The Pentax Optio V10 is 8.0 megapixel digicam featuring 3x optical zoom and 3.0″ LCD (230,000 pixels) housed in an aluminum alloy shell that is just 19mm thick. Face Detection AF & AE, Digital Shake Reduction and a host of automatic scene modes are featured in the camera. In spite of the large LCD screen the camera boasts of a slim form due to the exclusive slim battery and smaller circuit board. The camera features a 3X optical zoom lens with a focal range covering angles of view comparable to those of a 36-108mm lens in 35mm format. Such zooming power can also be combined with 4X digital zoom to achieve a total of approximately 12X zoom capability.

The Pentax Optio V10 will be available from October 2007 for $249.95
Other specs include:
– Mode palette provides quick access to 16 shooting modes and 13 playback modes
– Record movies with Movie SR (Shake Reduction) function can deliver high quality image rivaling camcorders
– Auto-Macro mode allows for close-up photography as near as 10cm while in the normal focusing mode
– Auto-tracking AF continuously focusing on a moving subject
– Date imprint function for easier image categorizing
– Calendar Display function allows image retrieval based on the capture mode
– Approximately 52.1MB of built in memory
– FotoNation’s red-eye correction function for flash shots
– Includes the ACDSee for PENTAX 3.0 image viewer/image management software that support Windows Vista
– Support PictBridge, DPOF functions, Exif Print, and PRINT Image Matching III