Main Specifications - Pentax Optio A40 Operating Manual

Main Specifications

Camera
Type Fully automatic compact digital still camera with built-in zoom lens
Effective Pixels 12.0 megapixels
Sensor 12.40 megapixels (total pixels), 1/1.7-inch interline transfer CCD with a primary
color filter
Recorded Pixels Still Picture
Movie
Sensitivity AUTO, Manual (50/100/200/400/800/1600 (/3200 Digital SR mode)
File Format Still Picture
Movie
Sound
Quality Level "Best", "Better", "Good"
Storage Medium Built-in memory (approx. 21 MB), SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card
Image Storage Capacity and Recording Time (When using a 1GB SD Memory Card)
Still Pictures
Quality Level
Recorded Pixels
12M
10M
7M
5M
3M
1024
640
Movie
Quality Level
Recorded Pixels
640 (640×480)
320 (320×240)
* The above table indicates the approximate number of images and recording time. The number of
images and recording time may vary depending on an SD Memory Card and subject.
12M (4000×3000), 10M (3648×2736), 7M (3072×2304),
5M (2592×1944), 3M (2048×1536),
1024 (1024×768), 640 (640×480)
* Fixed to 5M (2592×1944) for Digital SR mode and Multi-
exposure mode, and 3M (2048×1536) for Frame Composite
mode and Half-length Portrait mode.
640 (640×480), 320 (320×240)
JPEG (Exif2.2), DCF, DPOF, PRINT Image Matching III
AVI (MPEG-4 DivX), approx. 30 fps with sound, Movie SR (25
fps image signals recorded at 30 fps)
WAV (PCM system), monaural, max. recording time approx.
17 hours 11 min. 28 sec. (when using a 1GB SD Memory
Card)
Best Better
C D
201 291
242 350
342 495
481 695
728 1053
1856 2682
3405 4918
C
Best
46 min. 0 sec.
177 min. 56 sec.
Good
Sound
E
404
486
685
17 hr.
963
11 min. 28 sec.
1458
3714
6811
D
Better
57 min. 38 sec.
221 min. 3 sec.
E
Good
69 min. 11 sec.
254 min. 52 sec.
8
201