Wouldn’t you like a camera that can actually take just a little mother nature? The Pentax Optio WS80 can only go down 5 feet of water though. Start moving into deeper territory and you’re looking at an expensive paper weight.
The Pentax WS80 is 10 megapixels (sigh, tech moves way too fast) and offers 5x optical zoom. Goes for around $250. Here are the detailed specs:
Focus System:
Type: TTL contrast detection autofocus
Focus modes: 9 point AF, Spot AF, Auto Tracking AF, Macro, Infinity Landscape, Pan Focus, Manual Focus
Manual focus: Yes
Macro focus: Yes
Focus lock: Yes, by pressing the shutter release button half way
Focus range
Normal: 1.31’ to infinity
Macro: 0.33-1.64’ (wide to mid zoom)
Lens:
Type/construction: PENTAX zoom lens, 10 elements, 8 groups (4 aspheric elements)
Optical zoom: 5X
Focal length (equiv.): 6.2-31.0mm (35-175mm)
Digital zoom: 5.7X
Combined zoom: 28.5X
Intelligent zoom: Approx 5.9X at 7M to 28.5X at VGA
LCD/Viewfinder:
LCD screen: 2.7” TFT color LCD
LCD resolution: 230,000 dots
Wide angle viewable: n/a
Viewfinder: n/a
Sensor:
Type: 1/2.3” interline transfer CCD w primary color filter
Effective pixels: 10.0
Total pixels: 10.34
Recorded resolutions
Still: 10M (3648×2736), 7M (3072×2304), 5M (2592×1944), 3M (2048×1536), 2.1M (16:9, 1920×1080), 1024 (1024×768), VGA (640×480)
Movie: 1280x720p30/15, 640x480p30/15, 320x240p30/15
Quality levels: Fixed, 10M (H)
Here’s a sample underwater video (using the WS60):
