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| Pentax Optio W60 Waterproof 10MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Optical Zoom (Ocean Blue) |
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Product Description |
Optio W60
Throw caution to the water
Take snow, surf and sand to new extremes with the waterproof (for up to two hours), dustproof, coldproof Optio W60. Now water doesn't stop the adventure; it starts it.
- 10.0 megapixels
- Wide-angle 5x internal optical zoom
- Waterproof, dustproof and coldproof
10.0 megapixels
The W60's 10.0 megapixels produce large, detailed images, which may be printed as 8 x 10 inch enlargements (and larger) in clear resolution with impressive image quality.
5X internal optical zoom
The 5X internal optical zoom in a slim 1.0inch body is equivalent to 28-140mm, making it ideal for landscape, indoor, or group photos.
2.5 inch LCD screen
The large, bright 2.5 inch IPS (In Plane Switching) LCD screen with Anti-Reflective coating is viewable at wide angles, even in bright sunlight.
Waterproof
Waterproofing to 13 feet (4 meters) protects from rain and spills, as well as capturing underwater adventures in photo and video.
Coldproof
Continuing its adventurous spirit, the W60 is coldproof to sub-zero temperatures, ideal for winter activities such as skiing, sledding, and snowmobiling.
HD movie capture
HD movie capture vividly captures moving memories in wide-screen 720p at 15 FPS.
Advanced Face Recognition
With Advanced Face Recognition technology, the camera automatically recognizes and quickly captures up to 32 faces, so every face is bright and focused, even in backlit areas.
Smile Capture and Blink Detection
Smile Capture recognizes the precise moment a subject smiles and releases the shutter automatically, and Blink Detection gives an alert to retake the pictures if anyone's eyes are closed.
PENTAX Digital Shake Reduction
Digital Shake Reduction mode reduces camera shake and blurring of the subject when photographing still images. At up t |
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Product Details |
- 10.0-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 18 x 24-inch prints
- Waterproof to 13 feet; coldproof to sub-zero temperatures
- 5x optical zoom; 2.5-inch LCD screen
- 720p HD movie capture (15fps)
- Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)
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Customer Reviews |
 Does it all and does it well! |
| Review Date: July 17, 2008 |
| Reviewer: A.G., Santa Fe, NM USA |
Because of serious spray I needed a waterproof camera with a wide angle lens for an August 11 trip to Niagara Falls ("Slowly I turned.."). I saw the Pentax Optio W60 on Amazon with an expected release date of August 5 so I was preparing to settle for the W30. Then, while surfing the site it came up as "in stock" on July 10. I immediately ordered it with Super Saver shipping and had it in my hands by noon on July 16. This was way faster than I had hoped for. I spent the next 11 hours studying it and the manual.
The manual is 240 pages, all in English, soI am not going to bore you with a list of features. You can see them for yourself on the Amazon and Pentax web sites. What I will say is that the pictures I took while learning the camera last night were excellent. If this camera does not meet all your needs in a point and shoot camera then its unlikely anything will. It definitely meets my needs. Its waterproof and shockproof and has a 5X zoom (28-140, 35mm equivalent) as well as 5.7X digital zoom and movie mode with zoom and sound.
My only suggestion, at this time, would be that the battery compartment door latch button could be a little more substantial. You will need an extra D-LI78 battery or its higher mah equivalent. The supplied battery is only 680mah.
I spoke with Paul at Pentax customer service. His recommendation was that there was no need to spend extra for class 4 or class 6 SD cards, class 2 cards would be fine. Because of built-in camera hardware limitations I would only gain minimal write speed with class 4 or 6 cards. I did as he suggested and the write speed is very fast with the class 2 (standard) Sandisk cards.
As a former photo retailer with over 20 years experience in camera sales I feel safe when I say "BUY THIS CAMERA!" You will not be disappointed. |
Love These Cameras
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| Review Date: September 10, 2008 |
| Reviewer: An Aerospace Engineer, Los Angeles |
I have now owned 4 cameras in this series and loved them. The first, the original Optio WP was resold, I broke the second one at an amusement park and bought two of these for my wife and for me.
They are waterproof! I've taken them into pools and the ocean and they take excellent shots. After loosing two digital cameras to quick dips in the lake these put all my fears to rest. I can use them in and near water without fear. Some of the underwater shots I used as cards and my 5 year old son has taken some excellent underwater photos of us.
