| Latest Review Posted | Pentax Optio WG-2 / WG-2 GPS
Bought it as an all weather, waterproof and "no worries" camera as a replacement for my trusty WPi. Compared to it, the biggest difference is the LCD screen which is huge compare to that on the WPi.
In fact is more rugged and designed to withstand deeper water, higher drops, lower temps and greater punish than the WPi, but the WPi at 6 Mpix produces smoother images than the WG-II even at 16 Mpix, under similar conditions.
Image quality on the WG-II is a bit too noisy for my taste. Nothing that a fast noise filter cannot correct under Corel Photo Paint or Photoshop, but I still believe (and grew up) playing by the slide film rules, which demanded to "get it right out of the camera: no post-processing involved".
Besides the noisy images, my only other complaint is the tripod thread, located to one side of the body's bottom. I got a nice "mini" gorillapod which makes the perfect companion for this (or any small p&s), but having the tripod socked at a camera's corner, means sometimes the camera weight unbalances the whole thing making if difficult to wrap the gorillapod to something and having it "stay" still for a while.
Its an overall good camera. It is perfect for traveling light without thinking about rain, mud, sand or dust conditions (placed you will think twice before taking your DSLR). Highly recommended |
