Pentax Optio V20

Picture Effects Mode (5.00)
The V20 offers three image settings while shooting in Program mode, though not in the more highly automated Auto Picture, Green mode or scene modes. Sharpness, saturation and contrast can be weaked up or down one level from the default. These are not the kind of finely gradated effects you'd find on a high-end SLR, of course, but they do make a noticeable difference, particularly the saturation setting when shooting brightly colored subjects.

These are the only effects available while shooting, but there are many in-camera tweaks and changes available to fine-tune photos you've already taken. This makes sense to us, since you can always save a separate copy of the edited image without affecting the original.

Digital filter options are located in the Playback menu. Options are listed on the right side of the LCD screen, and a live preview updates on-screen as you experiment with each filter before applying it to the image file. Options include Black and White, Sepia, Soft focus, and a Brightness filter that allows you to adjust the brightness in ± 5 steps. There’s also a Color filter option that allows you to add tints to images in red, pink, purple, blue, green, or yellow, and a Color Extraction option that will make the entire image black and white with the exception of any red, green, or blue, depending on which option you select, a favorite effect of advertising photographers the world over.

This is broad, deep and enjoyable selection of picture effects options, which we expect most users will enjoy.

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