I went yesterday to the shop with the full intention to buy an Olympus Mju 760 (because of weatherproof properties as well as having shake reduction). I want a pocket camera I can safely take along to the beach and also use in wet environment. The guy in the shop (the largest shop in this country) made a plea to buy the W20 because the Mju 760 is not guaranteed as waterproof, so I walked away with the W20. He mentioned that these waterproof Pentax W-series have gained a special niche of the market, though I didn't believe his story that other manufacturers only like to sell more cameras when water is leaking inside not covered by guarantee. Anyway, interesting that a camera seller has convinced me to buy a Pentax!
Henk > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jaume Lahuerta > Sent: 12 August, 2007 12:49 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Optio W10/20/30 users - opinions? > > > Hi, > > I just acquired a W20 since i wanted a camera that i could > bring where I'd never bring my DS. > > I have to say that I am positively surprised by the usability > (responsiveness). It focuses acceptably fast and i can take > pictures to my (moving) child with no problems. The camera > has lots of options, including live histogram and burned > shadow and highlights indicators. It stars and stops very > fast (no moving zoom). You can also set the green button in > order to have direct access to some functions. The first > underwater pictures that I took were specially good. I have > to say that the pool was in the shadow, so there were no > flare problems. The only real issue that I've found so far is > the visibility of the LCD in bright light (and there is no > optical viewfinder). This is the only thing that makes me > wonder if I should have spent some more money and go for the > W30, since they claim to have a brighter screen (although one > never knows with marketing...). There is also anther issue, > that I already observed in the Optio M30. If the camera fires > the flash in ISO set to Auto, the camera ALWAYS uses ISO 400, > which degrades the quality since it is a bit grainy. You have > to force a lower iso (a good use for the programmable green button). > > Please, let me know if you have more specific questions. I > can send you a link to some pictures and even send you some > original pictures so you can judge the quality. For mi is OK > for its purpose. (Also Steve's Digicams has reviewed both W20 > and W30 and has samples). > > Regards, > Jaume > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
