Pentax Optio E40 review

December 17th, 2007

The Pentax Optio E40 is meant to be an inexpensive (between $100 and $150), entry-level, compact point-and-shoot digital camera, a follow-up to the Pentax Optio E30. It features faced detection/recognition, 8.1 megapixels, “digital” shake reduction to combat the physical problem of camera movement causing blur, 3x optical zoom, many auto modes, and the camera takes AA batteries, which may or may not be a feature. The LCD screen size is a decent 2.4 inches and other standard features include stitch assist, USB and AV connectors, and video with audio.

On the downside the body is made of plastic including the buttons and shake reduction is not exactly top of the line and it won’t help you when recording video. Also, since the camera uses AA batteries if you find yourself using the camera a lot you’ll either be throwing a lot of money into batteries or have to recharge them defeating the purpose of being powered by easy to find disposable batteries. If you just take pictures regularly without using the flash you should be able to get around 200 shots before the batteries die. Batteries are included.

Image quality is average. Speed is so so.

Overall a very cheap camera but also consider in this price range the Fujifilm FinePix A820 and the Samsung S85.

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