It’s always tricky selecting a camera. Some are too big to carry everywhere comfortably. Some are too puny features-wise. Some are too expensive. Some are too slow. And some are sex perverts. How’s a poor schmendrick like you supposed to avoid making the kind of terrible, terrible decision that you’ll regret for the rest of your unhappy days?

We have a modest suggestion: You could leave it to us. We’re experts. We know about this stuff. We’re uniquely equipped to decide, after long and careful deliberation, after considering your specific personal needs and budget—and after noticing that we’ve got a buttload of Pentax Optio M50s in our warehouse—that the Pentax Optio M50 is the right digital camera for you.

Look, it takes bright, clear, eight-megapixel pictures. It’s got a 5X optical zoom. It’s got a real nice two-and-a-half-inch LCD. It comes with a rechargeable battery. It’s compact, lightweight—and if you happen to be a newborn infant, it comes in your color. Choose from pink or blue based on the contents of your diaper.

No, not those contents. The permanent contents. Up front.

Perhaps best of all, though, the Optio’s event sounds (e.g. start-up, shutter) can be set to cat noises. Yes, really!

So take a look at the Pentax Optio M50. Consider its many virtues. Then weigh it against the prospect of another couple months of hand-wringing, hair-pulling and brain-wracking over a decision that, let’s face it, we’re much better qualified to make than you are. After all, when it comes to what to buy, have we ever steered you wrong?

OK, besides Candi, The USB Pole Dancer. That was us being funny. We mean have we ever steered you wrong when we were being serious.

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