Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT10 - Waterproof Digital Camera Review

By Sophia Surk


14MP

is nearly too much, this really is the specification where organizations can most effortlessly wow the purchasers but 4-5Mb photos are a pain in the ass to handle. But however - I prefer this type of camera more than the GoPro Hero since it could be used in and out of the water for everyday shooting. Houses, animals, plants, friends... and certainly shooting surfing from the beach. When shooting from the beach you need zoom. All the waterproof cameras only have 3-5x optical zoom considering the fact that all of the lenses are packed into the housing and aren't extended from it to help keep the camera waterproof. So here high pixel count comes in handy. You may crop and enlarge the surfer later on your computer. Nonetheless - the quality of this type of crop is much worse than a photo produced originally with more optical zoom - longer lens. So don't get your hopes too high.

Photo quality

It's excellent! I had quite several remarks that people like my photographs plus a friend of mine even purchased the same camera simply because he liked my photos. It's essential that camera catches sufficient information, enough pixel details for the images. This way the end outcome will be significantly better and for an under 200 camera I can say that I am happy.

Waterproof

So far so good. I've been working with this camera for a good 6 months. In this time I took it in to the water like 20-30 times for 2-4hour surf sessions. Right after the last surf I did noticed some water behind the battery cover, I hope it is just a matter of getting all of the sand out of the rubber seals. How does this waterproof thing perform? Essentially you've two covers that have a rubber seal on them. One is for the battery and SD card and the other is for the connection cables. After you close the covers this rubber is pushed into the housing and it seals the insides. If there's some dirt on the rubber water can get in so be cautious.

LCD screen

It really is bright enough most of the time. Which indicates you may even see something if you are sitting on your surfboard in a lineup under tropical sun at noon.

HD Clips

Camera can make 720p HD clips that are OK, but nothing to be seriously excited about. Don't acquire this camera for generating movies. Then once again don't purchase any waterproof camera of this type for producing movies. Just get the GoPro Hero rather.

Scene Modes

This camera has loads of scene modes which in most circumstances do make a distinction when creating photographs. I mostly use: sunset for cool evening shots, film grain for artsy B&W look, night portrait to get the flash and that long exposure time, sports mode for shooting surfing and normal picture that opens all of the available picture settings.

Then there is also the intelligent auto that sets everything for you but also closes a lot of the manual settings. It even has its own button on the top of the camera so it's always ready and at the reach of your finger. This can be great stuff and really useful so whenever you have to be fast your camera is ready right away and you don't have to crawl over countless menus to get out of the scene mode you are currently in!




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