I took this apn for photos / videos sea kayaking Sealing is, for now, perfect. On the bridge of my sea kayaking, hiking of several days without seeing the freshwater, D30 does not flinch. I managed to make him fall, no problem just a scratch. I am delighted commissioning time, just press the Power button, the camera is ready to capture video or take a picture (less than 1 second delay). Be careful in these conditions where everything moves (kayaker and his subjects) no question of a development, so landscape mode. Compared to non-waterproof compact, the setting options are lower but sufficient. The zoom is a bit light (5x) but probably imply that a larger zoom camera shake in video and lower opening. So again a good compromise. The keys: zoom, trigger video are perfectly accessible. For the record, the video is excellent and this is what I wanted, photographs are sometimes hard against the light. He must take care of the part of the photo that are being developed ... when you put in (no landscape mode so).
The display remains visible in direct sunlight with a medium setting, and when the viewfinder is veiled by drops, I dip the compact in the water, and I shake ... it becomes clear.
I have not tested underwater photo, but it is not my goal. I needed a compact that can override a kayak deck, on a beach, one can immerse and out of the water without fear.
I put a 32GB card class 10. Perfect.
And I bought a set of two additional batteries (Mondpalast) autonomy for rides in 15 days. In fact on 4 joiurs, 150 pictures, 10 videos 3 minutes GPS always on and the battery is still in service. So again everything goes well.
The D30 remembers the previous zoom level, so be careful. Moreover, if we allow the digital zoom, the passage of the optical zoom (5x) to digital is done by letting the must on the zoom with a small latency. We can be fooled.
