Compare Prices : Pentax Optio S10 - Expert Reviews

Pros: Excellent photo quality for the price ; generally fast performance ; no frills but well-chosen snapshot feature set

Cons: USB port and charger connector under battery cover ; limited focal range for macro shooting

Verdict: A surprisingly nice budget ultracompact, the no-frills Pentax Optio S10 delivers excellent photo quality and decent performance for relatively little cash.

Review summary: Pentax Optio S10 Review - The Pentax Optio S10 is very small and neat. But is it just enough to give your kids a treat? Matt Grayson wipes the ring of chocolate from round his mouth before taking a look.

Pros: Good build quality, Decent lens, Good shutter response

Cons: Good resolution, but not backed up by any other decent features, Only 6cm macro

Verdict: I can understand the need to fit a large resolution chip into a camera as that is what consumers want at the moment, but I fail to understand is why the camera will only then have a small zoom or few features to entice. Unfortunately that is how the ...

Review summary: Claiming to be one of the smallest and lightest 10 megapixel digital cameras in the world, the stylish Pentax Optio S10 couples its high resolution CCD imager to a 3x optical zoom lens with a fairly typical 38 - 114mm focal range. A 2.5-inch 232,000 ...

Verdict: Power for the S10 comes from a proprietary Lithium-ion rechargeable battery or optional AC adapter, and the camera stores images on SD/SDHC cards or 22MB of built-in memory. There's also USB 2.0 High-Speed computer connectivity and NTSC / PAL video ...