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Pentax Optio W60 Waterproof 10MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Optical Zoom (Ocean Blue) | 
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| Brand: Pentax
Category: Photography
List Price: $299.95
Buy New: $242.00
You Save: $57.95 (19%)
New (46) Used (3) from $219.46
Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 101
Media: Electronics
Optical Zoom: 5
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Focal Length: 25
Minimum Focal Length: 5
Maximum Resolution: 10
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 3.9 x 2.2 x 1
MPN: B0019V2CW8
Model: B0019V2CW8
UPC: 027075144040
EAN: 0027075144040
ASIN: B0019V2CR8
Release Date: July 5, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days
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| Features:
| • | Includes camera and USB Cable I-USB7 (39551); AV Cable I-AVC7 (39552); Rechargeable Li-Ion Battery D-LI78 (39741); Battery Charge Cradle D-BC78 (A); AC Plug Cord (39477); Strap O-ST20 (39195); Software CD-ROM S-SW81 | | • | 10 Megapixels for large, detailed images up to 3648x2736 resolution for stills | | • | 5X optical zoom in a slim 1-inch body is equivalent to 28-140mm if it were a 35mm camera | | • | Wide-angle 28mm zoom lens ideal for landscape, indoor, or group photos | | • | Waterproof to 4m (13 feet) protects from rain and spills, as well as allowing underwater photos and video |
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Product Description
Take your PENTAX Optio W60 to new extremes. With 10 megapixels and a 5X internal zoom, this waterproof Optio shoots deeper, wider and at colder temps. A new design allows the Optio W60 to operate up to 13 feet underwater for two hours and at extreme temperatures well below freezing. Perfect for photography in adventurous settings, the Optio W60 captures a wide variety of scenes including expansive landscapes, architecture, and group photos in confined spaces as well as close-up telephoto shots. The Optio W60 also features High-Quality Movie mode, Face Recognition, Smile Capture, and Blink Detection. 2.5 inch IPS (In Plane Switching) LCD monitor with Anti-Reflective coating is viewable at wide angles, even in bright sunlight Coldproof for use in extreme, sub-zero temperatures HD movie capture to vividly capture moving memories in widescreen 720p Advanced Face Recognition technology sees up to 32 faces in 0.03 seconds, with Smile Capture and Blink Detection PENTAX Shake Reduction system automatically sets ISO up to a high 6400 to prevent subject blur. Movie Shake Reduction also available Focus modes - 9 point AF, Spot AF, Auto Tracking AF, Macro, Super Macro, Infinity Landscape, Pan focus, Manual focus Capture Modes - Mode selection - Auto Picture (Standard, Landscape, Portrait, Night Scene Portrait, Night Scene, Sport, Flower), Program, Night Scene, Movie, Underwater, Underwater Movie, Landscape, Flower, Portrait, and more Programmed AE electronic lens shutter Unit Dimensions (W x H x D) - 3.9 x 2.2 x 1.0; Weight - Without battery or removable memory - 4.4 oz
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| Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...
 Worse than the old Wpi September 15, 2008
Chad Nason (under water!!!)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ok, I spend a lot of time fly-fishing, which generally entails a wet and often sandy camera. Having owned and loved an Optio Wpi (2-3 generations back), I immediately went for the new Pentax waterproof over the comparable Olympus. The main reason that I was told that Olympus' retracting lens cover is easily jammed by sand. So I was an easy sell on the w60, after finding out I couldn't buy another wpi - which could have used the 4 batteries I now own for a broken camera. I should mention that broke the wpi, it was so sturdy it could have lasted for ages had I not put about 300 lbs of pressure between it and a solid metal object. I just bought the w60 and took it out for a week on the river. Here are my three frustrations:
1. light areas are totally washed out. I know, I have to figure out the settings to correct this issue... and I will correct the issue. But the settings are going to need serious tweaking before the w60 will take sensible photos. I mean, there was rarely 'true black' in any of my shots. Inexcusable & highly disappointing to have amateur looking vacation photos. The old wpi took awesome - truly awesome - pics straight out of the box.
2. some settings dont seem to stick after powering down. i cant tell you how many times I unchecked the "digital zoom" box, only to find my camera digitally zooming after powering back on. That's the only one I've seen not sticking so far, but I've only been playing with the camera here and there for the last 5 days. digital zoom is useless, in case you're wondering why this is one of my complaints. It basically does on your camera what your home computer can already do... and it sucks battery life. Never be impressed by a camera's digital zoom feature.
3. at full wide angle, corners get faded out. This is a minor issue for me, but definitely true. I read it elsewhere, so I was on the lookout. When you're zoomed out entirely, the corners of your photos CAN (not always) fade a little. eg, took a picture at twilight, corners were darker than they should have been. that being said, the wide angle is an amazing feature. In one frame, I could fit the boat I was fishing on, my fishing companion and his fish, and the incredible landscape/backdrop. I don't know how i lived with out this before.
