To achieve
all this strength, Pentax has wrapped it in a somewhat eccentric body one that
invokes the Marmite cliché. You'll either love or hate the glossy finish and rangy
cut of its superhero outfit, which does a good job of beating the locked,
strengthened series flap. Despite what you might assume from its spiky look,
it's both lightweight and contented to hold.
My only
gripe where build quality is worried is the dull close button. The buttons on
the back aren't so bad they have a pleasing click but the supplies of
battle-hardening this device have left the top-mounted close release fiddlier
to press than it ought to be. I had no trouble judgment the halfway point to
fix the focus, but urgent it further than that necessary slightly more force
than should be wanted. This makes the WG-2 a little difficult to hold while
framing.
I'd also
like to see Pentax give it’s on-screen menus a little revive. They near all the
regular options simply enough, but the bright colours and blocky graphics look
stretched on the 3-inch widescreen display.
Some of
the grammar in the menus needs a little polish too the digital microscope mode
is describe as 'capture the bigger images of the closer objects'. It's a smart additional
tool though, and it that gets you within 1cm of your topic, using a ring of
front-mounted LEDs to illumine it so the camera doesn't cast a shadow. The
result is very good, but the decree is capped at 2 megapixels, which goes some
way to helping your subject fill the frame.
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