| Pentax Optio W10 6MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom | 
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| Brand: Pentax
Category: Photography
List Price: $299.99
Buy New: $179.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (32 reviews)
Sales Rank: 7935
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
System Memory: 10.5
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Monitor Size: 250
Optical Zoom: 3
Digital Zoom: 4
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Focal Length: 18.9
Minimum Focal Length: 6.3
Maximum Resolution: 6
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 3.3 x 7.4 x 6.4
MPN: 19033
Model: 19033
UPC: 027075117075
EAN: 0027075117075
ASIN: B000CSGJCS
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 6.0-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 14 x 19-inch prints | | • | 3x optical zoom; 2.5-inch LCD display | | • | Capture movies in QuickTime motion JPEG (640 x 480) at 30 frames per second; built-in movie editing functions | | • | High-performance 0.6-second start-up and 0.05-second shutter lag | | • | Powered by Lithium-ion battery DL-I8 (battery, charger, and AC cord included); stores images on SD memory cards |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 27 more reviews...
 An ok camera. Slightly overpriced. June 18, 2008
This is my second one of this camera. (First one got waterlogged because I forgot to lock the battery compartment and left it in the water a few minutes longer than I was supposed to.) The picture quality isn't as high as that of my regular digital cameras, but I guess you can't have it all. I love that I can take my camera into the lake for up-close pictures of my daughter splashing! It takes nice pictures ... they just disappoint me when I try to zoom in. Also, it sometimes looks as if it is focussed on exactly what I want a picture of then switches to something else last-second when I click. (One time I tried to get a pic of my daughter building a sand castle. ... last second it switched focus over to her pail and shovel!)
I hope that in the future, this camera is lowered to under $200 and/or much better ones come out in the $300-350 range. ... Next time I might just look for a waterproof case for my Kodak Easyshare.
Takes great pictures........maybe a bit sensitive to damage January 15, 2008
I've had this camera for about a year and a half. While it worked right it was a great camera. Recently the backlight quit working while in camera mode. It still took fantastic pictures but you could not see your subject in the screen on the back (well you could see it but it wasn't lit up). Local camera shop charged 30 bucks for estimate...of course factory repair issue. Factory repair was 160.00 including the thirty already put down for estimate. Normally for a 250.00 camera I would never consider paying so much for a repair but a friend of mine wanted the camera and so he paid to fix it (couldn't buy one new for what he paid for the repair and there would be a warranty on it too). I don't know if they changed the seals as a part of that repair....they better have for all that money! It came back better than it was, I can only assume they've improved the firmware or the motherboard itself as that was most likely what they did, replaced the whole insides. I know it's the same outer camera because of a blemish on the outer body. This is a fantastic camera for its size, like all the small ones, the flash is only good for nearby shots, not good for a group picture etc. but it does far better than many small cameras like this that I've played with. The sensor on this camera does better than most small ones at high iso (usually high iso is so grainy you can't stand it on these little ones) but I still set it down to 200 as much as possible it improves the pictures a lot (you can also run noise ninja on the shots to improve them even more). The movies this little thing takes are excellent but they are quicktime file format and for me using xp 64 bit apple has not seen fit to release a 64bit quicktime player so I can only play the movies on a machine with 32 bit xp or probably vista. The options offered on the camera are great, it even has onboard image editing......which would be really useful if you carry a mini printer around and want to print straight off the camera. There are two newer incarnations of this camera the w20/w30. I do not like the way the battery door is arranged on this unit, it's on the bottom and it's a bit easy to open accidentally, on the w30 the battery door has been moved to the side, probably a slightly more intelligent location. The competing product to this is made by Olympus and is about 80 bucks more no matter where you shop, the olympus product seems to have more anti-shake tech built into it. I've owned Pentax film bodies in the past, only one gave me huge problems so they generally make good products. I think what messed me up with this camera was taking it with me in the car and something may have fallen on it but otherwise it is a very sturdy camera and I had no problems with leaks as others seem to have experienced. I've seen reviews where folks put this thing in boiling water and it survived so it's a pretty sturdy little beast. I can't decide yet to get a w30 or give the olympus a try, all I can say is read consumer reviews and form your own opinion, the only turn off for the olymps is it uses xd cards and I really don't want yet another flash memory format to deal with (they're also more expensive for the size).
