The Pentax Optio T20 is closely based on the firm Optio T10 model, besides whereas with that camera bodily crams a super-colossal 3.0" LCD dash with a relatively excited agreement of 230,000 pixels game an ultra compact frame that's just 19.5mm thick. To achieve this, Pentax needed to use most of the camera's rear panel to fit in the LCD - meaning there was little room left over for any thing else. The solution Make the T20's LCD a touch-screen type, and put the controls on the LCD as user-friendly icons. This makes for a really clean, smooth body with a grand total of four physical buttons (power, shutter, playback, and menu) plus a zoom dial.

The Pentax T20's required development owing to the six megapixel T10 is its 1/2.5" seven megapixel CCD imager. Other than the result boost, the unusual contra distinct venture influence that stands peripheral is an adding to of the maximum ISO sensitivity from 400 to 800, although it should be noted that this new setting is only accessible in manual mode. Other mood retained from the hip camera impact the Pentax T20 are an smc Pentax-branded 3x optical hum lens that provides a moderately homely 35mm-equivalent focal rank of 38 - 113mm, Secure Digital worth 12MB of built-in storage memory, NTSC / PAL video also USB 2.0 connectivity (type unspecified), since well as a built-in flash and a macro mode that allows focusing as close as 15 centimeters. Power came courtesy of a proprietary Lithium Ion rechargeable battery. The Pentax Optio T20 is scheduled to go on sale from October 2006, for the same $350 list price at which its predecessor retailed.