Monday, September 21, 2009

Testing the new Pentax X70

The thing that's notable about this one is the clarity of the details in it at 24X. I can do 24X on the Canon G9 as well, but even using a doubler on it, there's going to be digital zoom included in a 24X shot, because optical tops out at 6X, and with a doubler on that, 12X. This doesn't require the doubler, and it goes all the way to 24X optical before going into the digital parts. The clarity and detail are obvious.

This is a nice little camera, and another thing I really appreciate about it is that its image stabilization really works. Not just some of the time, but every time, like it should. Mr. Canon, please take note, because your image stabilization on my G9 sucks! About half its shots are wasted because they are blurred. This Pentax doesn't do that, and I could easily fall in love with it for that reason alone.


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