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October 2, 2007

Pentax Launches Optio A40 and Optio V10

Pentax announced a pair of new digital cameras today called the Optio A40 and the Optio V10. The V10 will sell for $249.95 when it is available in October and sport a large 3-inch LCD and a 3x optical zoom in a thin body with 8-megapixels.

The Optio A40 has three different image stabilization modes for still shots, mechanical and video. The A40 also features face detection technology. The A40 is a 12-megapixel camera.

Another interesting feature of the A40 is the half height portrait mode that takes an image of a person from head and shoulders up. The A40 will also ship in October for $299.95

Via I4U

Posted by shane at October 2, 2007 12:40 PM