Pros:
Battery life is pretty fair, extra batteries available cheaply on Ebay.
Movie mode with antishake
Onboard picture editing (light/dark/some basic effects)
Large view screen
SD card
Tough/waterproof
Cons:
I don't like battery door placement (bottom)
After a year and a half had a problem, expensive repair
Like someone else mentioned, to maintain waterproof integrity you must have seals changed occasionally
Two newer models w20/w30 with more megapixels
Flash only good for close subjects (that's pretty normal)
Antishake only works for movies apparently
Typically slow on the uptake, not good for fast action
 Over 2 years, and still loving it November 5, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this camera! It is not perfect (I would have preferred to give it 4.5 stars), but it is very close. I love being able to carry this camera with me and use it for any occasion. Sure, it is not the best for low light or professional quality pictures, but you can't expect that quality from something that will easily fit in your pocket. Many times i have had it with me and it started to rain and other people have to put up their camera, but i just looked at them and smiled!
I've taken it all over (Hawaii, Costa rica, florida, utah) and put it through all sorts of trouble. I've had it snorkeling, surfing (less than 5 ft waves), snowboarding, weddings, and even at disney world. I've dropped it several times and it is still fine. I don't recommend dropping it just to see what will happen, but it should be able to withstand the accidental drop.
The pictures turn out remarkably well, but low light conditions are definitely not the best. You have to be extra careful unless you have a tripod when taking any low light pictures to avoid blur. The biggest problem that I have with it when I am in the water are water drops sticking to the lens. This results in a fabulous shot, except for the big blur spot right smack in the middle.
The video is also really good is you overlook the sound. I would say that the video quality rivals my old time mini-vhs camcorder, if not better. As long as their is sufficient light (overcast and brighter is ok), the quality will be great. I've played some of my videos on a 50" plasma and everyone that saw it was amazed that it came from a small digital camera.
I would highly recommend this to anyone. You may want to upgrade to the w20 or w30, but the only real difference is the ability to go a few feet deeper and 1 more megapixel.
Pros: good still pictures, great video, small enough to carry everywhere, WATERPROOF, SD media, lots of settings, quick start up
Cons: only good still pictures, poor audio recording with video, video files are huge (15 minutes per gigabyte), only waterproof to 5 feet for 30 minutes, water drops stay on lens, no optical view finder
AROUND THE WORLD AND STILL TICKS August 6, 2007
I PURCHASED MY W10 2 YEARS AGO, TOGETHER WITH THE SILICONE CASE (NOT IN GOOD SHAPE ANYMORE) AND 2 EXTRA CHEAP BATTERIES (STILL WORKING JUST FINE), SINCE THEN IT HAS TAKEN GOOD AND SOMETIMES EXCELENT PICTURES AND VIDEO IN ALL KIND OF WEATHER, RAIN, COLD, HOT, OVER AND UNDER WATER, IN USA, MEXICO, VIETNAM, LAOS, CAMBODIA, PHILIPINES, THAILAND, MALASIA, INDONESIA, PERU AND IS GOING BACK TO CHINA AUGUST 31TH, WHAT ALSE CAN I SAY...
 Bogus warrentee July 12, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I liked the camera while it worked. After 6 months and about 500 pictures, the images became very distorted. When I tried to get it fixed under the "Extended Warrentee", I was told that I would have to send it to the manufacturer as it was still under their original warrentee.
After waiting for about 5 weeks, Pentax returned the camera unrepaired with a cryptic note saying: "... dirt or sand found on the battery/card cover which comprimised the camera's waterproof functions. Extensive water damage exceeds the price of a new Pentax product."
There was no dirt/sand on the cover! And even if there was, it was supposed to be a waterproof AND dust proof camera. There was also a statement that I did not send a battery or flash card. I think they were just too lazy to get a battery and flash card to test the camera. I don't think they even bothered to test it.
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