Other than that, it's an amazing camera. I just wish I had known about these issues before I bought and shot vacation photos all week. Other cool features include a 'digital panorama' that will absolutely knock your socks off. it stitches three photos together for you... but also leaves a little 'ghost' at the end of each shot so you know where you left off. The result is perfect panoramas. There's a 'digital wide' feature that is similar but combines two 'portrait' (ie rotated 90 degrees) photos together in case 10 MP isnt a big enough pic for you.
my opinion: buy this camera if you spend time near the water, or just want that added layer of protection. it's perfect for your pocket, boat, river, kids' soccer game, etc. Not an SLR, but great for everyday use.
 Splash September 7, 2008
K. McHale (South Pasadena, CA)
Great pictures, and waterproof helps in the rain. The only thing I don't like is the battery charger is a little big. One that plugs into the wall without the power cord like the Cannons would be better.
 I'm and Optio Wx fan but... September 4, 2008
FootsnViews (Southeast Alaska)
I've owned a Wpi and a W30. Great cameras. After a full weekend camping and hiking in the rain the shutter button on the W60 started to not activate the shutter, the camera would focus but not take the photo, or only take it after depressing the button very hard or very long. I've returned to Amazon. Photos are good, especially in good light at lower zoom levels. Battery seems to give about 230 photos with all the bells and whistles turned off.
 Waterproof is a plus, almost everything else is a minus August 30, 2008
Eugene Y. Chan (San Francisco, CA USA)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Bought this for a vacation in hawaii. Beaches, water, snorkeling, makes sense right?
First the good news:
* It works well as a underwater camera. We went to Hanauma Bay and took some good photos of fish and turtles.
* Shots for the most part are good--colors are a bit more vivid than the canon
* Shutter lag is noticeable
* No image stabilization--could really be used on this camera
Now the not so good news:
* There was a strange blip where it would appear to be working and then not take the photo. The camera would focus and then as long as I held the shutter down, it would still not take the photo. I recharged the battery, switched SD cards, reformatted the SD cards, nothing. After I tried everything I could think of, including writing to Pentax support, I gave up. My wife tried it about a week later and it was working again. Sigh.
* Battery life is not very good. I got about 3 to 4 hours.
* The construction feels plasticy and not well built
* No autorotation of images
Not one or the other:
* I'm an avid Canon user and had some difficulty getting used to the controls and settings, they're not as intuitive for me on the Pentax.
* It has face recognition and smile detection, but I'm not sure if they are more than just a gimmick
I'm returning this camera as it not as well built and stopped working for me randomly and the one thing that I need is reliability over features in a camera even if it is a point and shoot.
It's all about trade-off August 28, 2008
R. Li (Silicon Valley, CA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Clearly, this is not a camera for everybody. It's designed for those outdoor enthusiasts who's willing to trade the picture quality for the taking anywhere feature. I wish I could have a compact camera that can be used anywhere but still has DSLR picture quality -- but that camera doesn't exist!
If the underwater capability is important to you, then there are not so many choices out there -- and the only two get head to head are Olympus 1030 and the Pentax W60. Both are 10M pixels which I don't think it's really needed -- you can't fully use the 10M capability because of the lens quality. Some important difference:
- Olympus can go 30 ft deep, Pentax 10 ft.
- Olympus is crash proof, Pentax is not
- Olympus's lens is 28-105, Pentax is 28-140
- Both can take video of 640x480, up to the size of the flash card (Olympus may need a firmware upgrade), but Pentax can take 1280x720 in 15 fps.
- Olympus can't use zoom during video taking, Pentax can, but records the zoom sound as well.
- Pentax has slightly better picture quality, but little noisier.
- Pentax uses SD/SDHC card, Olympus uses xdpicture card, which is more expensive.
Finally I decided to go with the Pentax.
Things I like besides the under water capability:
- Feature rich. There are 24 different scene mode, a good fit to novice users, and there are also face detection, blink detection, smile detection and some on-camera editing capability. You can also do the slide-show on camera.
- Easy to follow interface. I learned to use more than 90% of the functions without even reading the manual.
- Macro that closes up to 1cm, not so many cameras are capable of that.
- Picture color is normally good.
- Live histogram view
Things I don't like:
- Poor low light performance, very noisy
- The so-called image stabilizing is just to bump up the ISO, which cause noisier image
- Below average image quality (comparing other point and shoot)
- Metering/White Balance/EV Adjustment only available in the P mode! This is my biggest complaint. I don't know what's in Pentax engineer's mind. I can live with no AP/SP/manual mode, but I still need these adjustments!
- No lens cover. Even though there is a protective layer in the front, so one can't touch the real lens, but that layer can still get dirty and I'm also afraid to simply put the camera in my pocket with other stuff.
With all that said, am I returning the camera? The hell no! I have my DSLR for better image quality, but I still need a compact one that I can bring with me on trips to ski, beach, or even snorkeling!
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