Pentax Optio P80

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Reasons to buy the Pentax Optio P80

Aperture
Wide aperture
f/2.6
Light sensitivity
High ISO
6,400 ISO
Weight
Light-weight
125 g
Samsung HZ30W

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Runner-up

Samsung HZ30W

Reasons to buy the Samsung HZ30W

Fastest shutter speed
Fast shutter speed
1/2000 of a second

differences

Advantages of the Pentax P80

Aperture Significantly wider aperture f/2.6 vs f/3.2
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At its widest zoom, the P80's lens captures slightly more light (0.6 f-stops)
Weight Much lighter 125 g vs 245 g
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Around 50% lighter
Size Smaller 102x59x25 mm vs 107x61x28 mm
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Around 20% smaller
Light sensitivity Better maximum light sensitivity 6,400 ISO vs 3,200 ISO
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The P80's maximum light sensitivity is 1 f-stop better
Thickness Thinner 1" vs 1.1"
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More than 10% thinner
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Advantages of the Samsung HZ30W

Zoom Much more zoom 15x vs 4.1x
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More than 13.5x more zoom
Image stabilization Image stabilization Lens vs None
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Helps eliminate blur caused by small camera movements
Wide angle Significantly better wide angle 24 mm vs 27 mm
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More than 10% better wide angle
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 3 cm vs 10 cm
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Focus on subjects 3.3x closer to the lens
Fastest shutter speed Much faster max shutter speed 1/2000s vs 1/1000s
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2x faster max shutter speed
Longest exposure Longer exposures 16s vs 4s
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4x longer exposures
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recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

Pentax Optio P80 Pentax Optio P80
56 vs 51
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Samsung HZ30W Samsung HZ30W
Green arrow Snapsort recommends the Pentax Optio P80. This recommendation, however, should be taken with a grain of salt since it doesn't always make sense to compare a compact with a travel zoom.

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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 Both shoot high resolution HD movies Help
720p @ 30fps

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS5

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS5

Travel zoom

$298

Light sensitivity (boost) Has boost light sensitivity
Longest exposure Much longer exposures
Fastest shutter speed Has a slower max shutter speed
Thickness Is thicker
Canon ELPH 300 HS

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Compact

$148 - $179

Movie format Records higher quality movies
Size Is slightly smaller

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

Samsung HZ30W Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Samsung WB700

Samsung WB700

Travel zoom

$215

Zoom More zoom
Size Significantly smaller
Samsung WB750

Samsung WB750

Travel zoom

$262 - $323

Movie format Higher resolution movies
High-speed framerate Records high-speed movies
Macro focus Worse macro capability
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20

Panasonic Lumix ZS20

Travel zoom

$290 - $350

Zoom Significantly more zoom
Movie format Higher resolution movies
Aperture Slightly narrower aperture
True resolution Lower true resolution
Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9v

Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9v

Travel zoom

$319

Movie format Higher resolution movies
3D Takes 3D photos
Size Larger
Aperture Slightly narrower aperture
Samsung HZ35W

Samsung HZ35W

Travel zoom

Screen type Has an OLED screen
GPS Has a GPS

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