PENTAX X70 Now Available for Preorder

PENTAX’s new 12 megapixel X70 megazoom camera that we told you about last week is now available for preorder on the PENTAX website.

Just to name a few of the features, the X70 includes a 24X zoom lens and has a 2.7-inch LCD monitor, aperture/shutter priority and metered manual modes, face detection, 720p HD movie mode, true hardware sensor-movement Shake Reduction, a high-speed burst mode that captures 11 images per second.

Head on over to the PENTAX web store for more information and to preorder the X70 for $399.95. It will ship in April 2009.