Pentax Optio S5z Review

When you press the Play button, the last image captured is displayed fullscreen. It shows the date/time the image was taken, folder name/file number and the music note indicates that a sound memo was attached to this image. Pressing the Ok button in the center on the 4-way controller will play the audio memo.

You can quickly search through stored images using the Index playback function which is activated by pressing the wide angle zoom control. Nine thumbnail size images will be displayed and you can select one using the 4-way controller and then pressing the Ok button.

You can magnify an image up to 8x by pressing the telephoto zoom control. Using the 4-way selector you can move around inside the enlarged image.

Playback menu options:

Slide show - Set image play intervals (3,5,10,15,20,25 and 30 sec.)
Resize - Create an image with Lower Resolution and or Quality Level
Trimming - Crop image to different size
Copy Image & Sound - From internal memory to SD or MMC card
Color Filter - Apply a color effect to the image
Brightness Filter - Adjust the image brightness
Movie Edit - Save a still image, Divide or Cut & Stitch a movie
Record Memo - Add up to a 30-second voice memo to an image
Protect - Protect image from deletion; On or Off
DPOF - Set DPOF printing information
Start-up Screen - Manage the start-up image and sound

You can record an audio memo up to 30 seconds and attach to an image.

You can resize the image.

You can trim (crop) the image.

You can apply a color filter to an image.

Movies are played back fullscreen with the audio played back on the built-in speaker. You can play a movie frame by frame, pause, fast forward or rewind with the 4-Way Selector