Pentax’s Optio S1 is good-looki g and pocket-friendly
Pentax’s humdrum Optio S1 has the good fortune to be announced on a day when no other cameras are on the news radar. It is also very pocketable, very cute looking, and has one cool little feature that makes it worth a look.
The specs: 14 megapixels, a 2.7 inch LCD, a 5x zoom (28-140mm equivalent), video capture at 720p, blink-detection and sensor-shift stabilization.
The cuteness: It comes in a few colors (including a rather hideous turquoise), but the real cuteness is in its simple styling. The smooth-edged, boxy design reminds me of an old 1990s Konica 25mm compact I owned, a fantastic — and tiny — camera at the time. The S1 is a camera you can slip into your pocket and forget.
And the cool feature? You can trigger the camera with an infra-red remote. You have to buy it separately, and it would be better if camera makers would just put a threaded hole into the shutter release like they did with film cameras, but a remote is a pretty handy thing to have around.
The S1 will be available this month, for $200.
Pentax Optio S1 product page [Pentax]
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