Pentax Optio M20 ( 7MP ) - Under 100 Euro

HungryJoey

Just spotted this. I bought one my self a while ago for a considerable amount more!

What a bargan, Compared to other digital cameras I have and had, this is far superiour to alot I have used. Images are so clear, focused well, bright, and colour is great. And the video its quite good too at 640x480 @ 30FPS

I will throw up an image taken with the camera later on..

http://www.pixmania-pro.com/ie/uk/351932/art/pentax/optio-m20.html?tag=mail_ie_uk_2007-04-26_15407&srcid=2716

Just for reference its 245 Excl. shipping on expansys :O
http://www.expansys.ie/p.aspx?i=140620

Hj

green123

yeah seems like good value
i just posted about this camera in the other lidl digital camera thread
you need to add vat to your link
regualr link
http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/356535/art/pentax/optio-m20.html

lots of cameras on pixmania for around 100 seem good value

HungryJoey

Yeah I knew that about the vat, I just worked it out in my head that it came in at just under 100. So its A few cent over 100! Oh well, still a really good price. Its a great camera!

Image Examples:
http://hungryjoey.sparky-s.com/Images/IMGP0148.JPG

http://hungryjoey.sparky-s.com/Images/IMGP0289.JPG

Hj

skywalker

Ordered one with a 1Gb card & case for €125. Thanks lads, this looks like a really nice camera for the money. Was quite surprised at how well it compared when I checked against other models on pixmania. How compact is it HungryJoey? Like will it fit in your pocket comfortably?

Tonic07

Need a camere but wouldn't know a good one from a bad. May aswell go for this one. Have a few questions regarding the packages they have with it.

Whats the difference between the pixmania memory card and the Ultra 66 one?
What's the Hama "30 in 1" usb 2.0 memory card reader for?

mcgovern

Tonic07 wrote:

What's the Hama "30 in 1" usb 2.0 memory card reader for?

So you can read the pictures on your PC direct from the memory card rather than having to plug in the camera.

Tonic07

Cheers McGovern. Think I can go without one of those so

spyder238

have this cam bought it in boston a few months ago for about $150, excellent cam loads of nice features definitely worth the money.

imeatingchips

HungryJoey wrote:

Image Examples:
http://hungryjoey.sparky-s.com/Images/IMGP0148.JPG

http://hungryjoey.sparky-s.com/Images/IMGP0289.JPG

Hj

HEY WHAT THE HELL THATS MY DOG!?!?!

fuzionzone

Hi,

I'm being prompted for a Vat number/Company names when using the following link.

http://www.pixmania-pro.com/ie/uk/35...407&srcid=2716

If I just put in my own contact details - it loops back to the enter VAT number screen.

The 2nd link http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/356535...optio-m20.html seems to work ok.
Price works out at approx 114.40 Euro inc vat & postage.

Its still a nice price but is this the price that everyone is getting ?

Regards,

Fuzion

thegame

id like to know thats as well i cant order it on
http://www.pixmania-pro.com/ie/uk/35...407&srcid=2716
something with vat number ,how to i order it off it???

fuzionzone wrote:

Hi,

I'm being prompted for a Vat number/Company names when using the following link.

http://www.pixmania-pro.com/ie/uk/35...407&srcid=2716

If I just put in my own contact details - it loops back to the enter VAT number screen.

The 2nd link http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/356535...optio-m20.html seems to work ok.
Price works out at approx 114.40 Euro inc vat & postage.

Its still a nice price but is this the price that everyone is getting ?

Regards,

Fuzion

skywalker

Use the link in the second post.

ablelocks

review here

that's a v. good price - it's upto $200 on amazon.com

boy_wonder

What is the video quality like guys as I would like to have to do without getting a camcorder for all those majic moments:).
Thanks

HungryJoey

Video is quite good. Records at 640x480 which is fine for most purposes and at 30 FPS so its quite smooth. Zooms in and out plenty too without affecting the sound at all.. I know ive seen a few cameras that the sound when recording stops while you zoom in and out where as this doesn't. My samsung 6MP cam does that

Good camera I must say especially at that price!

@ Imeatingchips ^^; Huh ?

Hj

JohnCleary

Excellent guys, just found my gf's birthday pressie! (Oh and guess who'll be borrowing it quite a lot?! )

shayser

Sweet! Just ordered.

HungryJoey

Enjoy! Make sure you either have a nice SD card waiting for it or you plan on buying one. I personally have 2GB cards in my cameras. But these images are up to 3MB per picture thats how large they are.

