Pentax Optio M50 8MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom (Light Blue)

It's small & very light so you can take it anywhere. Icons that are fun & easy 2 use. Takes great pictures. I love the soft flash mode, the warm skin tone mode & the rechargeable battery. The only thing is that I got it in pink, great color, but my little granddaughter thinks it's her toy!

I bought the Pentax Optio M50 as a gift. I chose this model 4 the following reasons:

* It is small & compact enough 2 always have with you
* It is very stylish (especially 4 a young girl). We got it in Pink 2 go with her pink iPod.
* I wanted a camera with a minimum of 8MP which is plenty 4 home use (I have advanced digital SLRs with 8MP & they take pro-quality images)
* The zoom ratio (5x) was much better than those found on other cameras in it's class (usually 3x)
* I like the feature that automatically detects & exposes 4 faces (although the "Auto-Smile" feature seems 2 be a hit-or-miss feature so I don't suggest using it)
* It is a good value 4 the price

A couple of things 2 be aware of though:

* There is no optical viewer, you must use the rear screen 2 compose the image
* The "shake reduction" feature is not true electronic image stabilization, which you can find or higher-end cameras. Instead it raises the sensitivity of the light sensing chip in low light which allows the use of a higher shutter speed at the same time giving you less detail in the resulting photo. Nice feature, but not as nice as IS which reduces or compensates 4 actual camera shake electronically.

Over all this is a great buy. Just a few years ago a camera like this would have cost at least twice as much. Considering it's features this is a very good value & Pentax is a name that you can trust.

This camera is awesome. It is handy being so small yet takes great photos. The zoom is an excellent feature.

i love it i shake alot & i tryed my brothers & i took great pic's i was impressed. i had 2 have one. i do scrappbooking & need 2 take good pic of my family. i have two other camera & this is the best when u have shakie hands.

the camera is excellent, takes great pictures & is easy 2 operate. we liked it so much & our grand daughter liked it we bought her one.

A compact digital camera with a powerful 5X zoom, the Optio M50 sports a stylish design, shake reduction, face recognition, simplicity, & great image results 4 still & movie modes. You are assured high-resolution images with its 8.0 megapixel CCD & review your images easily with a 2.5-inch wide view LCD. This all-around Optio also offers Smile Capture & Face Recognition 2 capture perfect portraits. The M50 is just a great everyday camera 4 home, touring, or just anytime. Panorama mode automatically stitches a series of three images into one wide scene 2.5? TFT color LCD TTL contrast detection autofocus; Autofocus - 9 point autofocus, multi/spot/auto-tracking autofocus available; Manual focus; Macro focus Built-in series-control auto ElectronicFlash; Flash modes - Auto, flash on, flash off, redeye; Effective range - 14' (wide, auto ISO), 9.2' (tele, auto ISO) Internal memory - 51.1 MB; Removable memory - SD, SDHC USB 2.0 hi-speed, AV out; Video out - NTSC, PAL; Printer interfaces - PictBridge File formats - Still - JPG (EXIF 2.2), DCF 2.0 (design rule 4 camera file system), DPOF, Print Image Matching III; Movie - AVI (Motion JPG), 30/15 FPS w/sound, color/sepia/B&W, Movie SR; Sound - WAV (PCM), monaural Unit Dimensions (W x H x D) - 3.7 x 2.2 x 0.9?; Weight (without battery or removable memory) - 4.1 oz; Loaded & ready - 4.6 oz Includes USB Cable I-USB7 (39551), AV Cable I-AVC7 (39552), Rechargeable Li-Ion Battery D-LI78 (TBA), Battery Charge Cradle D-BC78(A), AC Plug Cord (39477), Strap O-ST51 (39328), Software S-SW77