| 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. Available in Ocean Blue or Silver, the Optio W60 also feature High-Quality Movie mode, Face Recognition, Smile Capture, and Blink Detection. |
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 Great for outdoors... |
| Review Date: February 8, 2010 |
| Reviewer: C. Hines, Atlanta, GA |
Seeing as how this is a waterproof camera I'd say they probably really meant for it to be used more in the outdoor environment. This pics it takes then are typically excellent quality. Indoors or lower light however, suck. They are grainy, fuzzy and, well, crap. *sigh*
The camera is small and very portable. I used it in the pool and it had no problems at all. But since it takes crappy indoor pics I'm looking for another camera for more full time use. I imagine I'll probably love this one on vacation at the beach.
Overall it's not a BAD camera, and likely does exactly what it was meant to do. But it's not a good overall type camera. |
Water lover
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| Review Date: November 20, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Robert Edwards, Colorado |
| Worked very well on a holiday to the sand and surf. Rinsing in fresh water after a day of use helps. Was late rinsing once and battery door became sticky. Took a good cleaning with a toothbrush to remedy. Underwater pictures and videos were very good and battery life is good. |
super nice point an shoot better than Olympus by far
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| Review Date: November 17, 2009 |
| Reviewer: E. Sickels, seattle Wa |
I got one off Amazon and was impressed. It takes great pictures if you do not use the auto 800 setting. Just use it at 100 or 200 setting. Great videos.
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These are three I made for some friends.
The controls are easy to use and work.
great picture options.
Good underwater shots but do not go to deep.
AAA+++
Going to buy the W80 next.
Looks great |
Not as good as the Optio W10
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| Review Date: September 26, 2009 |
| Reviewer: B. Herndon, North Little Rock, Arkansas |
| My Optio W10 died on me, and while it had it's faults it was a good reliable camera. The W60 has some of the same complaints (slow to take pics, not good in low light, etc) but the images are even worse than the W10. I wouldn't recommend this camera. I haven't used the waterproof feature yet...plan on doing that in a couple weeks at the beach. |
Disappointing. Poor followon to the W10
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| Review Date: September 9, 2009 |
| Reviewer: karen0017, Greenfield, MN United States |
I bought the W60 early this summer when my W10 was damaged in an accident. I am extremely disappointed in the W60.
The user interface is basically fine, but I find it hard to press the separate buttons (I always feel fat-fingered on it). The W10 in contrast was much easier to manipulate.
The waterproof housing is noticeably improved over the W10.
The battery has almost no lifespan. I get about 60 pictures (no flash) before I have to recharge it. Even more annoying, the battery doesn't sit terribly well in the recharger, so you have to be careful to ensure that it's actually recharging. I find it *exceedingly* annoying that you can't recharge this camera from the USB port -- you plug in the camera to download the pictures, and even if the camera is attached to a wall outlet, the battery fails. I am also disappointed that they changed the battery shape from the W10 -- I have perfectly good batteries from that camera, and had to buy new ones for this; not very environmentally friendly!
The flash is weaker that it was in the W10; and it's now almost useless. I get about 1.5 meters (4 feet) of range before the light fails -- that's extremely close up.
The focus is quite poor. Even when in "portrait" mode (when it tries to look for faces), the camera does not always focus on the face it found. About 1/3 of my photos are out-of-focus. (On the W10, I'd only have problems when the subject was moving.) My suspicion is not that the focus mechanism itself is poor, but the algorithm that decides on where to focus picks the wrong item.
About 4 weeks after I purchased the camera, the power switch failed. (It took quite some googling to figure out what the problem was, as the manual only says to recharge the battery.) Since I was on vacation at the time, I was VERY happy that I had a second camera with me. I sent it back to the manufacturer for repair, and it was returned about 10 days later. They had corrected the power switch, focus, and zoom block. It still can't focus well.
The quality of underwater photos is slightly improved over the W10, but given that you're moving in the water and the fish are moving, the focus problem is really serious.
Overall, I'm very disappointed. Even more so because I loved the W10, and was really looking forward to the next generation. |
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