Capture great pictures almost anywhere with the Pentax Optio V20 5X Optical Zoom Digital Camera. This pocket-sized wonder features face recognition, blink detection and smile capture to make sure your subjects look their best.  Mode pallets help you capture great shots in a variety of scenes without having to remember a lot of settings and even help you to edit them afterwards.

Pentax Optio V20 5X Optical Zoom Digital Camera Features:

• Mode pallets - select icon that most closely matches the scene and let the camera do the rest; when reviewing scenes, you can use the mode pallet to select image editing and photo retouching options, including cropping, resizing and digital filters
• Auto picture mode - automatically determines the shooting conditions for Landscape, Portrait, Night Scene and Normal modes and chooses the optimum settings for each
• Auto macro mode - allows close-up photography as near as 4 inches (10cm) without changing the normal focusing mode
• Panorama mode - automatically stitch a series of 3 shots into one wide scene
• Face recognition - automatically detects and focuses on faces, regardless of where people appear in the frame; optimal exposure settings are automatically determined so that the area with faces is highlighted, even in backlit situations
• Blink detection - reports to the user whether any subjects closed their eyes in an image so that a shot can be recaptured if necessary
• Smile Capture - detects when people are smiling and releases the shutter automatically
• Auto-tracking auto focus - continuously focuses on a moving subject
• Shake reduction - reduces blur caused by camera shake or subject movement; sensitivity automatically adjusted to a high ISO setting for photography with faster shutter speeds resulting in less blur; also includes Movie Shake
• Ultra-slim and stylish design - fits easily in a pocket and goes where you do

Product Specifications:

• Model #: Optio V20
• Resolution (in pixels): 8 megapixels - capture sharp, clear photos
• Zoom: 5X optical, 5.1X digital, combined 25.5X
• Display: 3-inch TFT LCD screen, 230,000 pixels
• Memory: 51MB built-in, expandable with SD memory cards (sold separately)
• File Formats: JPG, AVI MPG
• Storage Media: Uses SD and SDHC memory cards (sold separately)
• Lens Focal Length: 6.3 - 31.5mm = 36 - 180mm on a 35mm camera
• Image Sensor: 1/2.35" interline transfer CCD
• Focus: TTL auto focus
• Focus Range: 6.3 - 31.5mm = 36 - 180mm on a 35mm camera
• Flash: Automatic
• Aperture: F3.5 - 5.6
• Viewfinder: None; 3-inch TFT LCD instead
• Exposure Control: Multi-segment metering, center-weighted metering, spot metering; +/-2 EV in 1/3 EV steps
• Exposure Modes: Automatic or program modes
• Color Modes: Color; can change colors in playback mode
• Shutter Speed: 4 seconds to 1/2000 second
• White Balance: Automatic or manual
• Digital Interface: USB 2.0 high speed
• Power Source: Lithium-ion rechargeable battery
• Product Weight: 4.6 oz.
• Shooting Modes: Choice of 17
• Still Resolutions: 8M, 5M, 4M, 3M, 2M, 1024, VGA
• Frames Per Second: 30 fps in movie mode; continuous stills 1.4 fps
• Sensitivity: ISO 64 - 6400
• Body Type: Point-and-shoot
• Battery Life/Recording Time: Lithium-ion batteries can last up to 7 hours under normal use
• Measures approx. .09"L x 3.8"W x 2.2"H
• Made of metal, plastic and glass
• UL listed
• Made in the Philippines 
• Comes with a manufacturer's 1-year limited warranty

• Rechargeable lithium-ion battery
• Battery charger
• AC power cord
• USB cable
• A/V cable
• Wrist strap
• Pentax software CD
• ArcSoft 3-title software CD
• Operating manual
• Quick Guide
• PC Connection manual

User-Installed Software:

ArcSoft software CD:

• ArcSoft Photo Montage - patented imaging technology that turns your photos and videos into works of art in seconds
• ArcSoft Greeting Card Creator - creates personalized greeting cards using built-in media as well as personal photos and text; features card designs for all occasions; print out or email directly from within the program
• ArcSoft Collage Creator - lets you stack images upon images in a variety of ways to create collages in minutes that would take hours by hand; cool effects, crop templates and enhancement options; you can even add your own doodles or make works from letters that look like magazine cutouts

About Pentax...
Whether it's digital cameras, lenses, flashes or other photo accessories, Pentax is well known as a leader in the photographic industry. In fact, it launched the very first SLR camera way back in 1952! Since then, the company has developed several state-of-the-art photographic products and has branched out into other fields, including computers and information technology. Pentax now operates 16 subsidiary companies worldwide.