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Digital Compact Camera: Optio M50

optio M50
Optio M50 Specifications
Lens PENTAX zoom lens, 8 elements in 6 groups (4 aspherical elements)

Focal Length: 6.3 mm - 31.5 mm
35 mm equivalent focal length: Approx. 36 mm - 180 mm
Aperture: F 3.5 (W) - F 5.6 (T)
Zoom Optical Zoom: 5X
Digital Zoom: Approx. 5.1X
Intelligent Zoom: Approx. 6.3X at 5M, approx. 25.5X at 640 (including optical zoom)
Motion Blur Reduction Still: High sensitivity shake reduction mode (Digital SR)
Movie: Movie shake reduction mode (Movie SR)
Focus Type: 9-point multi AF, Spot AF, Auto tracking AF

Focus Range (From lens face):
Normal: 0.4 m - infinity (at wide setting) , 0.9 m - infinity (at tele setting)
Macro: 0.1 m - 0.5 m (at wide setting) , 0.6 m - 1.0 m (at tele setting)
Infinity-landscape mode, Pan Focus, Manual Focus, available
Face recognition Face priority AF & AE is available in all modes. Maximum of 15 people can be recognized at once. Smile Capture mode and Blinking Detection also available.
Number of Effective pixels Approx. 8.0 megapixels
Image Sensor 1/2.35" CCD
Number of Recorded pixels Still: 8M, 5M, 4M, 3M, 2M, 1024, 640
Movie: 640, 320
Sensitivity
(Standard Output Sensitivity)
Auto, Fixed (ISO 64 - 6400*)
* During Digital SR mode setting.
White Balance Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light, Manual setting
Display 2.5" , approx. 230K dots, wide viewing angle LCD
Exposure Control Metering System: Multi-segment metering, Center-weighted metering, Spot metering
Exposure Compensation: ±2 EV (1/3 EV steps)
Scene modes Auto Picture, Program, Night Scene, Movie, Voice Recording, Landscape, Flower, Natural Skin Tone, Portrait, Surf & Snow, Sport, Digital SR, Kids, Pet, Food, Panorama, Digital Wide, Green
Playback modes Digital SR, Slideshow, Resize, Trimming, Image & Sound Copy, Image Rotation, Digital Filter, Movie Edit, Frame Composite, Red-eye Compensation, Voice Memo, Protect, DPOF, Image Recovery, Start-up Image Setting, Face zooming
Shutter Speed 1/2000 sec. - 1/4 sec. 4 sec. at most (Night scene mode setting)
Built-in flash Modes: Flash-on and Flash-off modes. "Red-eye" compensation function employs a pre-discharge
Flash Range:
Wide: approx. 0.2 m - 4.4 m (Sensitivity Auto)
Tele: approx. 0.6 m - 2.8 m (Sensitivity Auto)
Drive Modes One shot, Self-timer, Continuous, Frame Composite
Storage Media Built-in Memory (approx. 51.1 MB), SD / SDHC Memory Card
Power Source Rechargeable D-LI78 lithium-ion battery. Optional AC adapter kit is also available.

Battery life
Still: approx. 210 shots** (Rechargeable lithium-ion battery)
Playback: approx. 240 min.*** (Rechargeable lithium-ion battery)
Interfaces USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed) / AV terminal
Video Output NTSC / PAL
PictBridge Supported
Dimensions Approx. 95 (W) × 55 (H) × 23.5 (D) mm (including lens depth)
Weight Body: Approx. 115 g (without battery and memory card)
With battery & SD card: Approx. 130 g (loaded and ready)
** Recording capacity shows approximate number of shots recorded during CIPA-compliant testing. Actual performance may vary depending on operating conditions.
*** According to the result of PENTAX in-house testing.
Optio M50 Storage
   Still
8M 5M 4M 3M
 
Built-in Memory 13 25 38 20 38 54 25 49 69 31 61 88
512MB 121 232 351 188 355 503 236 457 643 293 570 816
1GB 242 465 701 378 714 1014 472 924 1297 590 1155 1653
2GB 491 945 1429 768 1429 2049 960 1862 2561 1182 2276 3235
4GB 965 1856 2806 1508 2806 4022 1885 3656 5027 2320 4469 6351
  2M 1024 640  
       
Built-in Memory 51 83 121 96 155 192 192 297 363      
512MB 472 774 1119 888 1439 1777 1777 2747 3358      
1GB 943 1547 2277 1801 2873 3657 3657 5486 7100      
2GB 1921 3073 4391 3616 5588 6830 6830 10245 12294      
4GB 3770 6033 8619 7098 10969 13407 13407 20111 24133      

    Movie
640x480
30fps
30fps
30fps
15fps
15fps
15fps
Built-in Memory 48sec 1min5sec 1min39sec 1min36sec 2min10sec 3min12sec
512MB 7min31sec 10min4sec 15min15sec 14min48sec 20min08sec 29min37sec
1GB 15min10sec 20min19sec 30min56sec 30min1sec 40min14sec 1h57sec
2GB 30min8sec 40min58sec 1h16sec 1h16sec 1h18min48sec 1h53min50sec
4GB 59min9sec 1h20min26sec 1h58min18sec 1h58min18sec 2h34min42sec 3h43min27sec
  320x240
30fps
30fps
30fps
15fps
15fps
15fps
Built-in Memory 1min17sec 1min45sec 2min28sec 2min28sec 3min24sec 4min57sec
512MB 11min59sec 16min14sec 22min53sec 22min53sec 31min28sec 45min47sec
1GB 23min56sec 32min42sec 47min20sec 47min20sec 1h03min51sec 1h31min26sec
2GB 48min47sec 1h04min2sec 1h33min8sec 1h33min8sec 2h08min04sec 2h50min45sec
4GB 1h35min46sec 2h05min41sec 3h02min49sec 3h02min49sec 4h11min23sec 5h35min11sec

    Voice recording
Built-in Memory 41min17sec
512MB 6h14min15sec
1GB 12h28min41sec
2GB 25h22min33sec
4GB 49h49min27sec
The limitation of the record time becomes it up to 2GB (one file).
The continuous voice recording time is 24 hours.
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