Pentax Optio A10 8MP with an 8.0-effective-megapixel CCD, which combines a slim, lightweight, stylish design with a new proprietary Shake Reduction system for sharper quality images.
The Optio A10 represents a complete overhaul of the Optio compact digital camera series and will be the first model of our new high-end Optio A Series.
The Optio A10 is equipped with a new large 1/1.8-inch CCD boasting 8.32 total megapixels. With about 1.6 times the light receiving area of our conventional compact camera CCDs, this large CCD offers advantages in superior tone reproduction, texture delineation, and noise reduction.
Constructed from seven elements in five groups, including three double-sided aspherical lenses, the newly developed smc Pentax zoom lens produces clear, high-contrast images. This design corrects effectively for spherical and other aberrations and our original coating cuts out ghosting and flare.
Helpful consumer’s review
My Pentax Optio S died in Sapporo and I didn’t have time or inclination for a travel repair, so I went in to Yodobashi Camera to see what they had. I looked at some Cannon but settled on Pentax again figuring I wouldn’t have a steep learning curve. I was right. It runs very similarly to all the Optio family. It’s slightly larger than the Optio S line but is still as small as it gets.
Yodobashi had 3 Pentaxes for me to choose from: 1 had a touch screen (useless IMHO), and the other was waterproof to 1.5 meters. At least at Yodobashi, viewfinders on digital cameras were things of the past. The A10 had 8 megapixels and a “Shake Reduction” which both looked appealing. I purchased it, swapped my SD card from the old to the new and headed for the old government building and a ramen shop.
