Optio is I-10 like a fairy tale princess - a real beauty, but not too
smart. Not as dumb as Amazon reviewer said, just ... a bit retarded.
BR, Margus
Joe Wilensky wrote:
I really wanted to like this camera, but what a disappointment ...
this is the review I put up on amazon.com. I'm surprised there's
nothing else out there yet on this camera at all, considering the
interest it sparked around the Web when the design and images of it
were released back in January. But there's only my review on the black
one and (oddly and separately) one person's review on the white one at
amazon.com ...
"Wow, I wanted to love this camera ... the aesthetics/design got me as
soon as I saw the first images released back in January. I have enough
old Pentaxes (including an Auto 110 Super) to really appreciate the
retro look, styling and old-style logo. The form factor was actually
quite nice, with a good balance, small but really nice right-hand
grip, and a pleasant grippy texture. It was a bit light (plasticky)
for its size.
But the picture-taking experience -- slow, slow, slow, at least by
2010 standards. I think the 2004 PowerShot I have is faster. Flash
photos were terribly slow because of the preflash, which seemed to add
an extra second and a half to the process. And images were soft
overall, but softer as you zoom anywhere near the telephoto end. Noise
and speckling was apparent at nearly all ISO speeds. As far as
positives about image quality, in bright daylight, at 80 ISO (the
sensor's base speed), images weren't bad and the lens did show good
flare resistance.
Videos were technically HD, but at quality poor enough that it didn't
seem to be worth the higher spec. Zoom in video mode is only available
as digital zoom, which degrades image quality immediately.
Sliding battery cover was very fragile and seemed prone to become
misaligned and I was very, very careful with it; I would always worry
about its durability.
I didn't get to check out any of the really fancy features like pet
face recognition. Human face recognition seemed to work reasonably
well, though the photos weren't necessarily better exposed because of
it. In fact, basic flash photos/snapshots seemed washed out, with very
muted colors.
All in all, a very big disappointment. I knew it had fairly average
camera specs (fairly run-of-the mill point-and-shoot specs for a 2010
p&s) with a cool design, but the photo quality was such a step
backward from anything else I'm using today that I had to return it."
Joe
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