetus for purchasing this camera, but the SD limitation negate all the benefits the Optio S6 has to offer. I’m going to see if there’s a firmware update (Pentax doesn’t list one on their webpage) and report back here. Read more Pentax Optio S6 Review […]