The Pentax Optio series is a line of consumer
digital cameras
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manufactured by
Pentax Corporation
was a Japanese camera and optical equipment manufacturer. Currently, it exists as the Pentax Life Care Business Division of Hoya's medical endoscope business, as well as the digital camera brand of Ricoh Imaging, a subsidiary of Ricoh.
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. It consists mostly of
point-and-shoot camera
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s, and encompasses the bulk of Pentax's lower-end camera models. These products typically range in cost from
US$
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200-US$500, with specific "W" models targeted for underwater and outdoor use.
Models
Note: current models are highlighted in blue.
Gallery
File:PentaxOptioS50.JPG, Pentax Optio S50
File:Pentax Optio S60-front.jpg, Pentax Optio 60
File:Pentax Optio W30 20070508.jpg, Pentax Optio W30
See also
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Fujifilm FinePix T-series The Fujifilm FinePix T-series is a range of compact Digital camera, digital cameras comprising models featuring a wide zoom range. All the models in the T-series feature a 10x optical zoom lens, and with digital zoom its zooming level becomes 67x, w ...
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List of Pentax products
The following is a partial list of products Manufacturing, manufactured under the Pentax brand. Examples of Pentax products include Digital camera, digital cameras and binoculars.
Film cameras
135 film, 35 mm Single-lens reflex camera, SLR ca ...
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Olympus VR-310
The Olympus VR-310 is a compact digital camera with 10× optical zoom from Olympus.
It is available in four different colours: purple, silver, black, and red.
See also
* Fujifilm FinePix T-series
*Pentax Optio
The Pentax Optio series is a line ...
References
General references
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External links
Pentax support and manuals
Optio
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