TrustedReviews has posted a review up of the Pentax Optio SV Digital Camera which is a compact camera with 5x zoom.
It’s not just the dimensions of the Optio SV that remind me of the Ixus 500, the specs are very similar too, with a five megapixel CCD - although the maximum image resolution is slightly lower at 2,560 x 1,920. But where the Optio SV does have the edge over its rival is in the optical zoom department. Whereas the Ixus 500 has a 3x optical zoom, Pentax has managed to squeeze a 5x optical zoom into the Optio SV - that’s equivalent to 36-180mm in 35mm language. Pentax attributes this feat to its newly designed "Sliding-Lens Technology", but marketing babble aside, having a 5x optical zoom in a camera this small is definitely a bonus.Read more
