The Optio WG-one is one particular 50 in the "....12th era of adventure series digital camera sales..." from Pentax and involves a 2nd product using a GPS perform, the WG-one GPS. The latter digicam will be the subject of our review, but due to the fact they're identical except with the GPS perform, we'll only simplify things and call it the WG-1. As you could assume from an "adventure series" camera, the WG-1 is actually a waterproof, coldproof, dustproof, shockproof compact electronic.

It can be waterproof to depths of up to 33 toes (one atmosphere); coldproof to 14 degrees Fahrenheit and shockproof to withstand falls of nearly 5 feet. If mineral water won't be able to get in, dust won't possibly, and the video camera can also be designed that has a crushproof engineering to withstand "...bodyweight pressure nearly 220 pounds."

The WG-1 delivers a 14 megapixel CCD sensor and 5x zoom covering the 28 to140mm focal range in 35mm equivalents. There's a 2.7-inch LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY monitor (no viewfinder), 720 HD video clip, experience detection/blink detection/smile seize engineering and five LED macro lgts arranged across the lens barrel that can help mild extreme close-ups. The photographic camera is primarily automated, which suggests user-offered inputs will probably be minimal, but there can be a Plan Car mode that gives obtain to a number of digital camera settings which include white balance and ISO sensitivity.

The GPS operate will allow users to record place records when shooting nevertheless images, updates the designed-in clock automatically to match community time of a selected shooting locale and automatically creates and merchants log information like a KML-format file onto an SD memory card. Pentax incorporates Windows-compatible application to help you users discover GPS-compatible apps and solutions for instance Search engines Maps and Google Soil

Image good quality appears to be typical-to-beneficial, and colors are largely appropriate. The WG-1 acquires emphasis in beneficial situations in what would seem like common compact electronic time, and shutter lag appears common likewise. The LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY monitor was confused by direct sunlight coming from behind at a 9AM seaside shoot the very first time out using the camera - a hard position to get confident, but also a concern for any digital camera that can probable be employed outdoors much with the time.

We'll see how the monitor circumstance plays out in excess of the training course from the analyze time period. And that training course goes to take on us over a drive from California to Florida and back once more. Along the way we'll move by means of Texas BBQ nation and New Orleans on our method to the Kennedy House Center for that April 29 launch of house shuttle Endeavor, decrease to Important West and rear through the Everglades and west coast of Florida on the way residence. We'll possess a total analyze from the WG-one someday all through this trek, which is scheduled to wrap up round mid-May perhaps.

Pentax Optio WG-one Adventure Series 14 MP Waterproof Electronic Digital camera with 5x Wide-Angle Optical Zoom. The 12th generation of PENTAX adventure series electronic digicam, the Optio WG-1 usually requires adventure images to new heights (and depths). New and improved characteristics within the PENTAX Optio WG-one mannequin contain a 14 megapixel sensor, waterproof to 33 feet, shockproof to withstand falls approximately 5 feet and new crushproof design to withstand fat force up to 220 pounds (100kgf kilogram-force). PENTAX enhanced the Digital Microscope mode with a complete of five macro LEDs for excellent macro lighting plus a detachable macro stand for steadier capture. The handy new Self-Portrait Assist mode is great for Facebooking and also other social networking actions.

Additional features

·Carabiner strap integrated for hooking the camera to some backpack or other outdoor gear.

·Auto Picture mode to automatically pick one of the 16 shooting modes to match the shooting conditions.

·Collage operate to compose a single photograph from numerous photographs.

·Ink Rubbing filter to make a monochromatic, substantial-contrast image from a recorded image.

·12 digital filters, which include a whole new Miniature filter, to add distinctive visual results to recorded images.

·Electronic Extensive perform to compose an added-broad-angle image (equivalent to an image used with an approx. 21mm lens in 35mm format) from two photographs.

·MediaImpression three.0 for Pentax (Windows version) and MediaImpression a couple of.one for Pentax (Macintosh model) image viewing, editing and submitting application included (compatible with most recent operation programs, for example Windows 7 and Mac OS X ten.six).

·Compatibility with Eye-Fi wi-fi LAN SD reminiscence playing cards.

·External storage marketing is compatible with new SDXC memory card furthermore to SD/SDHC memory credit card. (Be aware: the WG-one isn't compatible with UHS velocity category.)

Item Attributes

·Rugged 12th-generation waterproof digital photographic camera is adventure proof, and appropriate for pretty much any environment

·Waterproof to 33 toes; shockproof design and style protects from drops approximately five feet; also crushproof, coldproof and dustproof

·14-megapixel resolution; broad-angle 5x internal optical zoom lens (28-140mm equivalent)

·Capture movie in widescreen 720p HD at 30 frames each second

Compatible with SD, SDHC, SDXC memory space playing cards (not incorporated)