Pentax Unveil New M-Series Optio M60 Compact 10MP Digital CameraNew Pentax Point & Shoot

As if the market were not already brimming with compact point and shoot
compact digital cameras Pentax has unveiled the latest in its line of
M-Series compact 'point and shoot' digital cameras in the form of the
Pentax Optio M60 which, whilst appearing to be a solid all-rounder, is,
it has to be said, an altogether uninspiring affair - especially when
compared to the latest point and shoot cameras unveiled by the likes of
Samsung, such as their new TL34HD, TL9, SL310W and SL201 models, for
example.Offering a 10 megapixel sensor, 36-180mm 5x optical zoom lens
and a 'large' (though we would rather suggest somewhat run-of-the-mill)
2.5' LCD screen, the Pentax Optio M60 offers pretty much everything you
would expect from a lightweight point and shoot camera such as face
detection (though the Optio M60 can, in fairness, recognise up to a
somewhat impressive 32 faces in any particular scene), smile detection
(these days a fairly standard feature on such cameras), Digital SR
(shake reduction) and a host of scene modes. Additionally, however, the
Optio M60 also comes with an 'Auto Picture' function with will act to
set the optimum scene mode automatically which is a boom for those who
want a device that performs with the minimum of user intervention.

Pentax Optio M60 Compact Digital Camera Key Features:

Large, 2.5-inch LCD monitor of approximately 230,000 dots
Wide viewing angle LCD for easy viewing even from diagonal directions
Digital Wide merges two shots into one image for ultra-wide-angle
expressions
Panorama mode for composing photographs into one panoramic picture
Movie recording function with shake reduction enabling high image
quality rivaling camcorders
Mode palette provides quick access to 24 shooting conditions and 15
playback mode
Frame composite function: shoot and create images with decorative frames
80 built-in styles to choose from
Auto-Macro allows for close-up photography as near as 10cm
Date and Time imprint function for easy image categorizing
Approximately 36.5MB of built-in memory
FotoNation's red-eye compensation function for flash shots
Support PictBridge, DPOF functions, Exif Print, and PRINT Image Matching III
Includes the ACDSee for PENTAX 3.0 image viewer/image management
software that supports Windows Vista

The Pentax Optio M60 will become available in silver, blue and the all
too obligatory pink from August 22 for around a wallet friendly pound
sterling100 (which equates for around $198/euR 127 at the time of writing).