Pentax IQ Zoom 120Mi Quartz Date 35mm Camera

Pentax IQ Zoom 120Mi Quartz Date 35mm Camera

Pentax IQ Zoom 120Mi Quartz Date 35mm Camera
Manufacturer: Pentax
Product Type: Photography

Editorial Review:
Amazon.com Product Description
The 38-120mm, 3.2x power zoom lens of the Pentax IQZoom 120Mi Date camera gives you a high-performance optical design and an aspherical lens element that delivers top-quality images. The zoom macro lets you shoot close-ups at any focal length from as close as 2.1 feet from your subject, while the adjustable diopter allows you to match the viewfinder image to your eyesight. This optical versatility, coupled with the lightweight, durable aluminum body, makes this camera easy to take with you everywhere.

The "actual image" viewfinder shows the image size in relation to the zoom ratio, so you'll have an accurate preview of your finished photo. An LCD panel, located on top of the camera, provides you with a wide range of data on camera operations, including: exposure counter, battery exhaustion warning, infinity-landscape, spot AF, red-eye reduction, flash-on/flash-off, slow-speed shutter, bulb, self-timer, and remote control. It comes equipped with an electro-luminescence (EL) illuminator, which is automatically turned on in the dark for easy confirmation of the displayed data. This lets you confirm the settings at a quick glance whether it's day or night.

Even under complicated lighting conditions, the six-segment multipattern metering system consistently gives you perfectly exposed images. When the camera's metering system detects a low light or backlight situation, the built-in flash automatically provides fill-in illumination. The 120Mi lets you chose from a variety of flash functions, including: flash-on/flash-off (museum mode), slow shutter sync (sunset mode), bulb-sync (fireworks mode) and bulb mode (evening mode). It also offers a red-eye reduction feature that helps eliminate most of the red-eye effect that can appear in a subject's eyes. When combined with the metering system, the passive five-point autofocus system ensures crisp, high-quality focusing, even when shooting a subject at a distance or through a glass window. If you want to focus on just a single element of the scene, you can switch to the IQZoom's Spot Autofocus mode.

With a single flick of a switch, you can select panorama mode at any frame of the film. This feature lets you take a standard shot, then a sweeping landscape, and back to a standard shot--all on the same roll of film. When the IQZoom 120Mi is left unused for three minutes (or five minutes in the self-timer mode) with the power on, it automatically retracts the zoom lens to the storage position to protect it from damage and turns the power off to conserve batteries.

The date feature lets you imprint the date or day and time on your photographs, ensuring that you will never forget when you took that roll of film. You can choose from one of five different settings: year-month-day, month-day-year, day-month-year, day-hour-minute, and blank.

Pentax IQ Zoom 120Mi Quartz Date 35mm Camera
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Buying As Gift - I Love The One I Own!
  • Great Camera but...
  • Disappointment With This Little Camera
  • Well worth the money
  • Still love this camera!!
 Pentax IQ Zoom 120Mi Quartz Date 35mm Camera

Manufacturer: Pentax
ProductGroup: Photography
Binding: Electronics

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Accessories:
  1. FujiFilm Super HQ 200 Speed 48 exp Film (2 Pack)
  2. Kodak Gold Max 400 Speed 24 Exposure 35mm Film (4 Pack)
  3. Samsonite Worldproof 1.2 Blue/Black Compact Camera Pouch with Pocket
  4. Samsonite Worldproof 1.2 Khaki/Black Compact Camera Pouch with Pocket
  5. Pentax PTX-120 Camera Case for IQ Zoom Cameras

Product Features:
  • 35mm compact metal point-and-shoot
  • 38-120mm 3.2x zoom lens with autofocus
  • Multi-mode flash features red-eye reduction
  • Automatic film loading, advance, and rewind
  • Features date imprinting and self-timer

ASIN: B00004U5VH

Amazon.com Product Description

The 38-120mm, 3.2x power zoom lens of the Pentax IQZoom 120Mi Date camera gives you a high-performance optical design and an aspherical lens element that delivers top-quality images. The zoom macro lets you shoot close-ups at any focal length from as close as 2.1 feet from your subject, while the adjustable diopter allows you to match the viewfinder image to your eyesight. This optical versatility, coupled with the lightweight, durable aluminum body, makes this camera easy to take with you everywhere.

