Pentax Optio WS80

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Reasons to buy the Pentax Optio WS80

Size
Really small
Super compact 92x60x22 mm
Light sensitivity
High ISO
6,400 ISO
Thickness
Thin
0.9"
Weight
Light-weight
125 g
Waterproof
Waterproof
Great at the beach
Samsung HZ30W

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Reasons to buy the Samsung HZ30W

Wide angle
Wide angle lens
24 mm
Size
Really small
Compact 107x61x28 mm
Thickness
Thin
1.1"

differences

Advantages of the Pentax WS80

Size Significantly smaller 92x60x22 mm vs 107x61x28 mm
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More than 30% smaller
Weight Much lighter 125 g vs 245 g
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Around 50% lighter
Light sensitivity Better maximum light sensitivity 6,400 ISO vs 3,200 ISO
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The WS80's maximum light sensitivity is 1 f-stop better
Waterproof Waterproof Yes vs No
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Great for vacations and holidays at the beach, or around the pool
Thickness Thinner 0.9" vs 1.1"
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More than 20% thinner
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Advantages of the Samsung HZ30W

Wide angle Much better wide angle 24 mm vs 35 mm
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More than 30% better wide angle
Zoom Significantly more zoom 15x vs 5x
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9x more zoom
Image stabilization Image stabilization Lens vs None
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Helps eliminate blur caused by small camera movements
Aperture Significantly wider aperture f/3.2 vs f/3.8
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At its widest zoom, the HZ30W's lens captures marginally more light (0.5 f-stops)
Screen size Significantly larger screen 3.0" vs 2.7"
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More than 10% larger screen
Fastest shutter speed Significantly faster max shutter speed 1/2000s vs 1/1500s
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More than 20% 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 WS80 Pentax Optio WS80
53 vs 51
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Samsung HZ30W Samsung HZ30W
Green arrow Too close to call! Snapsort considers these cameras too competitive to make a clear recommendation. This recommendation, however, should be taken with a grain of salt since it doesn't always make sense to compare a waterproof with a travel zoom.

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

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

No significant shared competitors found.

Pentax Optio WS80 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Pentax Optio RS1000

Pentax Optio RS1000

Compact

$138 - $236

Wide angle Much better wide angle
Aperture Significantly wider aperture
Light sensitivity Worse maximum light sensitivity
Waterproof Not waterproof
Canon PowerShot SX120 IS

Canon PowerShot SX120 IS

Travel zoom

$225

Aperture Much wider aperture
Image stabilization Image stabilization
Size Much larger
True resolution Much lower true resolution
Pentax Optio W80

Pentax Optio W80

Waterproof

Wide angle Much better wide angle
Aperture Wider aperture
Screen size Smaller screen
Size Larger
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ150

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ150

Super zoom

$495 - $500

Zoom Much more zoom
Screen flips out Has a flip-out screen
Size Much larger
Thickness Much thicker
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W200

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W200

Compact

Sensor size Much larger sensor
Aperture Much wider aperture
Movie format Lower resolution movies
Screen size Smaller screen

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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