Pentax Imaging's Waterproof Optio W90 with Digital Microscope Mode
Waterproof Camera
Pentax Optio W90 with carabiner.
Golden, CO—Pentax’s newest Optio waterproof camera, the W90 is engineered for enhanced waterproof, shockproof, dustproof and coldproof performance.
Designed with the look of mountaineering equipment, the W90 comes with a woven fabric strap with a carabiner to attach it to a backpack. Its specs state it is waterproof to 20 feet for underwater photography, shockproof enough to withstand a 4-foot drop and coldproof to subfreezing temperatures.
A digital microscope mode with LED lighting helps capture small subjects as near as 1cm. Combining macro shooting capability from less than one inch with its digital zoom, the W90’s digital microscope mode magnifies the view to capture miniscule subjects too difficult to observe closely with the naked eye. Three LED macro lights on the face of the lens barrel help capture subjects on the LCD for extreme macro photography.
Due in April, the W90 employs 12.1 megapixels, a wide-angle 5x optical zoom (28–140mm equivalent) and a 2.7-inch 16:9 widescreen LCD. It records 30-frames-per-second movies in widescreen 720p HD, and an HDMI port allows playback of images/video on HDTVs. Other features include: advanced pixel track shake reduction to capture “blur-free images in any lighting”; movie SR; an autofocus assist lamp; Eye-Fi wireless SD card connectivity for Wi-Fi transfer; auto picture mode; face detection (32); smile capture and blink detection; pet recognition that captures three preprogrammed pet faces in memory; a collage function; an ink rubbing filter to create monochromatic, high-contrast images; and 12 digital filters.
The camera also offers infrared remote control compatibility with the waterproof Remote Control WP ($29.95) and other Pentax infrared remotes. $329.95. http://www.pentaximaging.com