Pentax A30
17 JUL 2007
Launch price
£180.00
Stuff says
Another compact crams in too many megapixels. But if you never look at pictures at pixel-level you’ll be dead pleased with this Pentax
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Pentax is packing them in with this compact camera: it’s got more features than Mount Rushmore, and is a million miles away from even the most competent of mobile phone snappers in terms of thrills and added extras.
It’s also – and the brand won’t thank us for saying this – pretty good looking for a Pentax. We particularly like the black version we had for review, as it stands out from the silver-clad crowd.
The A30 is also a solid piece of kit. There are few protrusions to break up the sleek lines and, as well as those key high-end features, it also has a par-for-the course 3x optical zoom lens and a 2.5inch LCD screen that takes up most of the back panel.
Turn out the light
This camera is obviously designed to shoot in low light situations – which is apparently where most of us take pictures when we’re not sitting around on beaches of snapping famous tourist spots. To this end it gives you an amazingly high-sensitivity setting of up to ISO 3200, on top of an intelligent flash system and face recognition.