The Optio E70’s shutter release button on the top panel and other control buttons on the back panel are designed to be considerably larger than those of conventional models to facilitate camera operation. Its LCD monitor also features large letters, numbers and icons for the indication of date and time, shooting and playback modes, and essential operational data. These unique features are a great help to camera users with little photographic experience and those unfamiliar with gadgets, making them feel at home with shooting and viewing of digital images.

The Optio E70’s Auto Picture mode features a variety of shooting modes to handle the subjects and scenes you’re likely to encounter on the road. As soon as you press the shutter release button halfway down, the Optio E70 automatically and instantly selects the most appropriate shooting mode for a given subject or scene to preserve it in beautiful, high-quality images.

Since the Optio E70 is powered by world-standard AA-size batteries, you can easily obtain replacements almost anywhere in the world. You can capture as many as 620 images with a fresh pair of lithium batteries, or up to 210 images with alkaline batteries.

* The numbers of recordable images were measured using testing conditions specified by the CIPA standards. These numbers may vary depending on shooting conditions.

The Optio E70’s Face-Recognition AF & AE function is designed to automatically record beautifully exposed, sharply focused faces — up to 32 faces in total. This feature comes in handy when taking group snapshots. What’s more, the Smile Capture function automatically releases the shutter the instant it detects your subject’s smile, while the Blink Detection function warns you when the subject’s eyes close at the time of shutter release.

During still-image shooting, the Optio E70 automatically activates a new digital shake-reduction mode called Pixel Track SR. In situations susceptible to camera shake and subject shake, such as indoor and sunset scenes, it activates the High-Sensitivity SR mode to automatically raise the sensitivity level up to ISO 6400 for a faster shutter speed. In movie recording, it employs the Movie SR mode. Combining these three anti-shake modes, the Optio E70 effectively minimizes the adverse effects of camera shake and subject shake for almost all kinds of subject and scene.

10.0 Effective Megapixels for High-Quality, Fine-Detailed Images

With approximately 10.0 effective megapixels, the Optio E70 reproduces subjects faithfully and brilliantly, including the delicate texture of skin and hair. By combining a 3X optical zoom lens with 5.7X digital zoom capability, you can also magnify your subject up to 17.1 times to capture fine-detailed images.

Compatibility with Exif Print, PRINT Image Matching and DPOF

The Optio E70 is compatible with Exif Print and PRINT Image Matching III to produce beautiful printouts faithful to the camera data. It is also compatible with DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) to control the number of prints and date imprint information.

When you want to share special memories with your friends or relatives, you can make copies of recorded images or movies on a DVD or videotape, simply by connecting the Optio E70 to a DVD recorder or video deck via the included USB/AV cable. Such copies also allow other people to watch the memorable scenes comfortably on a larger TV or projector screen.