The "actual image" viewfinder shows the image size in relation to the zoom ratio, so you'll have an accurate preview of your finished photo. An LCD panel, located on top of the camera, provides you with a wide range of data on camera operations, including: exposure counter, battery exhaustion warning, infinity-landscape, spot AF, red-eye reduction, flash-on/flash-off, slow-speed shutter, bulb, self-timer, and remote control. It comes equipped with an electro-luminescence (EL) illuminator, which is automatically turned on in the dark for easy confirmation of the displayed data. This lets you confirm the settings at a quick glance whether it's day or night.

Even under complicated lighting conditions, the six-segment multipattern metering system consistently gives you perfectly exposed images. When the camera's metering system detects a low light or backlight situation, the built-in flash automatically provides fill-in illumination. The 120Mi lets you chose from a variety of flash functions, including: flash-on/flash-off (museum mode), slow shutter sync (sunset mode), bulb-sync (fireworks mode) and bulb mode (evening mode). It also offers a red-eye reduction feature that helps eliminate most of the red-eye effect that can appear in a subject's eyes. When combined with the metering system, the passive five-point autofocus system ensures crisp, high-quality focusing, even when shooting a subject at a distance or through a glass window. If you want to focus on just a single element of the scene, you can switch to the IQZoom's Spot Autofocus mode.

With a single flick of a switch, you can select panorama mode at any frame of the film. This feature lets you take a standard shot, then a sweeping landscape, and back to a standard shot--all on the same roll of film. When the IQZoom 120Mi is left unused for three minutes (or five minutes in the self-timer mode) with the power on, it automatically retracts the zoom lens to the storage position to protect it from damage and turns the power off to conserve batteries.

The date feature lets you imprint the date or day and time on your photographs, ensuring that you will never forget when you took that roll of film. You can choose from one of five different settings: year-month-day, month-day-year, day-month-year, day-hour-minute, and blank.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Buying As Gift - I Love The One I Own!.......2003-12-04

I researched many, many, many Point-And-Shoot cameras in early 2003 mainly for hiking. I selected this one for size, quality, and many recommendations from other websites and in-store camera personnel. This is my 3rd P&S camera and by far the best one I have had yet.

I had an Advantix film camera (which I do not recommend to anyone) last summer and took some of the same photos again with my new Pentax this summer. Side by side the difference was NIGHT & DAY. This camera takes amazing photos, especially outdoors.

I'm coming back to buy another one for my mother for Christmas because she was so impressed with the print quality of my camera. She has a professional Cannon SLR ($$$) camera and said she could hardly tell the difference between my photos and hers.

As for the additional remote issue mentioned in other reviews, I bought it too. But I've since realized with the timer function I really just don't even use the remote - I just set the timer and always have time to scurry into the photo.

I highly recommend this camera for yourself or as a gift, you will not be disapointed!!

3 out of 5 stars Great Camera but..........2003-01-21

I received this camera as a Christmas gift and was surprised since I have a great Ricoh camera which is very similar (not quite as much zoom as this one has). The Pentax works good for landscape and still photos but its awfully slow for action shots. I love taking photos of our dogs, but once I get their attention and have a great photo op in front of me, the camera takes too long to shoot the picture and I've lost the shot -- not so with my Ricoh.

2 out of 5 stars Disappointment With This Little Camera.......2002-08-31

Initially, I was pleased with the size of the camera and the quality of the outdoor photos. However, after looking at the prints from several of my kids school concerts, I was very disappointed in the camera. While using 400 speed film, and a full zoom lens, the photos came out very dark. The pictures were taken in a school gym during daylight hours with plenty of light. I never had any problems like this with my old, 80mm Fuji camera. I would not buy another Pentax camera.

5 out of 5 stars Well worth the money.......2002-08-13

I won't bore you with a review fit for one of those camera magazines full of technogeek jargon. All I can tell you is, that if you are like me and you want a camera which is easy to use, easy to carry and takes great photos, look no further. The photo quality is as good as any SLR 35mm camera photos I have taken. If you want a camera that you can take on vacation and bring home great shots, this is it.

5 out of 5 stars Still love this camera!!.......2002-07-05

I wrote a review last summer on this camera, saying how great it was after one roll of film. One year later I still love it!! The pictures are still sharp as a tack, with flash or without. I have gone on to try Kodak and Fuji 200 and 400 film in the camera with wonderful results from all. It is a very small camera so it's easy to put in a purse and take everywhere with you. It has the date feature on it. You can have that deleted but the numbers are very small in the lower right hand corner of the pictures. They are big enough to read but small enough to not notice otherwise. The only thing that could possibly make this a greater value is if it came with a case and remote. It does not but is still definitely worth the little extra you pay compared to other p&s cameras.

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