Pentax Optio WS80 Features
The Pentax Optio WS80 is waterproof. It can keep out water to depths of 1.5m. Other features include 10 megapixels and a 5x zoom lens. Zoom can be increased when shooting at lower resolutions. At 640 pixels a maximum of 28.5x zoom becomes available. The focal length of the lens is equivalent to 35 - 175mm in 35mm format. 5.7x digital zoom is available too.
The Optio WS80 can shoot High Definition movies. It has a 2.7 inch LCD screen.
Basics
- Sensor Size: 1/2.3 inches
- Macro Mode: 10cm
- Smile Shutter
- Blink Detection
- Red Eye Compensation
- Face Detection
- Self Timer: 2 or 10 second delay
LCD Screen
The LCD monitor is 2.7 inches in size. The screen is made up of around 230,000 dots.
Flash
Flash modes are on, off, automatic, soft flash, red eye reduction. The maximum range of the flash unit is 3.4m (wide angle) and 2.8m (telephoto).
Scene Modes
There are a number of preset scene modes. These are: Night Scene, Underwater, Underwater Movie, Landscape, Flower, Portrait, Digital Wide, Surf & Snow, Digital SR, Kids, Pet, Half-length Portrait, Sport, Fireworks, Candlelight, Night Scene Portrait, Natural Skin Tone, Food, Digital Panorama, Frame Composite, Party and Green.
Movies
You can shoot short, High Definition movies with a resolution of 720p.
Advanced Features
Among the more advanced features are:
- Metering Modes: Multi-segment metering, Center-weighted metering, Spot metering
- ISO Sensitivity: Auto, 64 - 6400
- Exposure Compensation: +/- 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments
- Shutter Speeds: 4 - 1/1500 seconds
- White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light, Manual
- Continuous Shooting
