Digital Cameras Cheap - Customer reviews - Pentax Optio W60 Waterproof 10MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Optical Zoom (Ocean Blue)

Manufacturer: Pentax

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Name: A.G.
Location: Santa Fe, NM USA
Date: 2008-07-17
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Summary: Does it all and does it well!
Comment: Because of serious spray I needed a waterproof camera with a wide angle lens for an August 11 trip to Niagara Falls ("Slowly I turned.."). I saw the Pentax Optio W60 on Amazon with an expected release date of August 5 so I was preparing to settle for the W30. Then, while surfing the site it came up as "in stock" on July 10. I immediately ordered it with Super Saver shipping and had it in my hands by noon on July 16. This was way faster than I had hoped for. I spent the next 11 hours studying it and the manual.

The manual is 240 pages, all in English, soI am not going to bore you with a list of features. You can see them for yourself on the Amazon and Pentax web sites. What I will say is that the pictures I took while learning the camera last night were excellent. If this camera does not meet all your needs in a point and shoot camera then its unlikely anything will. It definitely meets my needs. Its waterproof and shockproof and has a 5X zoom (28-140, 35mm equivalent) as well as 5.7X digital zoom and movie mode with zoom and sound.

My only suggestion, at this time, would be that the battery compartment door latch button could be a little more substantial. You will need an extra D-LI78 battery or its higher mah equivalent. The supplied battery is only 680mah.

I spoke with Paul at Pentax customer service. His recommendation was that there was no need to spend extra for class 4 or class 6 SD cards, class 2 cards would be fine. Because of built-in camera hardware limitations I would only gain minimal write speed with class 4 or 6 cards. I did as he suggested and the write speed is very fast with the class 2 (standard) Sandisk cards.

As a former photo retailer with over 20 years experience in camera sales I feel safe when I say "BUY THIS CAMERA!" You will not be disappointed.

Name: Lee Krohn
Location:
Date: 2008-08-12
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Great little camera!
Comment: This is a great little camera! Waterproof (I tested it on a week long sea kayaking workshop), nice wide angle, great image quality, and "sticky" settings so you don't have to keep resetting your preferences unless desired. Auto shutoff is great, as well, especially with the tiny batteries all of these small digital cameras use and depend on. The lens does seem to shed water as advertised, and there are quite a few features built in (including image editing) that I have not yet begun to explore. On occasion, I have had trouble with the autofocus at the telephoto extension; this is usually cured by zooming back wide and then out long again. Unlike most of my other gear, this camera is also small enough to carry everywhere; I've already published two photos taken with this camera. You can see sample images, fine tuned out of the camera, on my sea kayaking workshop gallery at www.leekrohnphoto.smugmug.com

Have fun with it!
Lee

Name: K. McHale
Location: South Pasadena, CA
Date: 2008-09-07
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Splash
Comment: Great pictures, and waterproof helps in the rain. The only thing I don't like is the battery charger is a little big. One that plugs into the wall without the power cord like the Cannons would be better.

Name: Joann R. Montz
Location: CT USA
Date: 2008-08-10
Customer Rating: -

Summary: pentax optio w60
Comment: good quality, easy to use, takes great, clear pictures, small lightweight, water resistant feature is great having 2 small kids. only complaint would be that the battery dies after a few hours.

Name: Camera Buff
Location: Southern Califonrnia
Date: 2008-08-25
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Absolutely Amazing
Comment: I researched both the Olympus and Pentax waterproof cameras, and am so glad I went with the Pentax Optio W60. It is a wonderful camera.

It has lots of modes you can shoot in: Underwater (awesome shots in the swimming pool and at the lake), Macro (I got great pictures as close as an inch away),Fireworks (It took excellent pictures of the fireworks), Sports (The pictures I took of people diving off of rocks at the lake were very clear).

I bought it for it's underwater capabilities, ie. it can be submerged for two hours at a time (I've only had it under for 30 minutes so far) and it is waterproof up to 10'. But it is a wonderful 10 mp digital camera with an optical zoom of 5x. I would purchase this camera even if I did not need it for underwater filming.

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