If I had the money, I'd get the W60 in a heartbeat. Ever since the Optio WR series, Pentax's P&S water resistant/proof cameras have been utterly fantastic. The 43WR had one of the sharpest lenses I ever saw on a P&S camera, no exaggeration, and it appears the W series has kept that optical quality.
As it is, I still need to send a check to the PDMLer who sent me some cool older stuff last week. My new/old ring flash is a lot of fun. :D John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re-enabled From: Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, September 22, 2008 8:32 pm To: pdml <[email protected]> I got my Optio W60 Waterproof point and shoot today. The price has dropped recently which was a nice suprise. Unfortunately, B&H doesn't have any Impact batteries in stock for the camera yet so I'll have to make do with one battery for now. This one replaces my venerable Optio W10 which I've praised and repraised on this list many times. That camera is going to my wife who's very happy to have it. It produced something like 30,000+ images for me and I couldn't be more pleased with it's performance. I used it last weekend to take underwater video of myself and the kids in about 5 feet of water. What a great little camera! The new model is 10MP and slightly smaller and lighter than the W10. It has some black plastic on the exterior (top and a grip on the right front) which is textured for more solid gripping especially if you plan on using it underwater or in inclement weather...and I do! This is a big improvement as the W10 was not easy to hold when wet or with white gloves (I wear these when shooting watches to keep skin tones from reflecting in shiny metals). It also has a larger display on the back which is supposedly much easier to view, especially in bright sunlight. The W60 has a longer OPTICAL zoom range 5-25mm than the W10's digital zoom (6.3-18.9mm). The lens does not protrude from the body. I'm going to shoot some tests with it ASAP and will post the results here for anyone who's interested. My hope is that the camera has increased dynamic range along with it's higher resolution. Highlights could be a bear to finese with the W10. -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
