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Amphibious digital mini launches at CES, light weight impresses

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 by: Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor | Key concepts: Weight, Water and Digital camera

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Pentax recently announced the OptioWP digital camera. A 5 megapixel camera with a 3x optical zoom, the OptioWP delivers a fairly good feature set in a very small package – just 4x2x0.9 inches. The camera weighs in at 4.2 ounces sans battery or memory card, and has extensive waterproofing features that give it a JIS Class 8 water resistance rating. The camera will begin shipping to retailers in April of 2005.

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  • PENTAX Imaging Company has announced the amphibious OptioWP digital camera.
  • With 5.0 megapixels and a 3X zoom, the sleek, elegant OptioWP captures high quality images both on land and up to five feet underwater without an additional underwater housing unit.
  • The OptioWP is the perfect digital camera for active people who snorkel, ski, sail, surf, or participate in a variety of outdoor activities.
  • Well-known for delivering tiny digital, PENTAX keeps the OptioWP dimensions to a mere 4x2x0.9 inches and only 4.2 ounces (without battery and memory card).
  • Despite the diminutive size, the OptioWP features a generous 2.0 inch low reflection LCD, 10MB built-in memory, quick start-up, an ultra fast nine point autofocus, and it captures movies at 30 frames per second in JPEG format.
  • How does the OptioWP outdo other water resistant digital cameras in the marketplace?
  • The design of the new OptioWP is not only stylish, it's innovative.
  • Every seam in the camera is protected with rubber sealant and an interlocking design to resist the enemies of all electronics including dust, pressure and moisture.
  • These technological design advances help qualify the PENTAX OptioWP as the first 5.0 megapixel, 3X zoom digital camera with a JIS Class 8 water resistant rating.
  • PENTAX will unveil the OptioWP this week during the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
  • PENTAX Imaging Company is an innovative leader in the production of digital and film cameras, sport optics, lenses, mobile printers, scanners and internet cameras.
  • For more than 80 years, PENTAX technology has developed durable, reliable products that meet the needs of consumers and businesses.
  • PENTAX Imaging Company is a division of PENTAX of America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of PENTAX Corporation of Japan.

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