Hj

kensutz

I was looking for a 7MP camera myself and was about to get the one on iBood today but Pixmania's offering is too good to pass up.

boy_wonder

Thanks guys.
One more question. Can you charge the camera by plugging it directly into the mains i.e. no requirement to take out batteries etc.

green123

boy_wonder wrote:

Thanks guys.
One more question. Can you charge the camera by plugging it directly into the mains i.e. no requirement to take out batteries etc.

no

Linoge

HungryJoey wrote:

Yeah I knew that about the vat, I just worked it out in my head that it came in at just under 100. So its A few cent over 100! Oh well, still a really good price. Its a great camera!

Image Examples:
http://hungryjoey.sparky-s.com/Images/IMGP0148.JPG

http://hungryjoey.sparky-s.com/Images/IMGP0289.JPG

Hj

Is it just me or do these pictures look absolutely awful??

BostonB

Linoge wrote:

Is it just me or do these pictures look absolutely awful??

Ok for €100. But you could by a better camera for < 200

randomname2005

I hate review sites! I came across this review which isnt very complimentary:

http://www.cameras.co.uk/camera-reviews/pentax-optio-m20.cfm

Now, when you compare this to steves-digicams where it is placed in the best cameras in the range it is really confusing
R

Edit: BostonB: Any suggestions?

BostonB

Basically its good for the price. Since it about the cheapest thing you can get. Thats all some people care about.

For me even as a basic camera it would annoy me for two reasons. Shutter lag, (biggest annoyance with digital cameras) and the hit and miss nature of the image quality. I don't mind if every so often you get a bad photo, I'm not great with a camera myself. But if every 2 out of 3 photos you take are bad then it just is pointless. At that point cheap turns to bad value for money IMO. This is what happened to me when I got my first cheap digital camera. I think unless IQ isn't a priority, (party camera or one for the car etc) then you need to look at the shutter speed and then the sample photos. Forget about pixel size. Using AA batteries is more useful than mega pixels.

http://www.cameras.co.uk/html/shutter-lag-comparisons.cfm

If it was me I'd stretch to a Sony DSC-S600/Sony DSC-S650 or one of the Canon Powershots. But check out all the sample photos across a few sites and see what you like.

randomname2005

BostonB wrote:

http://www.cameras.co.uk/html/shutter-lag-comparisons.cfm

If it was me I'd stretch to a Sony DSC-S600/Sony DSC-S650 or one of the Canon Powershots. But check out all the sample photos across a few sites and see what you like.

Cheers BostonB, I have been looking at the powershot a550 for a while and I might go for that one.

R

bmaxi

Did anybody who ordered this actually get it? I was very tempted but I've heard so many horror stories about Pixmania.

skywalker

Yep, I got it after about 48 hours, no problems.

bmaxi

skywalker wrote:

Yep, I got it after about 48 hours, no problems.

Thanks for that mate.

stooge

bmaxi wrote:

Thanks for that mate.

Just to warn you. I placed my order on Monday thinking I'll have it before the weekend, especially since all items were in stock.

After being told that the order was being prepared on Tuesday I was disappointed but could deal with a one day delay. No more updates were given to me so on Wednesday I sent an email through the website to check on the status of my order.
I got 2 replays to further questions and was informed that my order had been dispatched with DHL at 5.30pm on 30st May. This was a blatant and utter lie and the parcel was still being prepared and a quick phone call to DHL confirmed that the parcel had not been picked up.

On Thursday I sent yet another query to Pixmania with exactly the same response as the day before...another lie. Not until 16.15pm on Friday the 1st of June was the order finally sent by Pixmania with DHL.

All this meant that I wont have my camera for heading on holidays and I'm going to have to arrange for someone to pick it up from DHL.

Maybe it was my fault for being naive enough to think theyd honour their agreement. Whatever the case I won't be ordering off them again due their customer service department telling me complete rubbish.

bmaxi

stooge wrote:

Just to warn you. I placed my order on Monday thinking I'll have it before the weekend, especially since all items were in stock.

After being told that the order was being prepared on Tuesday I was disappointed but could deal with a one day delay. No more updates were given to me so on Wednesday I sent an email through the website to check on the status of my order.
I got 2 replays to further questions and was informed that my order had been dispatched with DHL at 5.30pm on 30st May. This was a blatant and utter lie and the parcel was still being prepared and a quick phone call to DHL confirmed that the parcel had not been picked up.

On Thursday I sent yet another query to Pixmania with exactly the same response as the day before...another lie. Not until 16.15pm on Friday the 1st of June was the order finally sent by Pixmania with DHL.

All this meant that I wont have my camera for heading on holidays and I'm going to have to arrange for someone to pick it up from DHL.

Maybe it was my fault for being naive enough to think theyd honour their agreement. Whatever the case I won't be ordering off them again due their customer service department telling me complete rubbish.

Well I got mine five days after ordering and that was with a weekend and a European public holiday intervening, so I can't complain and it really is a good piece of kit.