Pentax S40 Operating Guide

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Image Storage Capacity (when using 16 MB SD Memory Card)

Type

Fully automatic compact digital still camera with built-in zoom lens

Effective Pixels

4.0 megapixels

Sensor

4.23 megapixels (total pixels), 1/2.5-inch interline transfer CCD with a 

primary color filter

Recorded Pixels

Still Picture

2304×1728 pixels, 2048×1536 pixels, 1600×1200 pixels, 

1024×768 pixels, 640×480 pixels

Moving Picture

320×240 pixels

Sensitivity

Auto, manual (equivalent to ISO 50, 100, 200, 400)

File Format

Still Picture

JPEG (Exif2.2), DCF, DPOF, PictBridge, 

Print Image Matching II

Moving Picture

AVI (Open DML Motion JPEG), approx. 30 fps, with 

sound

Sound

WAV (PCM system), max. recording time approx. 16 min.  

(when using 16 MB SD Memory Card)

Quality Level

“Best”, “Better”, “Good”

Storage Medium

Built-in memory (approx. 11 MB), SD Memory Card

Quality Level

Recorded Pixels

C

Best

D

Better

E

Good

Moving Picture

(320×240)

Sound

2304 ×1728

Approx. 5

Approx. 10

Approx. 15

Approx.

33 sec.

Approx.

16 min.

2048 ×1536

Approx. 6

Approx. 12

Approx. 18

1600 ×1200

Approx. 11 Approx. 20

Approx. 28

1024 ×768

Approx. 25 Approx. 47

Approx. 62

640 ×480

Approx. 57 Approx. 89 Approx. 119

White Balance

Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten Light, Fluorescent Light, Manual

Lens

Focal Length

5.8 mm - 17.4 mm(equivalent to 35 mm - 105 mm in 

35 mm format)

Maximum Aperture

f/2.6 - f/4.8

Lens Composition

6 elements in 5 groups (two aspherical elements)

Zoom Type

Electrically driven

Picture Range

39.5 mm - 29.6 mm (screen is filled) 

(Super Macro mode)

Lens Barrier

Electrically driven

Digital Zoom

Capture/Playback 

Mode

Max 2.6× (combines with 3× optical zoom to give 

zoom magnification equivalent to 8×)

Viewfinder

Type

Real-image zoom viewfinder

Magnification

Wide 0.28×, Tele 0.78×

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