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Pentax Optio W60 Review
| Author | Cliff Smith |
| Published | 15th Aug 2008 |
| Manufacturer | Pentax |
| Price | £173.91 (Exc VAT) |
| as reviewed | £200.00 (Inc VAT) |
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TrustedReviews NewslettersA range of test shots are shown over the next few pages. Here, the full size images at the minimum and maximum ISO settings have been reduced for bandwidth purposes to let you see the full image, and a series of crops taken from original full resolution images at a range of ISO settings have been included in order for you to gain an appreciation of the overall quality.
This is the full frame at minimum ISO.
At 50 ISO the image quality is very good, nice and smooth with almost no visible noise.
There is little difference at 100 ISO.
Noise is starting to be visible at 200 ISO, but not enough to cause problems.
Still more noise at 400 ISO, and some detail has been lost, but the overall quality is still pretty good.
At 800 ISO the image quality is starting to fade, but you could still get a decent print from this.
At 1600 ISO the image quality suddenly goes to pieces. This is the maximum full-resolution setting.
At 3200 ISO the results look like they were shot on a web cam.
At 6400 ISO the results look like they were shot on a broken web cam.
This is the full frame at maximum ISO.
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julesagogo said on 26th May 2009
julesagogo said on 26th May 2009
@RC: True, but you can turn AF off in Menu-RecMode-Movies. Still a design flaw if you ask me - my WP never did that, my W20 did and they replaced it saying it was defective. The ... more
Bruce said on 24th June 2009
This camera is awesome.. It was working fine in -20 temps in Whistler last year, Ive also thrown it from 10m into water and still doesnt miss a beat..
mick said on 18th September 2009
I took this camera to Discovery Cove in Florida, it took excellent underwater photos ,If I could attach them to this copmment I would
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It's true, the autofocus on the W60 clicks when shooting video.* This happened on my Optio W20 and they replaced it saying it was a defect, now it's designed that way (I... more