This model has 10 megapixels, stability control, face recognition and a bunch of new features matching other digitals that aren't waterproof. It is a huge feature leap over the W30 but is also larger.
I love these and can recommend it without reservation. |
Exactly what I was looking for
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| Review Date: August 7, 2008 |
| Reviewer: flyngtigr, Adirondacks, NY |
I'm very impressed with this little camera!
I was in need for a camera that was small enough I could take it with me without a camera bag and all the hoopla. I was finding more & more often I would leave my camera at home because it was such a project to lug it around with me, so I needed something small. Since I'm into camping, hiking & kayaking I also wanted a camera that could withstand my adventures.
I've had the Pentax W60 for a few days now and I'm quite impressed. The macro feature is amazingly simple to use and takes great images. This camera doesn't have all the same features of my "bigger" camera, but it has all the ones that I actually use. So its definitely the right fit.
I haven't taken it in the water yet, but it looks pretty solid. The battery, SD card & USB port are all under one sliding door that automatically locks shut. The controls are ridiculously easy to figure out, and common controls aren't buried in the "menu".
I thought the blue case was pretty but I bought the silver case cause I figured if I drop it in the lake, I'd be able to see it to fish it out.
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Great little camera!
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| Review Date: August 12, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Lee Krohn, |
This is a great little camera! Waterproof (I tested it on a week long sea kayaking workshop), nice wide angle, great image quality, and "sticky" settings so you don't have to keep resetting your preferences unless desired. Auto shutoff is great, as well, especially with the tiny batteries all of these small digital cameras use and depend on. The lens does seem to shed water as advertised, and there are quite a few features built in (including image editing) that I have not yet begun to explore. On occasion, I have had trouble with the autofocus at the telephoto extension; this is usually cured by zooming back wide and then out long again. Unlike most of my other gear, this camera is also small enough to carry everywhere; I've already published two photos taken with this camera. You can see sample images, fine tuned out of the camera, on my sea kayaking workshop gallery at www.leekrohnphoto.smugmug.com
Have fun with it!
Lee
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well pleased
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| Review Date: August 27, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Phil 'Wet-N-Wild', localtion -outside everywhere |
| have used the Pentax W60 for several weeks now, and have been pleased with results... while not the picture quality of an SLR, it produces pictures that I am more than pleased with, as well as those on the receiving end... my requirements was something that i could hang around my neck, under a life jacket, pull out while paddling Class IV and V whitewater, point and shoot... it needed to be light, have good optical zoom, be WATERPROOF, and not require a bunch of fiddling around with... ... this camera does all that... having a wider field of vision (than competition), and macro capabilities have been plusses... maybe those higher end pros and knowledgeable hobbyist will ask for more, but for the avid boater, climber, hiker, and general outdoors enthusiast this is the real deal... only thing wishing for - is write time to disk could be bit faster, but shooting at highest quality level - could drop pic quality, however knew about write time up front, and enjoy being able to blow up and crop... uses standard SDLC, according to Pentax Support - higher quality level II or III cards, will result in only minimally faster write times... have gotten a couple extra batteries for longer trips |
Pentax Optio W60
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| Review Date: January 31, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Dr Mike from Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand |
| I bought an Pentax Optio W60 Waterproof 10MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Optical Zoom (Ocean Blue) based on my good experience with the Pentax Optio 43WR over 5 years of use. I've been using the W60 for just over a month now and I'm very satisfied. Compared to the 43WR, the W60 has a more conventional shape, larger and brighter LCD screen, a single access door on the bottom (to the SDHC card, rechargable Li-battery, and USB connector), and many more capture modes including full 30fps video (albeit at reduced resolution). It shares the same basic control layout and non-protruding zoom lens with the 43WR, but is missing a viewfinder (very useful for bright sun conditions) and rubbery padding of the camera body corners (see Pentax - Protective cover for digital photo camera - silicone - transparent). I used my 43WR for fieldwork under wet, windy, and cold weather conditions and was always pleased with the photo quality. I have yet to test the W60 under similarly poor conditions, but so far the photo quality is far superior. I'm not sure the thinner W60 will provide the same degree of security in my hand as the 43WR under high wind conditions, but the full waterproofing will undoubtedly come in handy. One additional note: my first couple of videos had horrible audio quality until I turned down the operation sound level in the sound settings. |
Absolutely Amazing
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| Review Date: August 25, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Camera Buff, Southern Califonrnia |
I researched both the Olympus and Pentax waterproof cameras, and am so glad I went with the Pentax Optio W60. It is a wonderful camera.
