Pentax Optio RS1500

usability, portability, screen, flash, price

battery, size, low-light

88% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Lightweight, and compact in size ; Left finger indent for better gripping ; Interchangeable front face plate "Skin" designs, and a variety to choose from ; Easy to understand button layout, and a lot of cartoon menu icons for preprogrammed exposure...

Weak Flash ; Zoom has less steps, making precise framing difficult ; Default setting of backlight timeout is too short ; Looks kind of cheap like a disposable camera

The Pentax RS1500 is a stylish and fun digital camera that boast typical specifications for a sub $150 digicam. It can produce nice 14-megapixel photos, boasts speedy shooting performance, and offers the most unique customization system seen to date...

Kids of the 80's and comic fans will love the super hero collector's pack available with the Pentax Optio RS1500. It makes the camera a lot more fun to use and the interchangeability of the skins give it an interesting slant that can be a focal point...

You’ve got to hand it to Pentax, they certainly have a clear definition of this camera’s audience. The most casual user cares about the following: how do my pictures look, and how few buttons do I have to press? In this regard, the Optio RS1500 is sort...

HD movie mode, Stylish, customizable look, Compact and easily portable

Slight tendency toward over exposure, No "one touch" video button, Very noisy images at mid to high ISO

Excellent value for money ; Reasonable ; image quality with effective automatic correction for barrel distortion ; Customizability – perfect for target market ; Large and colourful LCD screen ; Use of lithium-ion battery helps to keep weight and size down

Poor LCD viewing angle ; Finer details lacking when viewed at full size ; Focusing system could be faster ; Chromatic aberrations sometimes very obvious ; Occasional white balance inaccuracies

Changeable covers may have been all the rage with mobile phones ten years ago, but, for whatever reason, the concept never really took off with compact cameras. With its latest RS1500 model, though, Pentax clearly reckons the audience for them is still...

Fun customisation, affordable

Poor quality display, image performance isn't brilliant

With a wealth of compact cameras to choose from, and some great performers for your money, the real appeal of the Pentax Optio RS1500 has to be the customisation option. It manages to escape being simply a novelty camera by virtue of its reasonable...

Cheap, reasonable image quality, simple to use

Feels flimsy, too much sharpening

The Pentax Optio RS1500 has some excellent qualities, but falls down in the build quality stakes and, more importantly, image quality.