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Forum: Pentax Compact Cameras 10-24-2009, 12:41 AM  
Optio W80
Posted By ShSimpson
Replies: 36
Views: 13,570
Thanks for the link on the underwater housing. I've already got a housing for my G9 and it works like a charm. As you said, somewhat cumbersome but it does turn out nice shots as evidenced from my last trip to Hawaii. I have parted ways with my camera for her trip and she can sort out what she wants when she comes back. Kids...always leaving things until the last minute.
Forum: Pentax Compact Cameras 10-22-2009, 10:28 PM  
Optio W80
Posted By ShSimpson
Replies: 36
Views: 13,570
Thanks for that link. It just doesn't seem right to me. I have been through several p&s cameras and DSLR's (all Canon) and have never encountered this particular issue with any of them. It almost seems too sensitive.

We have spent the evening going over as much information as we could find as well as trying different settings. We did a number of side by side shots with the Canon G9 and the Optio shots just seem inferior to the ones I get from the Canon. I have left the decision up to her but I think she is going to return this and get something different. This camera is for a 5 week trip to Ecuador where she is doing volunteer nursing in villages and countryside. She has to have some confidence in what she is leaving with will serve her well.
Forum: Pentax Compact Cameras 10-22-2009, 05:24 PM  
Optio W80
Posted By ShSimpson
Replies: 36
Views: 13,570
My daughter bought an Optio W80. I am an experienced user of Canon equipment and we compared this against the D10 and she went for the Pentax based on the features and stats she saw.

The test pictures that she has taken are less than stellar. They are overly noisey/grainy for what they should be in comparison to my Canon G10 or even my lowly A620. On some of the flash shots she is getting spots that I can only equate what it looks like when you use the flash on falling snow. I have tried it on a number of different settings, flash, no flash, indoors, outdoors, different modes, different ISO levels all with the same results. When I look at the shots at 100% they are softer than what I would expect.
Forum: Pentax Compact Cameras 10-22-2009, 05:08 PM  
Optio W80
Posted By ShSimpson
Replies: 0
Views: 3,208
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