Thanks to the recent spate of fully featured, pocket-friendly 7-megapixel cameras from Pentax, Olympus, Sony, and Canon, serious photographers don’t have to trade must-have capabilities for compact size. Pentax includes the fine-tuning control over exposure and focus that photo enthusiasts need, along with some stand-out features such as a flip-out swiveling LCD, a 3D stereoscopic shooting mode, and a time-lapse interval recording option. Unfortunately, mediocre performance and imaging artifacts in the photos seriously crimp the Pentax Optio 750Z’s upscale appeal.

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With the Pentax Optio 750Z, Pentax raises the bar for its compact cameras to 7 megapixel, adds a swivelling 1.8 inch LCD monitor, and encloses it in a new body that still retains touches from previous Pentax designs. The body of the 750Z is metallic, with the exception of the back cover of the LCD monitor, and the front sports a black rubber surface with a chrome trim reminiscent of some old 35mm film cameras, but which provides a welcome grip area. Four controls are positioned on the top right side of the camera: the On/Off power button which is flanked by a green LED, the 2-stage shutter release with the Mode dial around it, and just in front of the Mode dial, a small lever called the Front Lever.

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The Pentax Optio 750Z is the latest in an increasingly broad line of digital cameras from that company. Pentax is a camera maker with a long tradition in the film-based world, and has been making a name for themselves lately in the digital arena, particularly in the subcompact end of the market. With the Pentax Optio 750Z, Pentax raises the standard in both function and style with a higher resolution CCD at 7.0 megapixels, and offers more detailed user control and a flexible, swiveling LCD monitor. It’s very similar in design and function to previous Optio models, but with a few cosmetic changes in addition to its expanded features, which include an 11-point selectable AF area and a couple of additional preset scene modes. Entirely unique to the Pentax 750Z is its new Digital Exposure Metering mode, which turns the camera into a flexible digital spot exposure meter for use with your older film-based cameras.

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