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The Pentax Optio W10 provides a tough package ideal for the more active among you, though the plastic body may not live up to the rough and tumble of a drop from a great height when mountain climbing or an impact with a submarine rock. However, image...
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The Pentax Optio W10 provides a great all-weather package being both JIS Class 8 waterproofed and Class 5 dust proofed...

Excellent metering, great colour, good (but plastic) build, great underwater and dust proofing; can dive to down to around 5 feet (1.5m)...

lens softness at the full zoom, limited manual control, no optical viewfinder...

The Pentax Optio W10 provides a great all-weather package being both JIS Class 8 waterproofed and Class 5 dust proofed...
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Neocamera.com Updated: 2016-11-15 02:21:52
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With so little to complain about and good image quality comparable to the best non-Fuji ultra-compact cameras, the waterproof Pentax Optio W10 is best waterproof ultra-compact digital camera reviewed so until now. Its body is waterproof at depths up t...
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The Pentax Optio W10 is a typical example of a small camera aiming at the photographer looking for user convenience and an easy-to-operate camera. This type of user generally isnt keen on having to worry about all sorts of "unnecessary" actions; they...
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Pentax Optio W10 Overview By: Dan HavlikReview Date: 09/22/2006 Shooting underwater images with a compact digital camera always seemed self-defeating to me. On the one hand, the beauty of a compact camera is that you can take it anywhere. On the other...

Punchy, appealing color Healthy-looking, vibrant skin tones Waterproof body lets you explore fun new photo options. Suitable for taking pictures up of up to five feet underwater at the pool, lake, or beach. Not suitable for snorkeling or scuba diving I...

Soft images at 8x10 size regardless of ISO; camera really only useful for 5x7 prints or smaller. ISO 800 is almost unusable Large LCD but mediocre resolution; much aliasing of lines, lights looked hazy and darks muddy Sluggish all-around performance wi...

Though the Pentax Optio W10 has liabilities as an all-around compact digital camera, to judge this waterproof/dustproof model fairly, it must be rated on a curve. Sure the W10s low-light ability isnt up to snuff with the camera producing noisy images...
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Techreviews.tv Updated: 2016-11-15 02:21:52
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digitalcamerainfo.com Updated: 2016-11-15 02:21:52
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The Pentax Optio W10 is a waterproof compact camera with a 3x zoom lens, 6-megapixel CCD and a list price of $299.95. Though waterproofing might seem like a gimmick ? how many pictures does anyone need of their kids underwater? -- Waterproof cameras ar...

– Waterproofing is a great feature Excellent seals – Simple interface – Attractive styling – Picture effects available as post-processing, rather than during shooting...

No manual exposure mode Picture quality lacking Short battery life LCD is hard to see outdoors...

The Optio W10s unique benefits are its waterproofing, its simplicity and its styling. Its image quality is by no means outstanding. Still, there will be plenty of people who want a convenient, moderately-priced beach camera or even a snorkeling camera...
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The Optio W10 is equipped with Face Recognition AF/AE, a new technology that detects faces and automatically adjusts the focus and corrects the exposure to suit. This technology is particularly effective at preventing ?dropout? photos, where the camera...
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Regular visitors to this site may recall my painful experience reviewing the Pentax Optio WPi waterproof compact back in February this year. My theory was that Pentax's PR department was trying to kill me by making me wade into freezing water in the middl...
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