Pentax Optio E90 10 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and 2.7-Inch LCD (Black)

Positives:

Very well built and can handle heavy use. Controls are well placed and the LCD display of the options are logical and easy to follow. Battery life is good and since it uses AA batteries, you do not depend on proprietary battery. Takes good pictures and the color reproduction is very good. Bundled with the camera is Arcsoft Media Impression 2.0 which is very good value for the money. While it is not thin, it would fit into the shirt pocket and hence is ideal while traveling or hiking.

Negatives:

The pictures are not very sharp even with 10MP resolution, even though you can get good 8x11 enlargements. Pentax is known for its excellent lenses and I wish the lens is of better quality even if the cost is marginally higher. Whenever the camera is on, the lens is open. When you want to just review the pictures, I wish you had an option not to open the lens as it would protect lens. The main user manual is in the bundled CD. I wish it is available to download from Pentax website. Some kind of cover over the LCD display is desirable since it would protect the LCD. In a bright outdoor the LCD display is difficult to see. A shade or something like it would help. A direct viewfinder is missing. It would help to frame picture in bright lights and also keep the camera steady in picture taking. Manufacturers such as Canon provide viewfinder for this purpose.

Overall:

I would highly recommend as an entry level camera where excellent sharpness is not an issue as it is a very good value for the money.

I read that one really bad review for this camera and that review is false. This camera is easy to use and does nice photos. The video is poor though, the videos don't sync with the audio at all. I lost this camera (in a nylon case) and it was out in heavy rain for weeks, yet was just fine when I found it. Recently, it was dropped onto concrete and now it has no flash. Still, good camera for the price.

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for a cheap point and shoot, this camera works great. very easy to use for my wife, even my 9 year old can get great pictures. considering another to replace my old Olympus C3020.

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I received this camera as a Christmas gift from my Dad 2 years ago. At first I loved the camera. It had everything I wanted on it, including video capability. But last July I went to Rock Fest in Tama, IA to see Foghat and Bret Michaels. Foghat performed during the day and I was very far from the stage and the zoom quality was decent, but since they were moving some of it was very blurred. Lastly, the night mode. I used the night mode feature to take photos of one of my favorite artists, Bret Michaels. Those photos turned out like crap and even with the stage lights and my flash on it didn't really help.

Let's talk about the video mode was okay in daylight for me to shoot 2 videos of Foghat performing, great audio and video quality is good as long as you don't zoom in (because I did that for most of the first video and it was all pixelly). At night I shot videos of Bret peforming and shot 3 of them. The quality is horrible at night. All pixelly and barely able to see Bret himself. But again audio was great, not video.

I am seeing KISS in August and am NOT using this camera. I'll use my parent's Powershot instead.

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It's a good little camera for the price but with a little research and not being so anxious to replace a camera that died, I could have found a Pentax with video capability for the same price.