Pentax Optio W30...very disapointing...
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:22 am
Got a W30 from B&H in record time, good.
It shoots movies, 640x480 at 30fps till the up to 4 Gig SD card is full...but they are in .MOV format. My Windows has problems and won't play .MOV because QuickTime won't work. Rats.
BTB today, Saturday Oct. 06, the LCD was sooo dim that the camera was just about unusable.
The W30 failed on image number 50 (total) the 26th image on today's trip. The sensor is no longer recording images.
Mode selection is very difficult, there are icons for the different modes but before you can examine even one a pop up covers the screen so you can't see what modes are available.
Anybody have a 770SW or 790SW, can you see the LCD screen on those when on the water?
It shoots movies, 640x480 at 30fps till the up to 4 Gig SD card is full...but they are in .MOV format. My Windows has problems and won't play .MOV because QuickTime won't work. Rats.
BTB today, Saturday Oct. 06, the LCD was sooo dim that the camera was just about unusable.
The W30 failed on image number 50 (total) the 26th image on today's trip. The sensor is no longer recording images.
Mode selection is very difficult, there are icons for the different modes but before you can examine even one a pop up covers the screen so you can't see what modes are available.
Anybody have a 770SW or 790SW, can you see the LCD screen on those when on the water?