Very good camera for casual clippers who can do without a lot of options.

The Content:

A paper plate with the camera (which is wrapped in plastic), 2 Panasonic LR6-AA (Mignon) batteries, a wrist strap, a small manual (Getting Started, in many languages, only 7 pages per language), advertising, product registration information, a security warning and a Statement of Limited Warranty.

The camera feels when touching the first time, due to the soft plastic casing, to a toy camera. Everything is a whole so light and soft. Apart from the thread for a tripod everything seems to be made of plastic.

The display I find big enough with 5,5 x 4,1cm (wxh) in any case.

First of all, a small loop must be removed with product instructions to attach the wrist strap. The insertion of the Bette Rien done by the ground shifts below right a plastic part to the right. As the batteries are inserted can be seen in a small plus sign. When the SD card contacts come back and have to face up. I use here the Transcend Extreme Speed ​​SDHC 8GB Class 10 Memory Card (up to 20MB / s read) also ordered here at Amazon.

First start:

The camera asks at the start immediately after the date, time and for daylight saving time. The buttons Eco, car, flash, Disp. serve as a control on the left, top, right, bottom. Func. Set serves as a confirmation.

After adjusting to get in the automatic mode. Notes are displayed us by pressing the question mark. By pressing the record button (red dot) immediately starts the video recording, which is ended with the same button again. The Eco button lets us adjust, if we want to activate the power saving mode on / off. Flash provides the flash Disp. Disables the display. If you now make a recording, the display will briefly light, but then again dark. The Auto button lets us set if we want to be in automatic mode (here image settings are automatically selected or whether we want to manual mode. Here we have the setting planning meeting. In automatic mode set provides the FUNC. Just the way the self-timer, image size and the . Should adjust recording image size, we are in manual mode, the MAN can here also set various effects such as the fisheye effect. Furthermore, you could now set as the measurement method, the white balance and the ISO sensitivity is. We come across the play button in the Preview mode. Videos can be identified by 2 symbols which can be seen in the upper left corner. You start a video with two-time pressing the Set Taste.Über the Menu button, we get to the menu. We can now, for example, change the date, red-eye activate correction, mute the sound of the camera and a little more.

The actual shooting is relatively simple. Select Mode and press trigger. The videos look great as well. Even when operating the zoom while recording, there was no stuttering.

I've noticed that grade at nearby objects searching through the optical viewfinder does not always lead to the desired image because the actual picture seems slightly displaced. For more distant objects, this no longer really stands out. This is because that is not the search in the optical center of the camera, but at the top. So shifting the whole stop a little. Positive is here to mention that the searcher moves along the optical zoom.

I also have a few pictures to show the appended as the quality of the pictures look in auto mode and in the various Manuellenmodi.

The camera was within seconds realized by the PC and the images are transferred quickly.

In summary:

Pro:

- Very easy
- Sufficient display
- Finder runs while zooming with
- Picture quality is sufficient
- Intuitive operation
- Not much configuration options (for those who simply want to photograph only fast)
- Funny and beautiful effects to enliven a photo
- Smooth video even when zooming
- Very good quick change of settings in automatic mode (eg in macro mode)
- Use AA batteries. Quick change and are everywhere.

Cons:

- Contain no USB cable
- Contain no SD card
- Little Einstellunsmöglichkeiten (for those who likes to set himself a little more)
- Only a small manual with getting started

Conclusion: For someone who wants to have a cheap, rapidly deployable camera, this camera is just right. Through a couple of effects, the images can revive very well and that the camera is hardly noticed by the light weight. However, if you want to adjust a little bit more and would rather have a little more robust in the hand, should resort to another model. In my opinion, the camera is definitely worth for people like me who just want to quickly take some pictures.