Pentax has a long history of making rugged cameras. Its WG-3 series - which comes in standard and GPS flavors - is Pentax's fifteenth generation waterproof model. The WG-3 may have a unusual, almost playful design, but there's no doubt that it's as rugged as anything else on the market. The WG-3 and WG-3 GPS are almost identical cameras, with three major differences. As you might have guessed, one has a GPS and the other doesn't, but the more expensive of the two also supp...view more

Pentax has a long history of making rugged cameras. Its WG-3 series - which comes in standard and GPS flavors - is Pentax's fifteenth generation waterproof model. The WG-3 may have a unusual, almost playful design, but there's no doubt that it's as rugged as anything else on the market. The WG-3 and WG-3 GPS are almost identical cameras, with three major differences. As you might have guessed, one has a GPS and the other doesn't, but the more expensive of the two also supports wireless battery charging. The GPS and non-GPS models both come in their own color schemes - purple or green for the GPS model, and orange or black for the standard WG-3. In this review we're looking at the WG-3 GPS, but obviously, comments on everything bar GPS and wireless charging refer equally to both models. Except where explicitly noted, we'll refer to both cameras as 'WG-3' throughout this review. view less