For the Month of February, we are giving away the

Pentax Optio VS20, a $250 value

When you position your camera vertically, getting the perfect shot can mean a stretch of the fingers to the shutter button when not holding the camera horizontally.  Pentax has the solution with its new Optio VS20 digital compact camera. The 16-megapixel camera packs an accelerometer, which will flip your image to the correct orientation and a second shutter release and zoom lever on the topmost side of the body for easier snapping. The company also thoughtfully included a second tripod mount, so there’s no fussing with your stand required.

Other features include a 3-inch LCD, automatic picture modes including fish-eye. It’ll capture 1280 x 720 movies with its independent video button (also recording in fish-eye) and variable aspect ratio.

Unlike most point and shoot, the two shutter release buttons- one on the top for landscape shots and one on the side for those portrait snaps- is a pretty useful invention.  That said, don’t mistake the VS20 as a one trick pony.  It boasts a massive 20x optical zoom, which is very unorthodox for a camera of this size.

Key Specifications

• 16 megapixel CCD Sensor
• 3-inch LCD
• 20x zoom lens (28-560mm equiv.)
• Minimum focusing distance of 10mm in macro mode
• Sensor-shift Shake Reduction
• ISO 6400
• HD video recording (720p)

Although the camera is still running Pentax’s beginner-friendly point-and-shoot firmware with automatic shooting mode selection, three new filters have been added to this camera, namely:

• Fish-eye mode
• Hand-held night snap mode
• Sketch mode

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