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Optio A30 - Specifications

Product data
Article Number 19215
Release date Feb 22, 2007
Type
Camera Type Digital stills compact camera
Sensor
Type 1/1.8 inch interline transfer CCD with a primary colour filter
Total Pixels 10.37 megapixels
Effective Pixels 10 megapixels
Still 10M(3648 x 2736 pixels), 7M(3072 x 2304), 5M (2592 x 1944 pixels), 3M (2048 x 1536 pixels), 2M (1600 x 1200 pixels), 1024 (1024 x 768 pixels), 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.
Movie 640 (640 x 480 pixels), 320 (320 x 240 pixels)
Sensitivity Auto(ISO64 - ISO800), Fixed (ISO64/ISO100/ISO200/ISO400/ISO800/ISO1600)  * The sensitivity is auto selected up to ISO3200 at the Digital SR mode.
White Balance Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light, Manual setting
Lens
Focal Length smc PENTAX power zoom 7.9mm-23.7mm f2.8-5.4(equivalent to 38mm-114mm in 35mm format)
Construction 7 elements in 5 groups (2 dual-sided aspherical elements, 1 single-sided aspherical element)
Digital Zoom 1X - approx.5.4X (up to 16.3x total zoom with 3x optical zoom)
Focusing System
Type TTL contrast detection autofocus system with AF spotbeam
Functions 5-point multi AF / Spot AF / Tracking AF switchable
AF Modes   Autofocus: (Normal) 0.35m to infinity, (Macro)  0.12m to 0.4m at full wide-angle setting, (Supermacro) 0.06m to 0.15m at full wide-angle setting
AF assist Spotbeam
Screen
Type 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°)
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  
Shutter
Type Programmed AE electronic lens shutter with CCD electronic shutter
Speed 1/2000 sec. to 4 sec.
Exposure system
Metering TTL meteringMulti-segment metering, Center-weighted metering, Spot metering
Exposure Modes Picture, Program, Shutter-priority, Manual  * Face priority AE is auto selected at the Portrait and Kids mode. 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
Compensation ±2 EV (1/3 steps)
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) Tele: approx. 0.35m - approx. 3.5m (Standard Output Sensitivity Auto)
Exposure Parameters
Modes One shot, Self-timer (10 sec, 2 sec), Continuous, Remote Control (3 sec, 0 sec)
Digital Filter Colour Filter: B&W, Sepia, Colour Filter (8 colours), Colour extract (B&W with Red, B&W with Green, B&W with Blue) Digital Filter: Soft, Illustration, Special Effect1,Special Effect2, Slim, Brightness
Movie
Recording Until the memory card becomes full (up to 2GB)
Editing Save as still image, Divide movies, Extract movies
Storage
Internal 22 MB Built-in memory
External SD & SDHC memory card compattible
File Format JPEG (Exif 2.2), DCF, DPOF, PRINT Image Matching IIIAVI (MPEG-4 format, DivX), approx.30fps (frames per second) , with sound, Movie anti-shakeWAV (PCM format), monaural Jpeg: ***Best, **Better, *Good
Special Features
Features 75 cities (28 time zones)
Language English, French, Germany, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkey, Russian, Thai, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese
Printing
Format Print modes: Single image print, All images print, DPOF auto print Print settings: Paper size, Paper type, Printing quality, Border status
Interface
Interface USB 2.0 (HI-SPEED)Compatible with PAL and NTSC formats
Power
Source Rechargeable D-L18 lithium-ion battery. Optional AC adapter also available.
Body
Height 57.5mm
Width 89.5mm
Depth 23.5mm
Weight 130g w/o battery and memory card, 150g loaded and ready
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