I'm pretty sure it's not actually built by Pentax anyway. There are a
number other cameras on the market in this class with the same general
shape and control layout. It's probably a comodity produced in someone
else' factory, to Pentax's general specifications. Like most P&S
digital cameras these days.
On 3/22/2010 2:40 PM, Margus Männik wrote:
Optio is I-10 like a fairy tale princess - a real beauty, but not too
smart. Not as dumb as Amazon reviewer said, just ... a bit retarded.
BR, Margus
Joe Wilensky wrote:
I really wanted to like this camera, but what a disappointment ...
this is the review I put up on amazon.com. I'm surprised there's
nothing else out there yet on this camera at all, considering the
interest it sparked around the Web when the design and images of it
were released back in January. But there's only my review on the
black one and (oddly and separately) one person's review on the white
one at amazon.com ...
"Wow, I wanted to love this camera ... the aesthetics/design got me
as soon as I saw the first images released back in January. I have
enough old Pentaxes (including an Auto 110 Super) to really
appreciate the retro look, styling and old-style logo. The form
factor was actually quite nice, with a good balance, small but really
nice right-hand grip, and a pleasant grippy texture. It was a bit
light (plasticky) for its size.
But the picture-taking experience -- slow, slow, slow, at least by
2010 standards. I think the 2004 PowerShot I have is faster. Flash
photos were terribly slow because of the preflash, which seemed to
add an extra second and a half to the process. And images were soft
overall, but softer as you zoom anywhere near the telephoto end.
Noise and speckling was apparent at nearly all ISO speeds. As far as
positives about image quality, in bright daylight, at 80 ISO (the
sensor's base speed), images weren't bad and the lens did show good
flare resistance.
Videos were technically HD, but at quality poor enough that it didn't
seem to be worth the higher spec. Zoom in video mode is only
available as digital zoom, which degrades image quality immediately.
Sliding battery cover was very fragile and seemed prone to become
misaligned and I was very, very careful with it; I would always worry
about its durability.
I didn't get to check out any of the really fancy features like pet
face recognition. Human face recognition seemed to work reasonably
well, though the photos weren't necessarily better exposed because of
it. In fact, basic flash photos/snapshots seemed washed out, with
very muted colors.
All in all, a very big disappointment. I knew it had fairly average
camera specs (fairly run-of-the mill point-and-shoot specs for a 2010
p&s) with a cool design, but the photo quality was such a step
backward from anything else I'm using today that I had to return it."
Joe
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