By Dan Feildman

Just the name, Pentax Digital Cameras, is enough to bring a smile to many photography fans out there. In this digital era, Pentax has made its presence felt all over the world. Pentax Digital Cameras have always been synonymous with excellence both in quality and performance. Pentax's digital technology has made its presence felt all over the world through the quality cameras they have created.

Since the introduction of its first camera in 1952, Pentax has been consistently delivering constant photography innovations to the people. It has always been a technological leader in the ever changing technology. Its prominent contribution has been the 35 mm SLR camera. The dedication and development of Pentax as a camera company has always been on the winning note and it continues to be stronger than ever. So, Let us study about the digital cameras of this company which it has offered to the world.

Over the past 80 years Pentax has released a huge variety of cameras that have helped people capture the unforgettable moments of their life. Fortunately for the children of today there are a new set of Pentax cameras that carry on the legacy. Today there are two categories of cameras, the Optio Digital Cameras and the *ist Digital Cameras. To understand how far Pentax has come with its technology lets look at each of the categories.

The Optio Digital Cameras are perfectly suited for novice camera users and photo enthusiasts. The various cameras under these categories are very easy-to-use and some of them are highly sophisticated and advanced. These cameras provide many user-friendly features and many image-enhancing options as well. The usages of these cameras elevate the experience of real time photography. Let us study some of the specification these cameras offer us.

You can find the Optio Digital Cameras with a megapixel range of 2.0-6.0. They usually have a 1/ 2.5 inch interline transfer CCD. Most of the cameras have a LCD monitor which is usually a TFT 1.8 inch color screen with 100% LCD resolution and a screen resolution of about 130,000 pixels. Features include a variety of picture modes such as landscape, portrait, sports, night scene and many more. Built in language settings including English, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, Russian, French and Swedish which makes these cameras perfect for anyone, anywhere. These cameras work with standard USB ports to connect to your computer operating any Windows Vista, 2000, XP, Me, 98, 98SE system.

The other category of Pentax Digital Cameras is known as Pentax *ist. This category marked the second entry of the company into the market of digital SLR consumers. These cameras are available as 6.1 megapixels resolutions, an APS format sensor and 2.5 inch LCD display with 210,000 pixels resolutions. These cameras have an in-built option of ISO setting up to 3200. The storage format of these cameras also includes the RAW file format along with the JPEG and TIFF formats.

Available white balancing modes include auto, cloudy, daylight, shade, fluorescent light, tungsten light and manual setting. As you will find on most digital SLR's the storage media is SD card. You can also check the depth of field prior to taking the photo. LCD options include slide show, digital filter and image rotation capabilities. You can also choose whether to delete a single photo or to delete all the photos. As I mentioned above, these cameras are geared more to the needs of advanced digital camera users or amateur enthusiasts.

When you are in the market for your next digital camera you certainly won't go wrong with a Pentax.

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