Digital Camera 6m pixel £99

brad

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/074035

£99 appears a bargain for a camera with this spec!

smashed

http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/Pentax_Optio_60/4505-6501_16-31497888.html

Its discontinued and appears to have always been very cheap from looking around. It only appears to be the DSG group that have any stock (not sure where they got them from).

Personally I would spend a little more and go for Canon / Sony etc.
Im sure you would find a 4MP Sony / Canon to be better than a 6MP Pentax

Gadget-guy

That is a good buy :T , you may not see this camera around all that much but it is very good and will just about match canon, sony, fuji etc. I have a Fuji at the moment but would be quite happy to use this camera or any Pentax.

Gadget-guy

I have just had a look and the price of this camera ranges fro this deal at £99 (which includes a 128 mb SD card) up to this price at Great Universal :eek: http://www.greatuniversal.com/AgNet/product.aspx?brand=GU&cat_id=17&zone_id=0&prod_id=256825&fh_secondid=256825&fh_view_size=11&fh_usertype=guc2&fh_location=%2f%2fagency%2fen_GB&fh_search=pentax&fh_eds=%df&fh_refview=search , the average price is about £199 or about that. I think this is a good find by brad. :T

withabix

Gadget-guy wrote:

I have just had a look and the price of this camera ranges fro this deal at £99 (which includes a 128 mb SD card) up to this price at Great Universal :eek: http://www.greatuniversal.com/AgNet/product.aspx?brand=GU&cat_id=17&zone_id=0&prod_id=256825&fh_secondid=256825&fh_view_size=11&fh_usertype=guc2&fh_location=%2f%2fagency%2fen_GB&fh_search=pentax&fh_eds=%df&fh_refview=search , the average price is about £199 or about that. I think this is a good find by brad. :T

Great Universal camera is a higher spec Optio S60. Not the same camera.

Optio 60 isn't discontinued according to Pentax website.

This offer has been on for about 2 weeks now at DSG stores.

Gadget-guy

iainkirk you are right it is not the same camera still a pretty high spec for the price.

quidsinquentin

Actually the reviews on Zdnet look terrible - bad enough to put me off at this price. Its possibly worth the gamble (Pentax were always ok in the past) but do you really want to gamble with £100?

Gadget-guy

Customer reviews on this camera http://steves-digicams.pgpartner.com/rating_getprodrev.php/masterid=11386915/id_type=masterid

quidsinquentin

Gadget-guy wrote:

Customer reviews on this camera http://steves-digicams.pgpartner.com/rating_getprodrev.php/masterid=11386915/id_type=masterid

Well, there you go! You can't slag anything off these days without being corrected!

Seriously, fair enough, this looks like a v. good review. Now I might invest.

Gadget-guy

quidsinquentin wrote:

Well, there you go! You can't slag anything off these days without being corrected!

Seriously, fair enough, this looks like a v. good review. Now I might invest.

Ha Ha :rotfl: , sorry quidsinquentin, I was just trying to be upbeat today and find a good review, Steves Digicam site is very good so the reviews should be worth reading.

smashed

http://www.photographyreview.com/cat/cameras/digital-cameras/6-megapixel-and-higher/pentax/PRD_340558_5648crx.aspx
http://www.trendycams.com/Pentax_Optio_60_Digital_Camera.aspx
http://photosig.pcphotoreview.com/cat/pcphotoreview/digital-cameras/6-megapixel-and-higher/pentax/PRD_340558_5648crx.aspx

Bad reviews there..

Some sample pics here.. (which look pretty good when viewed at a printable size )
http://dcexp.com/gallery/Optio60-Comparisons

Discussion here
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1028&message=14795571

Agreed, for £100 you cant go too wrong. But at the same time, I personally would spend another £30 and get a better camera.

IF you are going to use the camera to have 6 x4" developed it should be fine, but if you are like me and love to study detail zooming in on the PC then you may be disappointed with the grainy, noisy image.
That said, these problems are also evident in more expensive cameras.