Small, light, easy to handle and use, excellent results, great wide angle, strong flash, battery lasts for about 15 rolls of 36.

Not very good in low light conditions--at least with tele. Auto fill flash often shoots in bright light conditions--annoying. I dropped it in a creek but grabbed it as it hit the water, so it barely got wet, but ruined the roll and the viewfinder fogged up, although it clered in 24 hours. Wish it were more weather-resistant! The lens is very good but not good enough for art-quality landscapes.

This has been an almost perfect travel camera for me. I keep it in a small bag around my shoulder when on a trip and it's so small and light that I don't notice it. I can whip it out in a flash and snap a shot so quickly and easily. It is simple to use but intelligent; my pictures are almost always perfectly explosed and sharp--and I generally use slide film. The 28 mm lens is particularly valuable. I couldn't live with most p&s's that are only 35-38 mm.

Customer Service

I have an extended warranty--highly recommended--and sent it in to Pentax because of a light leak caused by a bad hinge--after three years of use. They did a complete overhaul on it and got it back to me in about two weeks. I couldn't be happier with the service!

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I have used a Nikon EM slr since 1980. Along with two Olympus non-zoom pos's--both very fine.

28mm wide end (our dining room is small so a 28mm lens is necessary to get everyone in the shots of special occasions...eg Birthdays; holiday dinners etc). 28mm was perfect for European environment. Excellent exposure accuracy. Very good to excellent lens. The large buttons and sensible layout makes it very easy to use. It offers lots of flexibility for serious photography including exposure compensation, flash options, self timer, infinity focus. Overall, it's an excellent P&S.

Its already 4 years old...we hope it has many years left!

I own and USE an unusually large assortment of P&S cameras. I've had the original 928 model (non-M) for probably 4 years. My wife took it to Europe last year and ran 24 rolls of 400 film through it and came home with many beautiful images. I want to go to Europe :-). The only pictures that did not come out were some indoor shots where flash was not allowed. These few images were blurry due to camera shake. I think the lens is very good to excellent... Flash is fine...does not produce washed out pictures at normal distances...exposes fine if subject is within 6-12 feet depending on zoom position (affects f stop). My wife and I have complete confidence in this camera knowing that it'll produce great prints. My wife chooses this camera because is simple to use, light, and provides great pictures. I want all of that and the flexibilty to do some serious photography. This camera does it for both of us.

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Optical quality, zoom range, passive autofocus with beam light which casts a grid (the same way as in Pentax flashes), accurate 6-zone exposure meter

When switched on, the default mode is activated (with auto flash and 3-zone autofocus). No possibility to define one's own default mode. Flash is activated too often, when a backlight is detected. I have to remember to switch autoflash off every time I switch the camera on.

Exellent camera (of course, among point-and-shoots). Very good zoom range, lens is very good optically. Could be more slim. Auto flash is annoying. Five stars for overall rating, SIX stars for value rating.

Customer Service

Never needed. They say that Pentax service in Poland (in Gdynia) is very good.

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Old point-and-shoots such as Mamiya (excellent), Fuji DL-something, Samsung 35-70 mm (good electronics, awful lens). Among non-similar products: a lot of SLR's.

Zoom range with wide angle for landscape. Exposure compensation. Small size.

As for p/s camera, nil.

A very good travel point and shoot camera. I like its zoom range from 28mm to 90mm, which enable me to take good landscape and also portrait pic. Sharpness and Color contract are good for its lens. Exposure compensation is good for me to handle difficult lighting condition.

Customer Service

Not required.

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Minolta X700, Canon EOS10, EOS50E, Chinon Genesis III.

I love having 28mm wideangle in a point & shoot. small and lightweght. can see entire viewfinder area and LEDs while wearing glasses.

seems to be a slight hesitation while focusing. people see the infra-red focus light and think you've taken the picture.
No flash mode in low light seems harder to hand hold than other cameras I've used.

This is the fourth point & shoot I've owned since the original Canon Sure Shot. This has the most features in the smallest package. It takes great pictures. I like it a lot.

Customer Service

None needed in 6 months (40 rolls) of use.

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Minolta FreedomZoom Explorer EX - not as sharp focusing.
original Pentax 928 - larger & heavier, couldn't see LEDs and entire frame with glasses on.

Covers most photo opps at 28-90mm. Good flash coverage across range. very sharp with little distortion at the wide end. Good contrast and color saturation from lens. Well made product.

Wish the aperature was a bit larger at the tele end.

Excellent carry around pocket camera for most casual needs. Excellent versatility and sharp pictures for a under $200 P&S. Couldn't find any better in this category.

Customer Service

No service experience on this camera, but turnaround on another Pentax P&S took 8 weeks.

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28mm wide angle is great.
good sharp pictures

wants to use auto flash far too much & I keep forgetting to turn it off!

It's very easy to use and I've had some great results. Auto flash is a bit irritating though, i would prefer it if flash off was the default mode.
Quite expensive (mine cost 200 pounds), i guess because of the 28mm zoom lens, but well worth it.

Customer Service

not used in the 8 months i've had it.

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It's quite compact and has a very useful zoom range. Lens sharpness seems good for a p/s zoom. Exposures also good.

The shutter release button seems to require more pressure, so I mash it, and that causes camera shake, which causes some of the pictures to blur. Also need to be careful to not stick my fingers over the various sensors on the camera front. I wish the sensors were located on the lens housing. And I wish that focusing off-center didn't require punching the little focus mode button.

I like the camera! I took it for two weeks of mountain biking along the Colorado Trail and it did great. Night shots worked fine too.

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Minolta Freedom Explorer

Good picture quality when it works normally

The shutter motor died after merely 4 years of light usage (I only used it a few times a year). I took great care of it, never drop or hit or break it. For its price, I expected it to last much longer.

Ok photo quality but the camera is not durable. I will not buy it again.

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