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Introduction
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01.Product Tour
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02.Color
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03.Noise
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04.Resolution
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05.Video
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06.Sample Photos
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07.Playback
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08.Hardware
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09.Controls
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10.Design & Handling
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11.Fuji Z33WP Comparison
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12.Canon D10 Comparison
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13.Olympus Stylus Tough 8000 Comparison
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14.Conclusion
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15.Photo Gallery
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16.Comments
Sample Photos
Sample Photos
In the following sample images, clicking on the larger image will download the full resolution original. Each photo is accompanied by four actual-size crops.
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Focal length: 5mm This shot of a Boston summer’s day was taken with the W80 in the auto pict mode, where the camera chose a low ISO and a medium shutter speed. As you can see from the crops below, the images are sharp at the center, but rather soft at the edges. |
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This shot was taken using the Digital Panorama mode of the W80, which takes three images and stitches them together in the camera. The W80 did a decent job here, but you can see the joins where the camera stitched the images together, These may have been caused by the fact that the images are not completely matched up, because it was several degrees below zero when the images were taken. |
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Focal length: 11.10mm Taken in the midst of a classic Nor’easter, this holiday card shot shows how the W80 can produce sharp images (see the first crop), but the edges of the frame are rather softer. |
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Focal length: 11.1mm This image was shot in the camera’s program mode, with a single light bulb illuminating the scene from the right, and the flash disabled. The camera chose an ISO level of 800, which means that there is a fair amount of noise in the image (see the crops below for examples). |
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Still Life Examples
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| Pentax Optio W80 | Fujifilm Z33WP | Canon D10 | Olympus Stylus TOUGH-8000 |
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| Pentax Optio W80 | Fujifilm Z33WP | Canon D10 | Olympus Stylus TOUGH-8000 |
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| Pentax Optio W80 | Fujifilm Z33WP | Canon D10 | Olympus Stylus TOUGH-8000 |
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| Pentax Optio W80 | Fujifilm Z33WP | Canon D10 | Olympus Stylus TOUGH-8000 |
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| Pentax Optio W80 | Fujifilm Z33WP | Canon D10 | Olympus Stylus TOUGH-8000 |
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| Pentax Optio W80 | Fujifilm Z33WP | Canon D10 | Olympus Stylus TOUGH-8000 |
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| Pentax Optio W80 | Fujifilm Z33WP | Canon D10 | Olympus Stylus TOUGH-8000 |
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| Pentax Optio W80 | Fujifilm Z33WP | Canon D10 | Olympus Stylus TOUGH-8000 |
NOTE: The images above are not used in our testing or scoring, but are included here to show real-world examples of the differences between cameras at the various ISO settings.
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