PENTAX Optio P80
A stylish, ultra-slim digital compact camera
featuring a host of functions for
the effortless capture of beautiful portraits
August 6, 2009
A stylish, ultra-slim digital compact camera
featuring a host of functions for
the effortless capture of beautiful portraits
HOYA CORPORATION PENTAX Products is pleased to announce the launch of the PENTAX Optio P80 digital compact camera. Its ultra-slim, lightweight design allows it to be carried along anywhere, anytime — more like an accessory than a camera.
The new Optio P80 is the latest model of the popular Optio digital compact series, and features a compact, lightweight body. It provides a host of advanced features for the capture of brilliant, sharply focused portraits. These include: an upgraded version of the Face Recognition AF & AE function, which lets the photographer capture the subject’s face in optimum focus and exposure, even from diagonal angles and in different poses; a new Small Face filter, which helps produce a more attractive, better-proportioned subject image by making the face appear slightly smaller in relation to the body; and a more responsive version of the Auto-Tracking AF function, which helps keep an active subject in constant focus.
Stylish, ultra-slim camera body
The Optio P80 sports a compact, ultra-slim body that makes it ideal for bringing along not only on trips and leisure events, but also on daily outings and business meetings. Combining many design elements — including a high-grade aluminum-alloy housing and delicately-contoured chrome-plated parts that sparkle from every angle — the body has a beautiful elegant finish that is a statement of the quality within. PENTAX’s innovative Sliding Lens System* and space-efficient high-density mounting technology have significantly contributed to a downsizing and weight reduction of the camera body, making the Optio P80 extremely compact and lightweight — the thinnest part of the body measuring a mere 16.5mm in depth, despite the incorporation of an optical 4X zoom lens and a large 2.7 inch LCD monitor.* PENTAX-original lens storage mechanism, in which the central lens groups are offset from the optical axis and the entire lens is stored in vertical steps into the lens cylinder. As a result, the overall lens length at the fully retracted position is greatly reduced, contributing to a reduction in body depth.
Greatly upgraded automatic Face Recognition function
The Optio P80’s Face Recognition AF & AE function has seen a major upgrade over the previous version. In addition to the ability to automatically detect up to 32 faces in a mere 0.03 seconds, the function can now detect a subject facing diagonally to the camera, or one with a tilted head. It also offers other user-friendly features to help the photographer produce attractive portraits with minimal effort: a new Small Face filter, which makes the subject’s face appear smaller than reality in relation to the body, without compromising the overall balance of a portrait; the Smile Capture mode, which automatically releases the shutter the moment the camera detects the subject’s smile; and the Blink Detection function, which warns the photographer when the subject’s eyes close at the time of shutter release.High-quality HD-proportioned movie recording
The Optio P80 captures beautiful, flawless movie clips at 16:9 high-definition TV proportions (1280 x 720 pixels)** at a frame rate of 30 frames per second.** When the Optio P80's AV output terminal is used, movie clips are output as normal image-size data. If the user wishes to playback movie clips at high-definition-TV proportions (1280 x 720 pixels), the data must be transferred to a personal computer for playback.
Triple anti-shake protection to prevent different types of camera shake
*** When the High-Sensitivity SR mode is selected, the recorded size is fixed to 5M (2592 x 1944 pixels).
**** When the Movie SR mode is selected, the angle of view becomes narrower than normal shooting.
Optical 4X zoom lens for excellent zoom coverage from wide angle to telephoto
Despite its compact dimensions, the Optio P80 comes equipped with an optical 4X zoom lens covering focal lengths from 4.9mm to 19.6mm (equivalent in the 35mm format to approximately 27.5mm wide angle to 110mm telephoto). Thanks to this wide zoom range, the Optio P80 can be used for a wide variety of subjects and scenes — from spectacular landscapes and group shots in a confined space to tight snapshots from a distance.High image quality
Combining approximately 12.1 effective megapixels with the PENTAX-developed imaging engine and high-performance PENTAX zoom lens, the Optio P80 delivers brilliant, high-quality images with well-defined details. Even when images are enlarged to large-size prints, the user is assured of sharp, high-resolution prints with edge-to-edge sharpness.Other features
Lens | smc PENTAX zoom lens, 7 elements in 6 groups (3 aspherical elements) | |
