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Review: Pentax Optio W60

By arpan ⋅ July 18, 2008 ⋅  Send this to a friend.. ⋅  Print this article. ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Add to Technorati Favorites

Another dazzling digital camera Pentax Optio W60 by Pentax which is stylish,compact, lightweight and waterproof as well.It featured with a 10-megapixel sensor and a 5x optical zoom lens with 28-140mm wide-angle capability.Optio W60 is very helpful in underwater shooting you can use it for 2 hours and operates in temperatures as cold as 14 degrees Fahrenheit (-10 degrees Celsius).Being waterproof it is also dust and sandproof also.

The W60 can images up to 3648×2736 resolution and can shoot vedio at up to 1,280×720-pixel resolution.It is equipped with user friendly features such as face detection and smile capture to make portraits and High Sensitivity Digital SR mode which adjusts the sensitivity up to ISO 6400 and 2.5-inch LCD monitor with a 170 degree wide-angle view.

Pentax Optio W60 (blue) Specification:

General:

Product Type:    Digital camera - Compact
Color:    Ocean blue
Weight:    4.4 oz
Width:    3.9 in
Depth:    1 in
Height:    2.2 in
Body Material:    Aluminum, Polycarbonate

Main Features:

Resolution:    10 megapixels
Sensor resolution:    10 megapixels
Optical Sensor Type:    CCD
Effective Sensor Resolution:    10,000,000 pixels
Total Pixels:    10,340,000 pixels
Light Sensitivity:    ISO 50 - 6400, ISO auto (50-1600), ISO auto (50-6400)
Digital Zoom:    5.7 x
Shooting Modes:    Frame movie mode
Shooting Programs:    Pet, Food, Kids, Text, Flower, Report, Fireworks, Landscape, Anti shake, Underwater, Night scene, Sports mode, Surf & snow, Digital wide, Portrait mode, Panorama assist, Frame composition, Half-length portrait, Night scene with portrait
Special effects:    Sepia, Black & White
Max Shutter Speed:    1/1500 sec
Min Shutter Speed:    4 sec
Exposure Metering:    Spot, Multi-segment, Center-weighted
Exposure Modes:    Bulb, Manual, Program, Automatic, Shutter-priority, Aperture-priority
Exposure Compensation:    ±2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
White Balance:    Custom, Presets, Automatic
White Balance Presets:    Shade, Daylight, Fluorescent, Tungsten light
Digital video format:    AVI
Still Image Format:    JPEG
Color support:    Color
TV Tuner:    None
Video Capture:    AVI - 1280 x 720, AVI - 640 x 480, AVI - 640 x 480, AVI - 320 x 240, AVI - 320 x 240

Memory / Storage:

Integrated Memory:    36.4 MB
Floppy Drive:    None
Digital Storage Media:    None
Image Storage:    JPEG 3648 x 2736, JPEG 3648 x 2056, JPEG 3072 x 2304, JPEG 2592 x 1944, JPEG 2048 x 1536, JPEG 1024 x 768, JPEG 640 x 480
Supported Flash Memory:    MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card

Lens System:

Type:    Zoom lens - 5 mm - 25 mm - F/3.5-5.5
Focal Length:    5 mm - 25 mm
Lens Construction:    9 group(s) / 11 element(s)
Auto Focus:    TTL contrast detection
Type:    Zoom lens
Focal length:    5 mm - 25 mm
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera:    28 - 140 mm
Focus adjustment:    Manual, Automatic
Auto Focus Points (Zones):    9
Min Focus Range:    19.7 in
Macro Focus Range:    1cm
Lens Aperture:    F/3.5-5.5
Optical Zoom:    5 x
Zoom Adjustment:    Motorized drive
Lens construction:    9 : 11
Features:    Aspherical lens

Additional Features:

Self Timer:    Yes
Self Timer Delay:    2 sec, 10 sec
Additional Features:    DPOF support, Direct print, Smile Capture, Face detection, Audio recording, Date/time stamp, Cropping an image, Histogram display, Resizing an image, PictBridge support, 16:9 widescreen mode, PRINT Image Matching, USB 2.0 compatibility, Digital image rotation, Interval shooting mode, RGB primary color filter, In-camera red-eye removal, Digital image stabilization

Camera Flash:

Effective Flash Range:    13 ft
Type:    Built-in flash
Flash Modes:    Soft, Auto mode, Fill-in mode, Flash OFF mode, Red-eye reduction
Red Eye Reduction:    Yes
Effective flash range:    13 ft

Display:

Type:    LCD display - TFT active matrix - 2.5 in - Color
Mounting:    Built-in
Resolution:    230,000 pixels

Microphone:

Type:    Microphone - Built-in

Connections:

Connector Type:    1 x USB, 1 x Composite video/audio output
Expansion Slot(s):    1 x SD Memory Card

Miscellaneous:

Cables Included:    1, 1 x USB cable, 1 x A/V cable
Underwater Depth:    up to 13 ft
Included Accessories:    Carrying strap
Min Operating Temperature:    14 °F
Max Operating Temperature:    104 °F

Power:

Power Device:    Battery charger - External

System Requirements for PC Connection:

System Requirements Details:    Windows 2000/XP/Vista - Pentium III - 512 MB, MacOS X 10.1.2 or later - 8 MB
Hardware:    Windows 2000/XP/Vista - Pentium III - 512 MB, MacOS X 10.1.2 or later - 8 MB
Operating system:    MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, MS Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X 10.1.2 - 10.5
Peripherals:    USB port, CD-ROM drive

Battery:

Supported Battery:    1 x Pentax D-Li78 Li-ion rechargeable battery ( Included )

Manufacturer Warranty:

Service & Support:    1 year warranty
Type:    1 year warranty

(6 votes, average: 2.5 out of 5)

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