Pentax Optio S4 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Few competitors can top the S4's style and features, but many deliver better pictures and performance.

Pros: Stylish and ultracompact ; nice selection of features for beginning and intermediate users

Cons: Sluggish performance ; finicky autofocus ; below-average image quality

Review summary: The Pentax Optio S4 is a great looking little camera. The Optio range has a great reputation and the S4 looks to continue this. European Readers buy the Pentax Optio S4 here Its got a 4.0 sensor, real image optical viewfinder, 1.6inch LCD, 3x optical ...

Verdict: You could take this camera almost anywhere due to its compact nature and versatile list of features

Pros: Stylish and ultracompact ; nice selection of features for beginning and intermediate users

Cons: Sluggish performance ; finicky autofocus ; below-average image quality

Verdict: Few competitors can top the S4's style and features, but many deliver better pictures and performance.

Verdict: The Optio S4 has a 3x zoom, 5.8-17.4mm lens, the equivalent of a 35-105mm lens on a 35mm camera, just like its predecessor, the Optio S. The lens is where Pentax made a real innovation with the Optio S, in that its internal elements actually "unstack" ...

Review summary: The Optio S4 features a patented sliding lens zoom mechanism that allows the camera's 3X (35-105mm in 35mm equivalent) optical lens to fully recede into the camera housing, flush with the body frame. This novel system helps protect the lens and helps ...

Verdict: Despite the size, Optio S4 is packed with features found only on larger digital cameras: Records up to 60 seconds of motion video at 15fps with sound, a voice recording mode that also allows for attaching 30-second memos to selected images, a 1.6-inch ...