Pentax's waterproof Optio WPi

Seems we missed Pentax's Optio WP when it was announced in February this year, but we'll make amends by noting that its successor the WPi, which gets a bump up to 6 megapixels from 5, will be out on October 4 in Japan. Size and weight are pretty much the same as its predecessor (22mm thick, 135g) and it unsurprisingly still has the ability to shoot for 30 minutes underwater at a depth of 1.5m. Apart from the boost in pixel count, the rear screen has better resolution and some redesigned signal processing means that standard sensitivity is now up to ISO80 from ISO50. Takes SD cards, and should cost somewhere in the mid-Y40,000 range.

[Via Ascii24 (Japanese)]