We've always heard that life was full of compromises, and evidently Pentax made a few when it decided to build its toughest, most rugged point-and-shoot camera of all time. On paper, the Optio W80 looked mighty promising, but in practice, the all-important image quality was found to fall short.
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The Design: The camera could use a design refresh, in all honesty, and more metal. But it's also good for winter sports, rated to function down to 14 degrees. I liked Pentax's optional floating wrist strap, too. The Waterproofness: Good down to 16 feet, up from 13 feet in the last...
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timmyd
I bought the Pentax optio w80 the day it came out, which was a big mistake! I took the camera on my holidays to Norway, only to find it is the worst camera I have ever owned. The images are very grainy in anything but direct light. If you can live with the grainy low light images, the overall...
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ehc
If your digicam might get wet or take a beating, the W80 is a good choice. The Pentax W series has a long histlry of service to kayakers, snowboarders, and does a servicable job. I've taken it 8 feet under water at the pool, out on my kayak, and I've taken shots in a driving snowstorm....
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meister
It has a weak flash and produces grainy/noisy pictures in low light and has a terribly unwieldy menu system - taken together that was a deal breaker for me and I had to return it. I really wanted to like it, but just couldn't bring myself to in the end. Maybe they should have restricted the...
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