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4 out of 5 stars   tough little camera
By LMP on August 11, 2011
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Pros: Small / Compact, Easy to Use
Cons: Lag / Shutter Delay, Poor in Low Light, Short Battery Life
Other Comments: Camera held up well for snorkeling several times (in salt water). It's a tough little camera. Image quality is not the best (hands down no contest to a Canon 5D with similar MP count), but it went places were my DSLR could not.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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5 out of 5 stars   Love it! Second one I've bought!
By Mom of All Boys on February 20, 2011
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Pros: Good Image Quality, Great Zoom, Fast/accurate auto-focus, Small / Compact, Good Image Stabilization, Nice Body Color, Easy To Use, Good in Low Light, Short Lag Time, Large Clear LCD
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Other Comments: Love this camera! This is the second one I've bought. Does an excellent job with underwater pictures and videos! Very durable.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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5 out of 5 stars   One of the best point & shoots.
By Too Tall Tim on February 18, 2011
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Pros: Great Zoom, Nice Body Color, Easy To Use, Small / Compact, Good Image Quality, Good Image Stabilization, Short Lag Time, Large Clear LCD, Fast/accurate auto-focus, Good in Low Light
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Other Comments: Takes super pictures underwater with little blur and easy of use right out of the box was impeccable. This camera lives up to Pentax's great name!
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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5 out of 5 stars   Great Camera with A great price
By Tony the Cruiser on February 13, 2011
Review submitted for Pentax Optio W90 12 MP Waterproof Digital Camera wi/ 5x Wide Angle Zoom & 2.7-Inch LCD (PKOPTW90GN)
Pros: Nice Body Color, Large Clear LCD
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Other Comments: Easy to use with lots of features. Takes great pictures. Can't wait to take it on vaction.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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4 out of 5 stars   Point and shoot, they got it right!
By Joe on February 12, 2011
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Review submitted for Pentax Optio W90 12 MP Waterproof Digital Camera wi/ 5x Wide Angle Zoom & 2.7-Inch LCD (PKOPTW90GN)
Pros: Good Image Stabilization, Short Lag Time, Easy To Use
Cons: Short Battery Life
Other Comments: Purchased the camera for a cruise in the Galapagos Islands. It worked flawlessly! Very easy to change modes from photo to video, land or sea. Easy to edit video right on the camera. I also purchased an 8g memory card and floating wrist band. It DID float the camera! Make sure that you hear the latches "click" when you close the door to the battery and Terminal covers. I had no issues but I can see where it could be a problem.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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1 out of 5 stars   Not worth it
By Love on February 11, 2011
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Pros: Small / Compact
Cons: Poor Image Quality, Poor Flash
Other Comments: Pros. Small size and durable. Cons. Pictures taken inside are yellow.
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4 out of 5 stars   Light and Handy
By J 'Photo Guy' R on January 24, 2011
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Pros: Functional, Easy To Use
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Other Comments: Used as a vacation camera at the beach, where water immersion was a distinct possibility. Light and handy, but display is hard to see in bright light.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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4 out of 5 stars   Best all around digital
By Nick the climber on January 23, 2011
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Other Comments: Great camera for the money. Takes excellent photos under or above water, close or far away, indoors or out. This is a great point and shoot digital with some abilities to customize shots and quite durable. Perfect for outdoor enthusiasts.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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5 out of 5 stars   fun camara for the rough outdoors person
By bradleybenjaman on January 19, 2011
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Pros: Water-tight Seals, Functional, Easy To Use, Good Depth Range
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Other Comments: Video through the HDMI port is poor-but played straight from the memory card its just fine!
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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4 out of 5 stars   Great little Back up!
By Budman on January 18, 2011
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Pros: Water-tight Seals, Functional, Good Depth Range
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Other Comments: Great little back up camera, just miss trough the lens viewing.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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1 out of 5 stars   Don't buy Pentax Optio W90 - Poor qualit
By camera buff on January 16, 2011
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Review submitted for Pentax Optio W90 12 MP Waterproof Digital Camera wi/ 5x Wide Angle Zoom & 2.7-Inch LCD (PKOPTW90GN)
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Cons: Blurry Photos
Other Comments: Do not buy. This Pentax Optio w90 took fuzzy poor quality photos
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5 out of 5 stars   Optio W series getting better
By Windgods on January 15, 2011
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Review submitted for Pentax Optio W90 12 MP Waterproof Digital Camera wi/ 5x Wide Angle Zoom & 2.7-Inch LCD (PKOPTW90GN)
Pros: Functional, Easy To Use
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Other Comments: Bought the W90 to replace my W30 and W60 that I used for kitesurfing video and stills mounted as a kitecam and on my small electric RC airplane for aerial pics and video. Considering the heavy duty use on the water (surface not diving)and use as an aerial camera the W30 and W60 held up very well, so I'm a return customer. The W90 takes beautiful 12MP stills and still has the continuous shooting drive mode that is essential for timelapse sequences and perfect for turn on and forget as a kite cam or RC cam. The new W90 batteries are bigger and higher capacity than the W30 and W60, a significant improvement.
