Pentax Optio SV Digital Camera Review
Posted on by LSDsmurf
It's not just the dimensions of the Optio SV that remind me of the Ixus 500, the specs are very similar too, with a five megapixel CCD - although the maximum image resolution is slightly lower at 2,560 x 1,920. But where the Optio SV does have the edge over its rival is in the optical zoom department. Whereas the Ixus 500 has a 3x optical zoom, Pentax has managed to squeeze a 5x optical zoom into the Optio SV - that's equivalent to 36-180mm in 35mm language. Pentax attributes this feat to its newly designed "Sliding-Lens Technology", but marketing babble aside, having a 5x optical zoom in a camera this small is definitely a bonus.
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