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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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A range of general test shots are shown over the next two pages. In some cases, the full size image has been reduced for bandwidth purposes, and a crop taken from the original full resolution image has been placed below it to show the overall image quality. Some other pictures may be clicked to view the original full-size image.
Here's the usual detail test shot of the West Window of Exeter Cathedral, for you to compare with other cameras. See below for a full res crop, or click to see the whole picture.

The general level of detail is pretty good, on a par with other recent 10MP compacts.

The lens does produce quite severe barrel distortion, although this may not be the case underwater, due to the different refractive properties.

Centre sharpness is good...

...but the corner sharpness could be better.
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Rick Collins said on 19th May 2009
julesagogo said on 26th May 2009
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
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..
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I saw a review of the W60 at http://crazymotion.net/geek-gadget-series-pentax-optio-w60-waterproof-digital-camera/w1HlGWk7HzZUjAy.html where he said that the auto focus in video mo... more