Genius which is known as computer peripheral vendor, has taking next step to produce other gadget. It’s a digital camera, and pocket category. Actually this not the only camera Genius has produced, but this is one of the newest one.

The digital camera named G-Shot P831, using CCD tecnology to capture images. The resolution supported by this digital camera is 8.1 Mpx, pretty high for a pocket camera. 3x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom result total zoom at 12x, but optical zoom only is highly recommended since digital zoom technology basically is pixel interpolation process which image processor software capable to do. To help taking picture, 2.7 inch display is ready, with good quality to display image.

Cool feature coming from G-Shot P831 is smile detector which enable to detect smile from human object to shoot. Also there is face tracker to make your face always in the centre of the image, photo frames template to choose, and voice recording. The camera is also capable in movie recording.

Genius G-Shot P831 is only requires AA size batteries to operate. For data storage, there is external memory HCSD up to 8 GB, and also anti shaking feature. The connection support USB 2.0 high speed for fast data transfer.

If you find this camera interesting, the price is around US $ 149, quite cheap for 8.1 mpx camera..