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Is the Pentax WG-10 good for Landscape Photography?

Pentax WG-10

Pentax WG-10 Landscape Photography Score

POOR
Pentax WG-10 has a score of 25 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.
Read our detailed Pentax WG-10 Review

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: #306
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Canon PowerShot G9 X Mark II
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 96
Overall Score
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Panasonic ZS70

Compare WG-10 vs ZS70

20 MP | 1/2.3" BSI-CMOS Sensor
24-720 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #212
Rank in Compact Cameras: #3

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS70
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: #227
Rank in Compact Cameras: #4

Panasonic Lumix DC-ZS80
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: #239
Rank in Compact Cameras: #7

Canon PowerShot G9 X
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: #380
Rank in Compact Cameras: #33

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS40
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 94
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

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