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Focal Length | 4.9 - 19.6 mm | |
35mm equivalent focal length | approx. 27.5 - 110mm |
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Aperture | F2.6(W) - F5.8(T) | |
Zoom | Optical Zoom | 4X |
Digital Zoom | approx. 6.3X |
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Intelligent Zoom | approx. 5.2X at 7M, approx. 25X at 640 (including optical zoom) | |
Motion Blur Reduction | Still | Pixel Track SR. Hi-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), 0.5m - infinity (at tele setting) 1.31 ft. - infinity (at wide setting), 1.64 ft. - infinity (at tele setting) Macro: 0.1 - 0.5m (at wide setting), 0.5 - 0.7m (at tele setting) 0.33 - 1.64 ft. (at wide setting), 1.64 - 2.3 ft. (at tele setting) Infinity-landscape, Pan Focus, Manual Focus: available |
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Face recognition | Face recognition AF&AE is available for all modes up to 32 faces. Smile Capture. Blink Detection. | |
Number of Effective pixels | approx. 12.1 megapixels | |
Image Sensor | 1/2.3" CCD | |
Number of Recorded pixels | Still | 12M, 7M, 5M, 3M, 2.1M, 1024, 640 |
Movie | 1280, 640, 320 | |
Sensitivity (Standard Output Sensitivity) |
Auto, Fixed (ISO 64 - 6400) | |
White Balance | Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light, Manual setting | |
Display | 2.7" LCD, approx. 230K dots | |
Exposure Control | Metering System | Multi-segment metering, Center-weighted metering, Spot metering |
Exposure Compensation | ±2EV(1/3EV steps) | |
Scene modes | Auto Picture, Program, Night Scene, Night Scene Portrait, Half-length Portrait, Movie, Landscape, Flower, Portrait, Surf & Snow, Sport, Digital SR, Kids, Pet, Food, Fireworks, Frame Composite, Party, Natural Skin Tone, Candlelight, Text, Blog, Digital Wide, Digital Panorama, Green, Vertical Snap | |
Playback modes | Small Face Filter, Slideshow, Resize, Cropping, Image/Sound Copy, Image Rotation, Digital Filter(Color Filter(15 kinds), Toy Camera Filter, Retro Filter, Soft Filter, Brightness Filter), Movie Edit, Frame Composite, Red-eye Compensation, Voice Memo, Protect, DPOF, Favorites, Image Recovery, Start-up Screen, Face close-up playback | |
Shutter Speed | 1/1000 - 1/4 sec. 4 sec at most. (Night Scene mode setting) | |
Built-in flash | Modes | Flash-on and Flash-off modes. "Red-eye" reduction function employs a pre-discharge. Soft Flash |
Flash Range | Wide: approx. 0.2 - 4.6m (ISO Auto), approx. 0.66 - 15 ft. (ISO Auto) Tele: approx. 0.5 - 2.1m (ISO Auto), approx. 1.64 - 6.9 ft. (ISO Auto) |
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Drive Modes | One shot, Self-timer, Continuous Shooting, High Speed Continuous Shooting | |
Storage Media | Built-in Memory (approx. 33.6MB), SD/SDHC Memory Card | |
Power Source | Rechargeable D-LI88 lithium-ion battery Optional AC adapter kit is also available | |
Battery life | Still*: approx. 200 shots (Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery) Playback**: approx. 200 min. (Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery) |
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Interfaces | USB2.0(Hi-Speed), AV terminal | |
Video Output | NTSC/PAL | |
Dimensions | approx. 97(W) × 54(H) × 21.5(D)mm (including lens depth) approx. 3.8(W) ×2.1(H) × 0.8(D) inches |
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Weight | Body | approx. 105g (without battery and SD memory card), approx. 3.7 oz. |
With battery & SD card | approx. 120g (loaded and ready), approx. 4.2 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 * | 512MB | 1GB | 2GB | 4GB |
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12MH (4000x3000) | 7 | 107 | 214 | 435 | 855 |
12M (4000x3000) | 14 | 209 | 419 | 853 | 1675 |
7M (3072x2304) | 21 | 299 | 598 | 1205 | 2366 |
5M (2592x1944) | 26 | 368 | 737 | 1499 | 2943 |
3M (2048×1536) | 42 | 592 | 1185 | 2364 | 4641 |
2.1M (1920×1080) | 61 | 863 | 1727 | 3415 | 6703 |
1024 (1024×768) | 126 | 1777 | 3556 | 6830 | 13407 |
640 (640×480) | 239 | 3358 | 6717 | 12294 | 24133 |
Movie (H:M:S) | Built-in Memory * | 512MB | 1GB | 2GB | 4GB | |
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1280 (1280x720) | 30fps | 0:00:10 | 0:02:32 | 0:05:05 | 0:10:20 | 0:20:18 |
15fps | 0:00:21 | 0:05:05 | 0:10:10 | 0:20:29 | 0:40:13 | |
640 (640X480) | 30fps | 0:00:32 | 0:07:31 | 0:15:02 | 0:30:08 | 0:59:09 |
15fps | 0:01:03 | 0:14:48 | 0:29:38 | 1:00:16 | 1:58:18 | |
320 (320X240) | 30fps | 0:00:51 | 0:11:59 | 0:23:59 | 0:48:47 | 1:35:46 |
15fps | 0:01:37 | 0:22:53 | 0:45:48 | 1:33:08 | 3:02:49 |
Voice recording | Built-in Memory * | 512MB | 1GB | 2GB | 4GB |
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(hh:mm:ss) | 0:26:38 | 6:14:15 | 12:28:41 | 25:22:33 | 49:48:41 |
*Approx. 33.6MB
The maximum file size is 2GB for movie.
The maximum length is 24 hours for Voice recording.