It has lots of modes you can shoot in: Underwater (awesome shots in the swimming pool and at the lake), Macro (I got great pictures as close as an inch away),Fireworks (It took excellent pictures of the fireworks), Sports (The pictures I took of people diving off of rocks at the lake were very clear).
I bought it for it's underwater capabilities, ie. it can be submerged for two hours at a time (I've only had it under for 30 minutes so far) and it is waterproof up to 10'. But it is a wonderful 10 mp digital camera with an optical zoom of 5x. I would purchase this camera even if I did not need it for underwater filming. |
nice
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| Review Date: November 22, 2008 |
| Reviewer: troutpirate, colorado |
picked it for fly fishing/rafting pics. drowned 2 cameras this past summer so seemed like a good idea. being able to take pics of fish underwater is too fun, as well. no problems with any leakage when dunked all afternoon taking underwater pics in a stream. I enlarged several of the better pics to 11x14 for kicks and to see the quality and was impressed. fun camera. the macro is outstanding too.
a little less accurate/slower on the auto-focus when up close underwater. with bubbles and debris sometimes present, i realize it's demanding situation for a p/s camera though. not a complaint just something to be aware of when using it. selecting the tighter focusing zone option seemed to help allot, as well for this specific situation.
a spare battery or two is a good idea. about 200+ pics w/ fair amount of flash use and being dunked in a cold river allot of the time.
again, fun camera.
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Just what I wanted
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| Review Date: January 24, 2009 |
| Reviewer: TwoUptons, Our own little world |
I wanted a small point and shoot camera to carry around on the bicycle with me. Since rain sometimes happens, it needed to be waterproof (I was tired of fishing my old camera out of two zip-lock bags). I also wanted it to be small so it would fit in a life-vest pocket if I go kayaking. Finally, I wanted a wide-angle lens and good picture quality. The W60 did all that and has actually been more fun to use than I expected.
It isn't absolutely perfect in every area, however, and there are several things you should know about the camera if you plan on getting it. If I hadn't, I probably would have been disappointed. Fortunately, none of them were surprises, and I've been able to work around them since I have a big SLR for when I don't need a camera in my pocket...
1) no "real" shake reduction -- the digital version just bumps up the sensitivity and makes the pictures grainy, so I don't use it. I haven't missed it as much as I thought I would, but that may be because I have it on my SLR, which is what I use for long shots. Oddly (to me) the shake reduction for videos does work...
2) noisy photos at high sensitivities. At ISO400 and above, photos are very grainy if they're underexposed. I've done some very nice stuff at ISO400 with plenty of light, but above that is awful. Still, for a little camera like this, that doesn't surprise me, so no big deal. Of course, it's made worse by...
3) tiny flash. Like many small cameras, the flash is miniscule, and right next to the lens, which means short range and red-eye. In this case, the wide-angle lens can be the saving grace. If you use the wide angle setting on the lens, you're usually close enough to a small group of people for the flash to be sufficient and it lowers the chance of red-eye. Zooming in from across a dark room = bad shot, especially as I always forget to actually use the red-eye reduction feature. Since I usually use the camera outside, this hasn't been too bad for me, either.
It may sound like those things are enough to cancel out the camera's good features, but they aren't. I've managed quite well with it, and I often find myself carrying to events where I would have carried my SLR simply because the trade of image quality vs convenience is in the W60's favor.
Where this camera really excels is as a travel companion. It has a nice screen, good usability, and enough flexibility to keep me happy even in absence of a full manual mode. I've shot a little over 1300 shots with it in the three months I've had it, and it has done very well.
We even cut the kids (ages 2,5,7,10) loose with it at Christmas, and they were able to take some very nice pictures with it (they also took some really bad ones, but that was rarely the camera's fault...). It was an interesting social experiment to let them take pictures of us instead of the other way around. Being able to rinse off the chocolate fingerprints afterwards was a nice touch, too... |
Great surprise!
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| Review Date: April 5, 2009 |
| Reviewer: J. Hare, |
| I ordered this camera by accident, but decided to keep it and try it out. It takes great, clear shots (and surprisingly good action shots in low light). I love the fact that it is waterproof and dirtproof. I haven't tried it under water yet (don't know if I have the guts as the last supposed waterproof camera I bought leaked and was ruined the first day) but it's been in the dirt quite a bit and works great. |
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