Pentax has introduced a new digital camera with lots of megapixels at a low price. The Pentax Optio E60 has 10.1-megapixels and a 3x optical zoom lens. The E60 lens has a wide angle of view of 32mm to 96mm in 35mm format.

Other features of the camera include Auto Picture, Face Recognition, High Sensitivity Digital Shake Reduction, and a Green mode that sets exposure, sensitivity and other features with the touch of one button. Power for the camera comes from AA batteries and the E60 has a built-in Image Recovery function to retrieve images deleted by accident.

Up to 16 images can be taken on 2 seconds in burst mode. The cameras LCD is 2.4-inches wide and images are stored to 6.3MB of internal memory with support for SD/SDHC memory cards as well. The E60 will be available in October for less than $140.

Via Pentax