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I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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5 out of 5 stars   I love this camera
By Barefoot Girl on January 11, 2011
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Pros: Water-tight Seals, Easy To Use, Good Depth Range, Functional
Cons: None
Other Comments: I am a ceramic artist and bought this camera for a working trip to China. I am often in the studio with a lot of dust and water, and so far this camera has worked great. I even took it to the top of Lu Shan, a mountain in China with freezing weather and the camera functioned just fine.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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5 out of 5 stars   Best camera for the money
By JW on January 11, 2011
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Pros: Functional, Easy To Use, This camera is awsome, Water-tight Seals, Good Depth Range
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Other Comments: I am a fly fisherman and love taking photos of fish, I like that I can now take video on the river without worry of dropping the camera in the water. I also like to share photos of flies that I tie. This camera allows me to take macro photos that are perfectly clear. Great all around camera for the outdoorsman.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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3 out of 5 stars   too soon to give a thourough review...
By fred flinstone on January 11, 2011
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Cons: Blurry Photos
Other Comments: out of 200 hundred photos... 197 are out of focus... unless it was a still photo of something. i haven't drop it yet...so no idea how tuff it is. everytime you use the camera you have to wipe the lense off since their is not a lense cover, really annoying. this camera has a very hard time taking pics with any type of motion in it. personally my old cannon worked way better. when i take a pic of something with this camera, i take atleast 3 shots so at least, maybe, one shot will be in focus. i am just an ordinary guy who is really tuff on his gear. i have not yet found a reason to recomend it to a friend.
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4 out of 5 stars   A good buy.
By Fun in the sun on January 09, 2011
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Other Comments: Purchased this camera for a trip to Cozumel. Camera took great pictures both above water and below. I'm not photographer by any stretch, but I found the settings easy to use and had no problems making corrections based upon the current conditions.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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4 out of 5 stars   Can't beat waterproof!
By Camera man Jed? on January 08, 2011
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Review submitted for Pentax Optio W90 12 MP Waterproof Digital Camera wi/ 5x Wide Angle Zoom & 2.7-Inch LCD (PKOPTW90GN)
Pros: Face recognition, Good bar camera, Easy To Use
Cons: Grainy movies, Slow start up, Autofocus slow at night
Other Comments: I like this camera. I had a Samsung nv20 before this. It's not a tough camera but it held up pretty well to all the things I put it through. It's lens would come out when you turned it on. Every time I took it into a cave with me it would get small amounts of dust and water down in the gears and motors. After about 6 months of being my caving camera I had to help it bring the lens out and then to push it back in. That's when I finally just bought this one. It's great, the first thing I did was make sure everything was sealed up tight and then I stuck it in my fish tank. It performed great! I got the best pictures I have ever gotten of my fish. I then took it to the bar that night, It was great not having to worry about beer being spilled on my camera. I just love the waterproofness of it and the the toughness. I can just stick it in my pocket and not worry. I like the fact that it takes HD video. It's not the best video in the world and it gets grainy real quick. Although I didn't buy it to take movies, I bought it to take pictures. And what can you expect from such a tiny lens? The carabiner that they give you is no good and I replaced it with a s-biner instead. I don't need it falling of my harness when I'm a couple hundred feet up rock climbing. It has a slow start up time that is rather annoying. It's auto focus at night isn't that great. And I wish that if you hit the review button when it was off that it'd just bring up all your photos. To get to your photos that you have taken you have to turn it on in camera mode then switch over to review mode.
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I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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3 out of 5 stars   camera not for photo enthusiasts
By lovesmanatees on January 08, 2011
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Pros: Easy To Use, Functional
Cons: Blurry Photos
Other Comments: camera was gift for my husband to take hunting with him. time will only tell if it is worthy of it's claims of shake-proof and water-proof. some of the pics we have took thus far are blurry for no reason. definitely not like my canon
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5 out of 5 stars   Great product that delivers
By Big Dog on January 05, 2011
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Pros: Functional, Water-tight Seals, Easy To Use
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Other Comments: gave this as a gift to my wife for Christmas, she really loves it and has not put it down. It''s compact size lets her carry it everywhere.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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4 out of 5 stars   Great pocket camera, not an SLR.
By Shawn the Bass Fisherman on January 04, 2011
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Review submitted for Pentax Optio W90 12 MP Waterproof Digital Camera wi/ 5x Wide Angle Zoom & 2.7-Inch LCD (PKOPTW90GN)
Pros: Easy To Use, Rapid startup, Microscope Mode
Cons: Blurry Photos
Other Comments: The image stabilization doesn't work as well as I would have hoped, especially using the Microscope feature.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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