Pentax Optio WG-2
This year, the Japanese company Pentax launched the release of a new camera model for fans of extreme leisure. This is about Pentax Optio WG-2. The first technical characteristic of the camera, which catches your eye, is a GPS receiver. In addition, Japanese engineers took care of the optimized power consumption of the new digital camera.
First of all, it is worth emphasizing physical security Pentax Optio WG-2, despite itscompact size and light weight. The camera easily transfers dives into the water to a depth of 12 meters, in addition, it works fine in cold weather: with its help you can take pictures at temperatures up to -10 degrees. It should also be noted that the camera remains operational even after falling to a hard surface from a height of 1.5 meters.
The Pentax Optio WG-2 has a 1 / 2.3-inch CMOS sensor with a resolution of 16 megapixels. I must say that this type of sensor is used, as a rule, for SLR cameras, which indicates the high quality of the images. Also in the camera there is a 5-fold optical zoom, which will allow you to shoot close-ups from a distance. ISO sensitivity in the camera can be adjusted in the range from 125 to 6400, which will be enough for shooting both in bright sun and in the evening.
As for the range of exposures, in this model it is quite large: from 1/4000 to 4 seconds. By this parameter, the camera is superior to budget digital cameras. Another worth noting is quite powerful built-in flash, capable of illuminating objects of shooting, whichare located at a distance of 5.4 meters. Also, the new camera received a high-quality LCD-display, the diagonal of which is 3 inches. The screen is not very bright, but the angle of its view is quite wide.
There is also built-in camera macro light, which quite well smoothes shadows, but it can not be called very powerful.
Separately, we should talk about the possibility of shooting video in the format Full HD (1920x1080 pixels). Not many compact cameras have this feature. However, there are not so many settings in the video shooting mode: you can enter exposure compensation, adjust the white balance and activate the image stabilizer.
Functional camera included programmable keys, which significantly saves the switching timeshooting modes. In addition, this model is capable of detecting up to 32 faces in a frame, as well as automatically releasing the shutter when a smile is detected on the face of the person in the frame. The camera has a lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 3.5 Wh, which is enough for 250-330 frames. The battery charge level displays a three-segment indicator, so it can not be exact.
The negative side of the battery is possibility to recharge only the "native" devicebecause the camera is designed fortourist hikes, where to recharge the gadgets use special mobile USB charging and solar panels. In turn, the positive qualities include the unusual design, the strength of the case, a powerful fastening strap with a carabiner, which comes with the delivery, also an important role is played by a good display and a programming system for the keys.
Finally, it should be noted that this modelquite a lot of competitors, including: Nikon Coolpix AW100 and Canon PowerShot D20. These cameras have a more accurate automatic determination of the white balance, and in Coolpix there is even a built-in world map.
