Pentax WG-10 for Landscape Photography

Is the Pentax WG-10 good for Landscape Photography?

Pentax WG-10 Landscape Photography Score

POOR

Pentax WG-10 has a score of 34 for Landscape Photography which makes it a POOR candidate for this type of photography. If Landscape Photography is important for you, we strongly recommend you to consider the Alternative cameras listed at the bottom of this page.
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Pentax WG-10 Landscape Photography Detailed Analysis

Manual Focus Mode

With the manual focus mode, you can make fine adjustments to have the perfect focus.

28 mm - Good Wide Angle Coverage

Even though there are very good examples of landscapes photos taken with tele lenses, most of the landscape photos are taken with wide angle lenses.

Environmental Sealings

Landscape photographs are taken outdoors and you should be prepared for all kind of weather conditions.

Average Resolution Sensor: 14.0MP

Pentax WG-10's 14.0MP resolution is not ideal for landscape photography but you can still achieve large prints with good framing and technique.

No Manual Exposure Mode

A correct exposure of a landscape shot is very important. Even though modern digital cameras features advanced algorithms to calculate the right exposure, they still may fail some difficult conditions. Lack of manual exposure mode in these conditions means lot of shadow and highlight clipping.

No RAW shooting capability

RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.

Small 1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm) sensor

Pentax WG-10's small sensor struggles in low light situations compared to larger sensors.

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Pentax WG-10 Alternatives in Compact cameras for Landscape Photography

Canon G9 X II Compare WG-10 vs G9 X II	20 MP \| 1″ BSI-CMOS Sensor 28-84 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #290 Rank in Compact Cameras: #18
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 96 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Panasonic ZS70 Compare WG-10 vs ZS70	20 MP \| 1/2.3 BSI-CMOS Sensor 24-720 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #198 Rank in Compact Cameras: #3
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 92 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Panasonic ZS80 Compare WG-10 vs ZS80	20 MP \| 1/2.3 BSI-CMOS Sensor 24-720 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #213 Rank in Compact Cameras: #4
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 92 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Canon G9 X Compare WG-10 vs G9 X	20 MP \| 1" BSI-CMOS Sensor 28-84 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #225 Rank in Compact Cameras: #5
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 96 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Panasonic ZS40 Compare WG-10 vs ZS40	18 MP \| 1/2.3" CMOS Sensor 24-720 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #364 Rank in Compact Cameras: #32
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 94 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Canon G9 X II

Panasonic ZS70

Panasonic ZS80

Canon G9 X

Panasonic ZS40