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I recently bought my waterproof camera and it was a complete disaster . I share my sad story because I don't wish this to happen to anyone.

I bought in Singapore a 10m underwater proof, dust proof, shockproof, etc.,Pentax Optio WG-1. It has been one of the biggest mistakes I’ve ever made. After been ripped off by the dealer in Sim Lim Square, I found out that the “international warranty” they handed me was valid only in Singapore. And I learned that in Australia after trying the camera for the first time underwater and it broke down! BTW this was during my holidays in South East Asia so it also ruined the rest of my trip, I had to take pictures with my iphone.

I am very upset with the dealer because they scammed me since they knew I wasn't buying the camera if it didn't had an international warranty. This has completely disappointed me, adding on top of that the frustration of not been able to claim the warranty here in Australia.

Seems like the company's faulty products and the dealer's treacherous selling practices made the purchase my nightmare (by the way the dealer ripped me off with $900 in the camera and all its accessories ).

Note: If you ever buy a Pentax underwater camera, please be sure it’s the cheapest option, put it into water in front of the dealer before buying just to make sure it won’t brake immediately, and make sure that your warranty is international, believe me you’ll need it.
Posted by JairoC
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How does the GPS function on these cameras work?
Posted by DavidH14
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It depends on each model, but generally the cameras with GPS included will append geotagged information to the photo in its EXIF data. This can then be extracted by most photo-viewing software, such as Picasa, to plot the location of the image on a map.
Posted by Lexy Savvides
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Can't go past the GoPro for good images, great video in a rugged package that lets me take it 30m underwater one weekend and skiing the next.
Posted by markol
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Yeh only thing with these cameras is that you can not preview what you are shooting,
Posted by ImreC
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Thanks for the updated review :)
Posted by Dunners
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What about Pana's FT3?
Posted by Big_Car_Killa
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Read the disclaimer above - not fully reviewed yet :)
Posted by Lexy Savvides
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i have the FT3, it is a good camera, i have had it for a month now and it is great quality with waterproof and shockproof while also taking great HD pictures and movies. I would suggest this camera to anyone
The Good:
HD pictures and HD videos
good zoom
great overall camera for people who love taking photos for parties or taking photos at the beach or underwater shots. and is also good at any other situation. there are alot of different modes to choose from which helps decide the picture settings while the intelligent auto does that for you and was great
The Bad:
the night photos havent come out the best though like the photos that i got at VIVID Sydney.
the camera may take a while to get into all the features, while im still figuig out the features myself.
i would rate it as my user rating a 9.6-9.8
Posted by JakeM1
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Versus the Sony DSC TX20 ..... i just hear that the TX20 you need to press a bit hardish on the touch screen, it worries me, I used to have a cell phone Sony Ericsson Satio and it was a resistive touch screen also, but it was the first ever for sony of that type, 12.1 megapxel and symbian os. they really stuffed it up with Symbian and also such a rubbish cpu of only 633 mhz . A phone for a super camera at that cpu power and a Symbian and also stupid sim card errors now and then, really?
Anyways back to the camera, not sure if Nikon AW100 or SOny DSC TX10/20 or even Sony DSC TX300v is the best to go ?
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