Pentax X90

usability, zoom, portability, performance, image quality

durability, viewfinder

94% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Leistung, Bedienbarkeit, Design, Zoom, Bildqualität

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lens, performance, usability

100% of the reviews on Amazon.ca give this product a positive rating.

26x Optical Zoom (26-676mm) ; Powerful Pop-up Flash ; Shake Reduction ; EVF and 2.7-inch LCD ; Green Mode ; Overall Camera Performance ; HDMI output ; Cons ; High amounts of noise in all ISO settings ; Inaccurate Auto White Balance ; Noise in Videos ;...

High amounts of noise in all ISO settings ; Inaccurate Auto White Balance ; Noise in Videos ; Bottom Line ; Pentax's X90 is an incredibly versatile Super-Zoom digicam featuring a 26x optical zoom, 12.1-Megapixel imaging sensor and 720p video capture....

Pentax's X90 is an incredibly versatile Super-Zoom digicam featuring a 26x optical zoom, 12.1-Megapixel imaging sensor and 720p video capture. While it lacks a little in image quality, it has excellent performance and is easy enough for anyone to use....

Broad focal range throws up a wealth of compositional choices, well placed and responsive buttons and controls, speedy in operation

Optical zoom not accessible when recording movies, average low light performance, plastic-y if solid feel

The Pentax X90 is all about shoehorning as broad a focal range as possible into a DSLR-like chassis, and as such it largely succeeds as a catch all device, being as adept at shooting expansive landscapes as intimate portraits and everything else in...

The Pentax X90 is a good an all-in-one option for someone who wants to step up from a 3x zoom pocket compact, but prefers the portability and usability of a bridge model over a full-blown dSLR requiring costly lenses. It offers good zoom range, a nice...

The target audience for the Pentax X90 is surely the existing compact camera user looking to upgrade, as well as the family user. But then the same audience will also be ideally suited to an entry level DSLR or a lower-priced Micro Four Thirds type...

Wide-angle megazoom with sensor-shift image stabilization ; Compact body for its class ; Good build quality ; Command dial ; Generally good placement of controls ; Very fast prefocused shutter lag ; Low geometric distortion (automatically corrected...

Soft corners at wide-angle ; Detail drops off noticeably at telephoto ; Zoom control is too fast ; Menu navigation is confusing ; Menu font can be difficult to read ; Poor low-light focusing, though AF assist helps ; Slowest shutter speed is only 4...

ISO 100 shots, though, are a little soft for 13x19 inches, looking better printed at 11x14 inches.

Long Lens - General Features

Picture Quality - Noise in Lowlight - Loss of Detail in Light Objects - Shutter Lag with Flash

The Pentax X90 is up against some very strong competition in this category. It offers plenty of features to get your teeth into, but picture quality struggles in comparison to other super zoom models that have really got their act together.

Excellent sharpness; Low distortion and chromatic aberration

Proprietary USB port; Uncomfortable grip

The Pentax X90 is definitely on the small side for ultrazoom cameras. The body seems to be pushing the limit of compact size for so large a lens. The good news is that its small size makes the X90 incredibly portable. The bad news is that you really...

Overall, the X90 is a very good all-in-one camera that thanks to its brilliant superzoom lens that covers a wide range of photographic situations. Although at times it handles and behaves like a DSLR, the image quality and noise performance are more in...