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New PENTAX camera features smile capture and blink detection

Finally, a camera to take the perfect pics no matter how drunk you or your friends are. PENTAX is releasing two new pocket-sized cameras at CES. First up is the less expensive Optio E70. A camera that takes AA batteries and has a number of features to make picture-taking mindless. With Auto Picture mode, the camera automatically selects from seven shooting modes for the best picture in any situation. The Optio E70 also features Pixel Track Shake Reduction technology, Advanced Face Recognition (32 faces in 0.03 seconds) and Smile Capture and Blink Detection. As long as you don’t drop it, it seems pretty hard to take a bad picture.

Pentax addss the budget-minded Optio E60 to its lineup

Pentax has added a new compact digital camera to its Optio line-up dubbed the Optio E60. This handy point-and-shoot model boasts of a 10.1-megapixel camera CCD and a very affordable price of $140. For that amount you’ll get a digital camera with 3x optical zoom lens with wide angle view equivalent to 32mm to 96mm more »

Pentax upgrades the Optio V10, intro’s the V20 with blink detection

Pentax has just released the Optio V20, which is serving as an upgrade to the current V10. The new V20 comes with a few additional features, but keeps much of the same specs such as screen size. One of the main upgrades includes zoom going from 3x to 5x and Digital SR mode to ISO 3200 and ISO 6400. Additionally, the LCD screen size remains the same at 3-inches. Some additional, new, and neat features are its smile recognition software as well as blink detection. Unfortunately, this is only set to be released in Japan for now. Expect this digital camera sometime next month costing around $288 US. Keep reading for another picture of the V20, which shows off its backside.

Pentax’s Optio S7 Goes on Sale in September

Another strong Pentax camera is ready to join their Optio S line up. The S series is a slim-line digital camera full of state of the art features. The S7 is raising up to 7 megapixels, and will introduce their “Face Recognition AF & AE”. This function isn’t what it sounds like, but it still more »

Bring your camera in the water with the Pentax Optio W20

The Pentax Optio W20 follows in the path of the W10. Both digital cameras are waterproof to a depth of five feet for up to 30 minutes. The W10 offered a 6 megapixel resolution, while the W20 ups that to 7 megapixels. Pentax also added to the W20, a new “Blur Reduction High ISO mode more »