Pentax Optio WG-2 / WG-2 GPS | | | Reviews | Views | Date of last review | 5 | 18,661 | Sun June 26, 2022 | | | Recommended By | Average Price | Average User Rating | 80% of reviewers | $214.80 | 6.80 | | | | |
Description:
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The rugged Pentax Optio WG-2 is the successor to the WG-1. It features a 16 megapixel backlit sensor and a new imaging engine, and will be available in four colors: white, red, orange, and black.
The key features are:
- Water-proof to 12 meters (40 feet)
- Shock-proof designed to withstand drops up to 1.5 meter (5 feet)
- Crush-proof construction, tested to 220 LBF
- Cold-proof to minus 10 degrees C (14 degrees F)
- Dust-proof design
- Digital Microscope mode with 6 LEDs for even macro lighting
- Close focusing 1 cm in digital microscope mode
- HDMI output port for playing back movies and pictures on an HDTV
- Digital shake reduction, also in movie mode
- Auto-focus assist lamp
- Face detection auto-focus (up to 32 faces), smile capture, blink detection
- Optional date stamp inserted on the images (date, time, date and time)
- Compatible with the Pentax remote control F
- Features Pentax' acclaimed auto-picture mode which analyzes the scene and picks the appropriate shooting mode among 16 available
- 12 digital filters
- Digital Wide mode to compose an extra-wide-angle picture (21mm lens eqv. in the 35mm format) from two separate images
- Voice recording
- Wide array of drive modes: One shot, self timer (2s and 10s), continuous, burst, remote control (3s, instant), auto-bracketing
- The model with GPS has an improved GPS function that starts up faster, uses less power, and creates a track log in KML format on the SD card
- 260 still images or 70 minutes of movie recording with the included Li-Ion battery, D-LI92 Camera name | Optio WG-2 / Optio WG-2 GPS | Sensor | 16 MP (4608 x 3456), 1/2.3 inch CMOS | ISO range | Auto, 125 - 6400 | Image aspect ratio | 16:9, 4:3, and 1:1 | Exposure modes | Auto Picture, Program, Night Scene, Digital Microscope, Landscape, | | Flower, Portrait, Underwater, Interval Shooting, Handheld Night Snap, | | Surf and Snow, Kids, Pet, Sport, Candlelight, Fireworks, Night Scene Portrait, | | Text, Food, Digital Wide, Panorama, Green Mode | Exposure compensation | +/- 2 EV (1/3EV steps) | Expanded dynamic range | Highlight and shadow | Light meter | Multi-segment, center weight, spot | Shutter | Mechanical and electronic | Shutter speeds | 1/4s to 1/2000s. Night scene mode up to 4s | Shutter lag | 0.015 sec | Shake reduction | Software based (Digital SR) | Drive modes | Single, continuous, burst, self timer, remote control | Lens | 5x optical zoom, 5 - 25 mm F3.5 - F5.5 (28 - 140 mm eqv.) | | 11 elements (5 aspherical) in 9 groups | Digital zoom | 7.2x digital zoom for a combined zoom range of 36x | Auto focus | 9 point contrast detect AF, spot, auto tracking, focus lock | Manual focus | Infinity, pan focus, manual focus | Closest focus distance | Standard: 40 cm/1.31 ft (wide), 1 m/1.1 ft (tele) | | Macro: 10 cm/0.33 ft | | Super macro: 5 cm/0.16 ft | Flash | Built-in: Range up to 5.5m/18 ft (wide angle), 3.5m/11 ft (telephoto) | Viewfinder | No | White balance | Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light, Manual setting | Digital filters | Twelve: B&W/Sepia, Toy Camera, Retro, Color, Extract Color, Color Emphasis, | | High Contrast, Starburst, Soft, Fish-eye, Brightness, Miniature | In-camera picture editing | Yes: Resize, crop, rotate, copy, frame, digital filters | File format | Still: JPG, Movie: MPEG-4 AVC/h.264 | Movie | Full HD (1920 x 1080) at 30 fps, | | HD (1280 x 720) at 60 and 30 fps, | | VGA (640 x 489) at 30 fps | Movie shake reduction | Yes, software based | Sound | Mono | In-camera movie editing | Yes, herunder save a frame as still and adding a title picture | LCD monitor | 3 inch, 460,000 dots | Ports | USB2.0, PC/AV, HDMI | Storage media | SD, SDHC, SDXC, 88 MB built-in | Battery | D-LI92 lithium-ion, optional AC adapter | Battery life | 260 images, 70 min movie recording, 240 min playback time | Special features | Water proof to 12 meters/40 feet, shock proof, crush proof, | | digital microscope mode, built-in macro lights, voice memo, | | face detect up to 32 faces, | | smile capture, blink detection, self portrait assist, | | pet detection, | | clock display and alarm | Size (W x H x D) | 122.5 x 61.5 x 29.5 mm | Weight | 198 g (with GPS), 194 g (no GPS) |
The MSRP is $349, and the version with built-in GPS lists for $399.
A discussion about this new camera can be found in our news section. | Megapixels: | 16 MP CMOS sensor with primary color filter | ISO Range: | Full HD 1080p at 30 fps, 720p at 30 and 60 fps, VGA at 30 fps, Interval movie function | Weight: | With battery and SD card: 193 g (6.8 oz) without GPS, 198 g (7 oz) with GPS | FPS: | 5x optical, 5 - 25mm (28 to 140mm eqv.) F3.5-5.5, 11 elements, SP Coating | LCD: | 3 inch, 480,000 dots (HVGA) | In Production: | No | In-Depth Review: | |
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