So I have had this point and shoot for a few months now and I have to say it is one nice little camera. It's waterproof and seeing as I live in a rather moist climate (rain/snow) its a nice feature to have. It also packs a cool 10mp.
Now lets get to the point aside from the obvious pristine pictures you can get from this little beaut you can also get some pretty choice vintage snaps as well. By applying a few simple in camera filters and voila insta-old school!
By adjusting a few of the menu setting before shooting you can also help improve the intensity of the filter effects. You have some choices to make in the filter department. B&W, Sepia, Toy Camera, Polaroid, 6 Color Filters, selective color filter red green or blue, soft focus filter, brightness adjustment filter and, some filter which I can only describe as a hue intensity adjustment based on your choice of blue,green,pink,red...
My menu settings are as follows:
Recorded Pixels: 3mp
White Balance: Auto or shutter adjust
Focusing area: center
Metering Mode: Spot
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Sharpness: Low
Saturation: High
Contrast: High
I also program what Pentax calls the "green button" on the back of the camera to bring up the EV compensation with just on click so I can adjust it whenever necessary.
Welp enough jibber jabbin I've posted the photo examples here,
Pentax ws80 "analog" photo examples
Used a simple yellow color filter on the vases.
Red Polaroid filter with a lame in camera frame ;)
Toy camera filter on medium and a yellow filter layered.
Toy camera Filter on low with a green filter layered on top.
Red Polaroid filter with a green color filter layered on top.
