Get Adventurous with Pentax Optio W80!
Introduction: Have you ever dreamed of a camera that will remain immune to snow, water and slips? Here comes the Optio W80 of the Pentax line that offers the best protection to your camera that you can ever think of. Now, break it, shake it or drop it and nothing- absolutely nothing will happen to your camera. Your camera as well as the memories remains safe as long as you want them to be, unconditionally.
Features: The W80 camera boasts of being waterproof (up to 16 feet), shock proof(3.3 feet) and cold proof (-10 degree Celsius) making it ideal for travel & adventure sports. The Face detection technology of this camera helps you recognize as many as 32 faces that too in an unbelievable time frame of 3 seconds. Now, you need not panic whenever you delete a picture by mistake. The Image Recovery option helps you retrieve the picture without any loss. The only catch is that, for an effective use of this feature the user shouldn’t have switched off the camera after the picture was shot.
Pros:
• The W80 comes with a whopping 12.1 megapixels resolution and 5x internal Optical Zoom that will surely render large size high quality prints.
• With the Green mode option you can simply point the camera and shoot, and your picture will be ready in no time. For beginners, this option will be of great help.
• The ability to record HD quality movies of 1280 x 720 resolutions in AVI format with this camera keeps even a semi-professional in good stead.
Cons:
• The tripod mount was placed at an illogical point in the camera making it difficult to use.
• The optical viewfinder is absent from this model.
• Less number of controls lead to limited functionality and restricts the things the user can do with his camera.
• While shooting the movie the user cannot use the optical zoom feature and should make do with the available digital zoom alone.
• The images shot at higher sensitivity levels get noisy and fuzzy.
Pricing Range: Get yourself a digital pal for outdoors for just 255$- 299$. Available in Yellow, Red, Blue & Gray colors this camera is a must-have for tough people!
Final Verdict: The Optio W80 is a sturdily built camera that comes with a great looking plastic rugged body and is available in several cool colors that people mostly fancy. Advanced features, compact size, AF Lamp and printed manual are some of the scoring factors of the Optio W80. This is a camera every adventure- seeker and fun- lover should have!