I totally agree. I bought a Pentax Optio W 30 six months ago, and it’s a sorry excuse for a camera. I do willingly admit that my photograpy skills are poor, but I used to fool around with a Fujifilm Finepix F810 and it was much more forgiving, producing higher quality pictures. It is time to switch back, though the Finepix is equipped with a waterproof camera case, so it’s a little bulky.