Rabu, 05 September 2012

Marine Camera Tips - Fuji FinePix XP30 Water-Proof Digital Camera Review

By Dan Feildman




Through this Marine Photography Training, we have an excellent exclusive review for the Fuji FinePix XP30 Water-resistant Digital Camera...

I just purchased a Fuji Water-proof XP30 digital camera as a small and lightweight camera intended for each day use. I do have a couple of semi-professional digital camera models, however this specific one appeared compact enough to cart it about with me on a regular basis. And given that I actually travel a great deal I imagined that Fuji XP30 digital cameras' GPS device Geo-tagging function would certainly help make my photos tagging quicker and easier. That helped bring me to my first disappointment with Fuji XP30:

I still haven't figured it out yet the way to tag the pictures using authentic place names, and I'm in no way the newbie in terms of waterproof cameras. All I got was a list together with the geographical locations (latitudes and longitudes). On the optimistic side, the standard of the pictures captured with the Fuji XP30 Camera is really excellent, even when put to use as an idiot digital camera using automated settings.

If the GPS navigation location problem was in fact the only one I would state that this Fuji camera is really worth the money I acquired it for ( about 150$), there is however an even greater difficulty: the battery of a XP30 camera runs really fast, in the matter of hours. You could make it last a little longer if you shut off the GPS location searching, however you will still need an additional battery if you wish to benefit from it for more than 4-5 hours. To make the issue worse, the Fuji XP30 digital camera started up accidentally in my pocket more than once and the battery was already drained even before I attempted to capture my first picture.

The nice thing about Fuji XP30, when used for outdoor activities, is that this digital camera is truly sturdy and it probably won't break the very first time it unintentionally slips from your hand and strikes the ground. In reality, I had a number of mishaps and I can't find a single scratch on it. With regard to the waterproof aspect, I only tested the Fuji XP30 camera in the sea to a maximum of 2 meters and also under the shower (to clean the sea salt off) and seemed to be perfect. The size of Liquid crystal display is actually 2.7", which is sufficient, but their promises of anti-reflective display which can be used even in the brilliant sunshine showed clearly not to be true.

The Auto-focus function and picture stabilization of Fuji XP30 camera to take the picture of moving objects worked really well. I tried it when shooting the pictures of the kids riding their bicycles and every time the image was nicely focused and well-defined.

Taking the videos with Fuji XP30 camera is straightforward and the quality of the video is really good. However I had significant difficulties with the actual audio when taking the videos. First of all, I couldn't transfer the audio. Next, after spending loads of time twiddling with the different functions on the Fuji XP30 and on the provided software the audio did turn up, but it was completely out of synchronization. Making it all the more irritating, while zooming in or out while recording any video you can hear the zoom actions in the movie afterward.

In summary, if you want to use the Fuji XP30 digital camera for daily use or you're having the problem with inadvertently damaging your digital cameras it is almost certainly well worth the money you'll pay for it. But if you don't have the opportunity to continually charge your batteries you should find something different.




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