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A credit crunch camera or a model aimed at the digital beginner? You can take your pick when it comes to the Pentax Optio E70L. This budget camera costs less than £100, which is nice, but there’s a big difference between offering a low price and good value for money. Buying cheap can be an expensive mistake, so where does the …

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  1. A J Stiles

    In one word .....

    I can sum up the results in one word: Uninspiring. Even if I was looking for a cheap camera to take to a pop festival, I'd still give the E70L a miss and look for an end-of-line special.

    Truly, this is a product which aspires towards mediocrity. I'd expect it to carry a supermarket's own brand name, not Pentax.

    PS. Still no sensor array area! I'd rather have more mm² than more megapixels.

  2. Anonymous Coward
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    Photo of the stripes

    Were those stripes parallel and straight in real life? If so, that's some of the worst barrel distortion I've seen in a long time.

  3. Peyton

    I've got a ~4 year old Optio S5i

    This review could've been applied to it almost verbatim. You'd think in four years they'd improve more than just the megapixel count :\

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