By nature the camera has 5 megapixels. This corresponds to and is unfortunately not talk nice, an average camera phone. Smartphones with special cameras (eg the Nokia E7-00, Nokia N8 etc. pp.) Offer more megapixels and despite smaller sensors unfortunately better pictures. So if you a camera for photographing pure, especially of landscapes, scenes, night scenes, or other special requirements which do not pose a high risk of damage to the camera should tend to a different camera.
The HD videos are more illusion than reality. With 1280x720 pixels there are indeed HD video, but still far from full-HD recording. By the rather poor lens you can definitely not speak achieve the other devices of the same brilliance. It may sound nice that you can turn HD video, but it is not comparable with camcorders and other compact cameras in the same price class reality. In addition, the audio recording is very modest and noise-intensive. Not a very enjoyable listening experience.
Although this is not a direct technical aspect, I want to make it very far up in my review pointed out: The camera has no lens cover. Normal compact cameras, even older models of similar price ranges usually offer a lens cover in the form of black plastic flap, which go before the lens when you turn off the camera. The Rollei Sportsline 60 offers no such protection device which protects the lens as the central optical instrument of the camera. For the purpose of the camera, robust use in and outside of the water, this is a real drawback and justifies in itself the withdrawal of a star (had the camera a lens cover, even if only an Optional possessed, would have no less than deserves 4 stars ). The lens cover on a camera is not only playing, but to keep essential to the long camera ready to use. Just on the beach sand can scratch the lens, but also during transport, a careless movement in retrieving the camera or just a careless fellow the lens can damage. The result is simple: For minor scratches, the image quality suffers greatly, with larger camera completely loses its value. The only thing you can benefit from keeping the camera in this case, that's the lens is slightly embedded, so they at least can not rub on a surface. Together with his keys they should be but rather not carry in your pocket.
Furthermore, the built-in flash is unfortunately very slow, ie for charging the flash takes at least 30sec. Fast image rows in low light are impossible. In addition, the flash can weaken very complicated via menu buttons, but this has done at night even in a flash to the lowest level in portraits to usually always overexposed faces.
The fact that the flash after each turning was at full capacity again, the battery performance was very weak. Although it was me vornerein clear that two AAA batteries would last little more than one evening, but the first night was I spent with the camera in a club a big disappointment: The camera can not shoot 20 images with flash, before the batteries give up their mind. Of course, to shoot night scenes at a club already another category than snapshots on the beach, but it was downright always lug around 6 batteries in your pocket over time to a load, just so you can at least shoot some pictures with the camera. In addition, beautiful motives were usually by the long load times of lightning usually over before you could hold it, which is really annoying.
Also very negative, the wear and tear of the haptic controls. In brief: The waterproof buttons to the right of the display were completely worn out after 3 months. So could not make it, with which button you watch photos and with which you issued the flash. On this issue I will soon upload pictures, so you can convince yourself.
Since I made the camera very run now, but I want to make clear that this camera holds in some respects what it promises:
I bought this camera aware of unusual and hard situations. If another compact camera would have undergone what the Sportsline has endured, she would have gone to his knees after just one week. The camera was thrown (already on the first night) from someone on the ground, she was at a water balloon fight live performances (and has tolerable images shot), on a large southern German festival has photos shot in the pouring rain and was more than once in the mud. In short, they were anything but well treated and still has a considerable amount of time (even longer than I expected) persevered. And at a very low price.
Personally, I would Camera may purchase me a second time, its purpose, it has, however, met this summer over completely. While the camera is still held little more than a disposable camera, but still some great snapshots emerged and there have been many happy memories after 5 months.
Whether you buy the camera or not, a question of the use of territory remains: pure phototechnically should perhaps reorient, but their outdoor properties are well worth seeing.
I hope my little review could help you in buying.
