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Optio RZ18

Optio RZ18 Specifications

Lens   smc PENTAX zoom lens, 12 elements in 11 groups (4 aspherical elements)
Focal Length 4.5 - 81.0mm
35mm equivalent focal length approx. 25 - 450mm
Aperture F3.5 (W) - 5.9 (T)
Zoom Optical Zoom 18x
Digital Zoom approx. 7.2x
Intelligent Zoom approx. 27x at 7M, approx. 130x at 640 (including optical zoom)
Motion Blur Reduction Still CCD-Shift-Type (SR : Shake Reduction), Dual (SR & Pixel Track SR),
High-sensitivity anti-shake mode (Digital SR)
Movie Movie shake reduction mode (Movie SR)
Focus Type 9-point AF, Spot AF, Auto tracking AF
Focus Range
(From lens face)
Standard:
0.4m - infinity (at wide setting), 1.3m - infinity (at tele setting)
1.31 ft - infinity (at wide setting), 4.3 ft - infinity (at tele setting)
Macro:
0.1 - 0.5m (at wide setting)
0.33 -1.64 ft (at wide setting)
Super Macro:
0.04 - 0.3m (at wide setting)
0.13 - 0.98 ft (at wide setting)
Infinity-landscape, Pan Focus, Manual Focus: available
Face Detection   Face Detection AF&AE is available for all modes up to 32 faces. Smile Capture. Blink Detection.
Pet Detection   Detect up to 1 pet's face (auto or select from pre-registered three faces)
Number of Effective pixels   approx. 16 megapixels
Image Sensor   1/2.33" CCD
Number of
Recorded pixels
Still 16M, 12M (1:1), 12M (16:9), 7M, 2M (16:9), 640
Movie 1280, 640, 320
Sensitivity
(Standard Output Sensitivity)
  Auto, Manual (ISO 80 - 6400)
White Balance   Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light, Manual setting
Display   3" LCD, approx. 460K dots
Exposure Control Metering System Multi-segment metering, Center-weighted metering, Spot metering
Exposure Compensation ±2EV (1/3EV steps)
Scene modes   Auto Picture, Program, Portrait, Night Scene Portrait, Night Scene, Movie, Landscape, Blue Sky, Sunset, Flower, Sport, Pet, Digital SR, Natural Skin Tone, Kids, Fireworks, Frame Composite, Party, Food, Candlelight, Text, Surf & Snow, Digital Wide, Digital Panorama, Green
Playback modes   Slideshow, Image Rotation, Small Face Filter, Digital Filter (B&W, Sepia, Toy Camera, Retro, Color, Extract Color, Color Emphasis, High Contrast, Starburst, Soft, Brightness, Miniature), Frame Composite, Movie Editing, Red-eye Compensation, Resize, Cropping, Image/Sound Copy, Voice Memo, Protect, DPOF, Start-up Screen, Face close-up playback
Shutter Speed   1/2000 - 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 - 4.3m (ISO Auto)
approx. 0.66 - 14 ft (ISO Auto)
Tele:
approx. 1.3 - 2.6m (ISO Auto)
approx. 4.3 - 8.5 ft (ISO Auto)
Drive Modes   One shot, Self-timer, Continuous Shooting , Burst Shooting (L/M/H), Remote Control
Storage Media   Built-in Memory (approx. 96 MB), SD/SDHC/SDXC Memory Card
Power Source   Rechargeable D-LI92 lithium-ion battery, Optional AC adapter kit is also available
Battery life Still*: approx. 240 shots (Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery)
Playback**: approx. 230 min. (Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery)
Interfaces   USB2.0 (Hi-Speed): PC/AV terminal
Video Output   NTSC/PAL
Dimensions   approx. 108 (W) x 60 (H) x 34.5 (D)mm
approx. 4.3 (W) x 2.4 (H) x 1.4 (D) inches
Weight With battery & SD card approx. 191g (loaded and ready)
approx. 6.7 oz.
Body approx. 170g (without battery and SD memory card)
approx. 6.0 oz.

* 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.

Storage capacity

Still Built-in Memory* 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB 48GB 64GB
16M
(4608x3456)
32 20 41 81 160 321 653 1,284 2,613 5,257 10,546 15,178 20,597
12M [1:1]
(3456x3456)
42 26 54 105 209 419 853 1,676 3,411 6,863 13,768 20,237 27,462
12M [16:9]
(4608x2592)
42 26 54 105 209 419 853 1,676 3,411 6,863 13,768 20,237 27,462
7M
(3072x2304)
60 38 77 151 299 598 1,205 2,366 4,816 9,690 19,438 28,021 38,025
2M [16:9]
(1920×1080)
175 110 223 435 863 1,727 3,415 6,705 13,646 27,455 55,075 72,856 98,866
640
(640×480)
683 430 870 1,694 3,358 6,717 12,294 24,140 49,125 98,841 198,271 182,141 247,165
Movie
Built-in
Memory*
64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB 48GB 64GB
1280
(1280x720)
30fps 0:00:30 0:00:19 0:00:38 0:01:15 0:02:30 0:05:00 0:10:08 0:19:55 0:40:31 1:21:33 2:43:35 3:53:30 5:16:52
15fps 0:00:59 0:00:37 0:01:16 0:02:28 0:04:53 0:09:46 0:19:42 0:38:41 1:18:43 2:38:23 5:17:44 7:47:01 10:33:45
640
(640X480)
30fps 0:01:27 0:00:55 0:01:51 0:03:37 0:07:11 0:14:23 0:29:16 0:57:28 1:56:57 3:55:20 7:52:04 11:14:35 15:15:25
15fps 0:02:46 0:01:44 0:03:31 0:06:52 0:13:36 0:27:13 0:53:55 1:45:52 3:35:27 7:13:30 14:29:36 20:14:16 27:27:45
320
(320X240)
30fps 0:02:13 0:01:24 0:02:50 0:05:31 0:10:56 0:21:54 0:44:32 1:27:27 2:57:59 5:58:07 11:58:22 16:51:53 22:53:08
15fps 0:04:05 0:02:34 0:05:13 0:10:10 0:20:08 0:40:18 1:18:48 2:34:44 5:14:54 10:33:35 21:10:58 25:17:50 34:19:42

Voice Recording
Built-in
Memory*
64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB 48GB 64GB
0:26:14 0:16:31 0:33:24 1:05:04 2:08:56 4:17:56 8:44:34 17:09:57 34:56:01 70:17:12 140:59:34 207:14:09 281:13:03

* Approx. 96 MB
The maximum file size is 2GB for movie.
The maximum length is 18 hours for Voice recording



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