After 14 days, Ireland and 3000 pictures: great outdoor camera (or a second camera for DSLR).

I have long hesitated whether this camera is something for me: spoiled by my full-frame SLR is doing a quality of small compact cameras always something painful in the heart, the reviews of the Nikon also are not just good.

But for a holiday in Ireland (wet ...) I wanted a small camera, so you do not always pick out the heavy DSLR. After initial skepticism, I am thrilled eg Guinness Brewery, as there is a kind of fountain inside. No problem for the Nikon, the camera is immersed so deeply that the lens is just above the water level - new perspectives arise! (Looks around a rum way, are also quite funny).

Heavy Rain is not a problem that makes the camera nothing. Also on the beach came the camera diligently used. How good it is when diving, but I can not judge. Practical: the wifi function and thus the ability to quickly transfer images onto the smartphone and post them online. Ok is relatively fast until you have connected the wifi brauchts a few moments but it's all the same. As much as I would hope that my 1800eur SLR ...

The image quality is better, of course, especially when it is dark times. Who makes 90% in the dry images, finds certainly better cameras. While cycling, the Nikon has also proven, one needs simply to be afraid that the camera is equal to break after a fall.

The GPS function is awesome, by the compass even the line of sight will be saved and you can trace which Berg was that really. (For example, the free program Geosetter shows at nice evnt even Google Earth.) Compared to a Gopro is a comparison of apples and oranges, which is perfect for Gopro they raufzumontieren somewhere and make a video for everything else you can to my mind it but rather forget all alone because you're limited to images in fisheye wide-angle lens.

Negatives:

- Does the battery seems to be somewhat understated, especially in combination with GPS and Wifi - necessarily buy a second battery
- If the battery is less than 50 or 30%, the Wifi is simply no longer an indication would have spared because some pondering as I unpacked the camera (the battery is not supplied fully charged, because that's better for him)
- The Nikon app works fine on my Samsung Galaxy S4 excellent but the old iphone 4 it often remains hanging
- 16Mpixel are good for marketing, zooms purely one sees but that the pixels are "zusammengegatscht" 12MPixel would have done it. You could adjust the menu and also the same
- The menu navigation and operation is ok. The Panorama function like it, but somehow I can make only 180 or 360 degrees, for example, only 130 ° not at all possible or only from time to time. No Idea ...
- Apparently you can scroll back the images by moving the camera in play mode, the more annoying and I do not know where you can turn off the.
- The white balance you have to indoors as pubs manually change (warm light, the camera makes a pale light from it) - but this option is yes because
- I had a crash in 14 days. (Must battery out and in giving). That's not so bad, but why it does not work, long to press the power button but I do not understand. For divers this is probably somewhat impractical)
- The video quality is ok, but I have seen better. I think it is simply too compressed, evnt can adjust somewhere

Positives:

+ The picture quality for a camera of this class (make sure in image quality to the highest level (16Mpixel *))
+ USB charging (good in the car)
+ Waterproof and yet reasonably good sound quality in video
+ Wifi
+ GPS function and ability to record and track.
(: Calibrate after a flight over the GPS altitude, the air pressure in the cabin distort the readings after landing Note) + Pressure Sensor & digital compass.
+ The speed - both by switching to marks as well as continuous shooting
+ Appealing design lies comfortably in your hand

Why 5 * despite some criticisms? Because I can live with all the nitty gritty unds just great find to have a camera that has no problem with water / light falls etc.

UPDATE 2015 - Meanwhile, the camera was still on holidays in the Canary Islands and France there: made many great pictures, especially while snorkeling. Of course ists very dark underwater and since the pictures are a bit noisy, but I'm very pleased with the pictures. The sand makes her anything (as long as they were then rinsed and does not open on the beach). Crashes I had not a single more. In combination with ipad so many pictures were equal on facebook :)

Meanwhile, I've discovered a HDR function (a biserl fürn Hugo) as well as a filter that makes the face handsome (narrower, lipstick, wrinkle away, eyes bigger, make-up around the eyes ...) - the function is really impressive. I consumption as a man, not because I do not want to look like Conchita, for female selfie fans but certainly funny. For men would a function the sixpack and biceps reinretouchiert meaningful, but as the technology is probably not ready yet :)