Pentax Optio P80

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Reasons to buy the Pentax Optio P80

Aperture
Wide aperture
f/2.6
Wide angle
Wide angle lens
27 mm
Light sensitivity
High ISO
6,400 ISO
Weight
Light-weight
125 g
Ricoh R10

49

Runner-up

Ricoh R10

Reasons to buy the Ricoh R10

Screen size
Large screen
3.0"
Macro focus
Great macro
1 cm

differences

Advantages of the Pentax P80

Aperture Significantly wider aperture f/2.6 vs f/3.3
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At its widest zoom, the P80's lens captures slightly more light (0.7 f-stops)
Movie format Higher resolution movies 720p @ 30fps vs 480p @ 30fps
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Shoots high resolution HD (720p) video
Light sensitivity Better maximum light sensitivity 6,400 ISO vs 1,600 ISO
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The P80's maximum light sensitivity is 2 f-stops better
Wide angle Better wide angle 27 mm vs 28 mm
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Almost the same
Weight Significantly lighter 125 g vs 190 g
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More than 30% lighter
Thickness Slightly thinner 1" vs 1"
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Almost the same
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Advantages of the Ricoh R10

Image stabilization Image stabilization Sensor shift vs None
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Helps eliminate blur caused by small camera movements
Screen size Significantly larger screen 3.0" vs 2.7"
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More than 10% larger screen
Macro focus Much better macro capability 1 cm vs 10 cm
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Focus on subjects 10x closer to the lens
Screen resolution Higher resolution screen 460k dots vs 230k dots
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2x higher resolution screen
Zoom More zoom 7.1x vs 4.1x
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More than 3x more zoom
Fastest shutter speed Much faster max shutter speed 1/2000s vs 1/1000s
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2x faster max shutter speed
Longest exposure Slightly longer exposures 8s vs 4s
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2x longer exposures
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recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

Pentax Optio P80 Pentax Optio P80
56 vs 49
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Ricoh R10 Ricoh R10
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similarities

Compared to recent compacts

Common Strengths Common Weaknesses

Snapsort is not aware of any interesting strengths shared by these two products.

Light sensitivity (boost) No boost ISO Help
Lacks boost light sensitivity
Panorama Neither camera stitches together panoramas Help
You could stitch photos in post
Sensor type Lower-end sensor types Help
CCD
HDR Neither has in-camera HDR Help
You could do HDR manually
Touch screen No touchscreens Help
More buttons
Movie format Poor movies Help
P80:720p @ 30fps
R10:480p @ 30fps

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot SX260 HS

Canon PowerShot SX260 HS

Travel zoom

$294 - $299

Zoom Has way more more zoom
Movie format Records higher quality movies
Thickness Is thicker
Weight Is much heavier

Pentax Optio P80 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH1

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH1

Compact

$122

Image stabilization Image stabilization
Macro focus Significantly better macro capability
Light sensitivity Worse maximum light sensitivity
Aperture Narrower aperture
Nikon Coolpix S3100

Nikon Coolpix S3100

Ultra compact

$132

Image stabilization Image stabilization
Size Significantly smaller
Aperture Significantly narrower aperture
Light sensitivity Worse maximum light sensitivity
Pentax Optio M60

Pentax Optio M60

Compact

Size Smaller
Fastest shutter speed Much faster max shutter speed
Wide angle Much worse wide angle
Aperture Significantly narrower aperture
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX10

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX10

Compact

Image stabilization Image stabilization
Size Smaller
True resolution Much lower true resolution
Wide angle Much worse wide angle
Casio Exilim EX-ZS6

Casio Exilim ZS6

Compact

$154

Screen flips out Has a flip-out screen
Size Smaller
Light sensitivity Worse maximum light sensitivity
Aperture Narrower aperture

Ricoh R10 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Ricoh CX4

Ricoh CX4

Travel zoom

$190 - $269

Screen resolution Significantly higher resolution screen
Movie format Higher resolution movies
Aperture Narrower aperture
Size Larger
Panasonic Lumix DMC-S3

Panasonic Lumix DMC-S3

Compact

$99

Movie format Higher resolution movies
Size Smaller
Screen size Significantly smaller screen
Screen resolution Lower resolution screen
Canon PowerShot G10

Canon PowerShot G10

Pro digicam

True resolution Much higher true resolution
Sensor size Much larger sensor
Size Much larger
Weight Much heavier
Canon Powershot S100

Canon Powershot S100

Pro digicam

$356 - $430

Aperture Much wider aperture
Sensor size Much larger sensor
Zoom Slightly less zoom
Macro focus Worse macro capability
Ricoh Caplio GX200

Ricoh Caplio GX200

Pro digicam

$742

Sensor size Much larger sensor
Aperture Significantly wider aperture
Screen size Significantly smaller screen
Zoom Less zoom

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