Pentax Optio W80 Waterproof 12.1MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Triple Shake Reduction Optical Zoom and 2.5 inch LCD (Gunmetal Gray) Review

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(More customer reviews)The best digital camera my husband and I ever owned was a Pentax W10 - it lasted for years and took great photos.. very resilient. We figured that if a W10 is this great that a W80 would be even better but we were sadly mistaken after receiving our W80 and taking a few photos. At first, when all the photos we took turned out grainy I figured it was the settings that needed to be changed.

As a military photojournalist, I shoot daily with a Nikon D3, I know how to change settings and reduce the ISO to make the photo less grainy - and even after I exhausted all changes to the settings, the photos were still unimpressive. We went outside thinking that more lighting would mean better focus and better photos - but even they were a little soft and not that great.

Imight recommend this for the outdoorsy type but for someone like my husband and I who are looking for a point-and-shoot camera that takes impressive photos (without fumbling through settings all the time) it was not for us. We are in the process of returning it.

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Product Description:
The Pentax Optio W80's waterproof design withstands depths of up to 16 feet (5 meters) to protect from rain and spills, as well asallowing full underwater photos and video for up to two hours. On dry land, the rugged,shockproof design protects against drops of up to 3.3 feet to protect the camera from hard useand occasional spills. Also featuring 12.1 megapixels, a 5x internal optical zoom (equivalentto 28-140mm), a slim one-inch body, and a wide angle 28mm lens, the Optio W80 offers anexpanded perspective that is ideal for landscape, group and more confined shots. With a Pentax-developed imaging engine and a high-performance Pentax zoom lens, the OptioW80 delivers brilliant, high-quality images with well-defined details. A Super Protect (SP)coating applied to the mineral crystal cover of the internal zoom lens helps repel water, grimeand finger marks.

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