I didn't take this one, maybey it's a bogey! Pulling the Optio out of the BA pocket, you can't feel the lens and finger grease gets on it. The on off switch and shutter release are right next to one another and I take a lot of pictures of waves trying to switch it off. My thumb keeps activating the rocker switch that controls the menus and I have lost a lot of spur of the moment pictures trying to cancel them. The Optio is very smooth and difficult to hold. Here are some pics to illustrate the different ergonomics of the Optio WPi and the Sony U60. Having both the cameras mentioned in the above thread, I have been using them side by side on recent paddles. Someday I'll manage to stay upright and not take pictures of folk paddling uphill ! It's small size allows it to fit easily in a BA pocket.īut I'll have to confess that the camera isn't the limiting factor in taking pictures - it's me. and left me with good memories that otherwise would have been forgotten. I'll agree with Douglas that the battery does appear sensitive to the cold at times, but would add that it can quite often warm up equally quickly.īut having said all that, it's allowed me take pictures on the water that I would otherwise never have taken. And the lack of a lens cover seems a glaring omission to me. Perhaps if I'd never had a camera with a viewfinder then I wouldn't find it a problem. I think that's more out of habit than anything else. It's the first camera I've had without a viewfinder and find myself still trying to bring the camera to my eye to take the picture. I find the on/off switch manageable but fiddly, and, for me, it's not worth trying to change picture modes on the water. If I have to buy another digital camera - it'll be a waterproof one - although I have to say the Ixus has been really good and reliable on the mountains even surviving a 20 foot tumble on the Aonach Eagach !įive of the pictures on the Islay tour recently featured were taken with a Pentax WP. I'm hoping that a few days at room temperature will allow it to recover - but I'm not optimistic. The LCD lights up, but is mainly blank with the odd black, vertical line and most of the controls just seem to have given up. and I suspect it's this that has put paid to my poor old camera. Once damp and sealed in the Aquapac, the strap guarantees a moisture-laden atmosphere. I've also suffered from the condensation problem resulting in no shortage of similarly distorted and sad looking sunsets or surreal "blobs" that should be cheeky seals.Īnother problem I've found (which could easily be remedied but I keep forgetting to) is to replace the retaining strap on the camera with something that doesn't absorb water. Having just returned from a lovely New Year's week of Scottish paddling with a somewhat knackered camera - I can whole heartedly recommend NOT using a standard digital in a plastic bag, like an Aquapac.įor a start, I've lost count of the number of ruined shots I've had thanks to the confines of the plastic not allowing the lens of my Canon Ixus II to fully extend. Oh and it uses AAA rdisposables/chargables that last for ages. It might only have 2MP but it's good enough to get A5 sized photos published in Paddles! Only downside is that its asymmetrical design is for right handed use.
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Get a Sony U60 on Ebay, it's a cracker and beats the Pentax on all the above points and its properly waterproof.
I could go on but all I will say is I agree withg Tom. I lost most of my recent Sound of Jura sunset shots shots because of this. It does not focus "into the light" shots using the main program mode. It generates a pink colour cast (which can be corrected by photoshop. The battery is very sensitive to cold weather. The large screen looks good in a shop but is not bright enough to see in bright conditions. The 3x optical zoom is zoom is redundant, as on the water any movement blurs all shots except those at wide angle.
Trying to hold it, your thumb lies over the main rocker switch and activates lots of menus when you are trying to snatch "that shot". There is no raised guard round the glass lens cover to keep your finger tips away and it gets covered in grease off your fingers causing blurred images. The on off button is nearly impossible to switch on one handed and today with gloves I took many picture of the sea and my spray deck trying to switch it off. I have lost count of the number of film cameras I have had but I have had 6 digital cameras and the Pentax Optio is the only one I have ever been disappointed with. I used both the Sony U60 and the Pentax OptioWPi today.
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