Pentax IQ Zoom 105S Date 35mm Camera
Details
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- No longer available through SilverGelatin.net
- List Price:
- $169.99
- Average Customer Rating:
- 3.5 out of 5
- Manufacturer:
- Pentax
Features
- Versatile 38-105mm, 2.8x zoom lens that gives you maximum flexibility for framing and composing your shots
- Real-image viewfinder shows the image size in relation to the zoom ratio
- Built-in flash has several modes, including red-eye reduction, slow-shutter sync, bulb-sync, and bulb
- Highly accurate multipattern metering system gives you beautifully exposed pictures
- Zoom macro lets you get within 2.2 feet of your subject
Description
Pentax's compact and stylish IQ Zoom 105S date camera has a versatile 38-105mm, 2.8x zoom lens that gives you maximum flexibility for framing and composing your shots. Because it covers the wide-angle to medium-telephoto zoom range, this camera is ideal for a variety of subjects and settings. The zoom macro lets you get within 2.2 feet of your subject, allowing for spectacular close-ups of flowers, birds, and insects; the possibilities are limitless. With the 10-second delay electronic self-timer, you can take a self-portrait or get into a group shot.
To ensure that you'll always know how your shot is framed, the real-image viewfinder shows the image size in relation to the zoom ratio, providing a concise preview of your finished photo, while the diopter can be adjusted to match your eyesight. A large, easy-to-read LCD panel provides setting indications for the exposure counter, battery exhaustion warning, infinity-landscape, red-eye reduction, flash-on, flash-off, slow-speed shutter, bulb, and self-timer. Since it's located on top of the camera, you can confirm your settings quickly and accurately.
The built-in flash has several modes, including flash-on, flash-off (museum mode), slow-shutter sync (sunset mode), bulb-sync (fireworks mode), and bulb (evening mode), to fit any lighting conditions. If the metering system detects a low-light situation, the flash is automatically fired to correct the illumination. To keep your subjects looking their best, the IQ Zoom 105S has a red-eye reduction feature. The highly accurate multipattern metering system gives you beautifully exposed pictures, whatever the lighting conditions, while the active autofocus system gives you sharp images, even if your subject is off-center.
If the IQ Zoom 105S is left unused for three minutes it turns itself off, retracts its lens, and closes the protective cover. This saves battery power and reduces the chance of scratching the lens. You can also imprint the date on your images with this camera.
Spotlight customer reviews
Bummer
[ Posted: 2003-02-17 ]
My review is not a good one. The camera seemed to work find until in the middle of a birthday party it went crazy and the zoom lens froze. It would cost me $20 less than what I paid seven months ago to fix it. Junk now. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Where's my warranty?????
It was good while it lasted.
[ Posted: 2002-05-20 ]
I've had my Pentax Zoom 105-R (no date feature) camera for 8 years. It was a good camera while it lasted. The red eye reduction did not work well though. It has a lot of nifty photo options but I rarely used them.
Without warning and for no apparent reason the auto focus went out. The auto focus of a zoom over approximately 12 feet is useless now. The cost to repair it is [expensive] so I'll buy a new one rather than repair this one. ... I have a Canon with interchangeable lenses that is 18 years old and it takes great photos. (The only reason we got another camera to begin with was for the auto focus feature and the compact size of the Pentax.) With the kind of mileage Canon offers, I'm going back to Canon.
A cool camera!
[ Posted: 2002-02-19 ]
I had experiences with a couple of cameras from different brands such as Nikon, Pentax, Canon and Samsung and frankly I had no big complain about my previous ones. I chose Pentax IQ Zoom 105s, because I was perfectlyl satisfied with a Pentax APS camera that I bought long time ago(I decided to buy new one because APS system is not sometimes convenient) and the price was competitive compare to other that has similar function.
Indeed, it didn't disappoint me, the pictures have been very clear, no blur with very vivid color in both inside and outside.
So far I didn't experience a red eye in the night. Zoom and shutter move smoothly, flash works on time and autoshot works beautifully. The drawback is it is little bigger and sturdier than the comparable ones(you can't put it in your shirt pocket) and the viewer window is little dark(But the pictures were perfectly good).
Overall, I think it is a very cool camera and recommend if interested in.