28-140 mm I've had some waterproof beach and snorkel cameras from Pentax, Sony, Olympus, Panasonic and Nikon. Whenever I'm on the road in the southern countries or to Scotland, I like to use also weatherproof and safe beach cameras also accompany me into the water. The main problem in the water are clean and proper seals that guarantee is then severely limited at each manufacturer, so I change my cameras in each year. The AW cameras from Fuji, Nikon, Panasonic have been rather disappointed me. For me, the cameras must be apart from the good sensor and sharp imaging bring four important things: a lot of intensity, a lot of image angle (short focal length), speed and ease of use. A colorful camera is usually at an advantage, because they are found more easily again, black, dark green or Flecktarn- cameras I would not choose for the beach. The dark blue D30 like so very well, the operation is mostly logical and Ruck-Zuck seen through. The strong seal the immersion depths up to 25 m permit, protected a protection against cold to -10 ° and against falls from 2m height. These are excellent properties, also in comparison. The fact that the camera is aimed more at children playing, because for ambitious photo fans, show the mundane programs because, unfortunately, can be speed, aperture and exposure programs here not adjust. In addition, the exposure is only in 1/3 increments possible I hold levels for meaningful and effective. In addition, 2 aperture can only be corrected by +/-, which is little standard are 3 stops and often are also 5 aperture possible. Even the RAW format has been saved, but probably is not a bug on this camera. The 5x zoom sounds good, unfortunately the important Wide range begins from 28 mm. This is rather boring for a water-compatible camera. Zoom out still leaves something but while snorkeling or even underwater shortest possible focal length ranging from 18 mm to at least 24 mm is actually indispensable. Underwater for a wide-angle lens ever means the better here, I'm still waiting for compact cameras create the 20 mm. But the weakness is light with f: 3.9 to f: 4.8 then very exhilarating because the camera needs already extremely much light. On the beach, which is still ok, but the water then no longer, here should be a camera at least f: 2.0 or better f: 1.4 or bring a larger, light- sensitive sensor. The 12 MP sensor on the PowerShot D30 is tiny, 1 2/3 ie only 4.5 x 6.2 mm. The tiny, built-lenses whose light beam is deflected to the sensor are also notorious for a rather weak resolution they can not keep up TZ41 (best performance) or Canon G1X Reisekamera long compared with a conventional Panasonic. The photos of the D30 are in DHW position not really sharp edges and in the telephoto range suffers generally the resolution a bit. So Canon here not covered themselves with glory. The ISO range is up to 3200, but at 800 ISO it is better to stop without using the flash, if you still want to see some details. It has been my experience with various waterproof cameras that on the beach and in the water quickly scratched the large monitor. A really good protection but there are not. I would personally since the publication of the much stronger light Olympus TG-cameras (f: 2.0 = quadruple luminous intensity in the WW area) prefer, especially as it also true underwater housings and lens attachments are additional. The additional function GPS is certainly welcome, but are also power hungry. Height, depth, air pressure meter and compass are not on board here. WiFi is of course on board. Films dominated the camera in FullHD, but the sound is more than lousy. I'm afraid Canon and Co will receive the new Samsung smartphone also on the beach and in the water much unloved competition simply would significantly better picture quality set against it. If one compares the UW cameras the manufacturer, (not Canon represents something even long ago) is striking that often the same sensor / lens construction is built and only a manufacturer as a more intense lens from the frame falls. My first choice would be but certainly not better, and UW-photos you get only with expensive housings, special lighting and a lot of practice. The picture quality is nevertheless higher than what provide the GoPro previously. On the beach and in the rain it is certainly a better choice than the usual compact cameras that have no seal, particularly sand is very critical for any other camera. The price seems a little high compared to the Nikon AW120, Nikon has the exciting lens and a lot more features and then lose only against Olympus. Most disturbs me the tiny Accu, which is hardly compatible with other Canon cameras.
I am practical and user no fanboy and have no significant brand preference, basing myself only on practicality, technical implementation and price / performance. 5 star corresponds with me the theoretical maximum performance in the prior art and therefore I forgive when cameras are extremely rare and not because to me a product like. Really bad cameras there is virtually indistinguishable from the leading brand manufacturers and after a bit of study of photography and the camera normally succeed each so good photos. In hard comparison, but differences become visible that would otherwise remain hidden.
LIGHT particularly postiv + Small and handy to 25 m supposedly waterproof + IS image stabilization built + Shockproof to 2m + Supposedly cold-resistant to -10 degrees + Relatively fast reactions + Nice menu + Can be operated with thin gloves yet + Gesture control + Learns fast + Almost completely silent as all AW Cameras + GPS + Proper charger included
SHADOWS - lugubrious: - Still high price in relation to fuel-efficient equipment - Extremely faint f: 3.9 4.8 - No strong wide-angle zoom until 28 mm - No exposure modes only Scene programs - Exposure compensation in 1/3 increments only & only +/- 2 EV - Image edges in the WW resolved relatively low and out of focus - Shutter speed & Aperture can not be selected manually - Details suffer from ISO 400 - Zoom button is very small, not optimal to use - Very small Accu with 1050 mAh - Accu can be easily plugged in backwards - No accessories, no additional lens or underwater housing - Short range is not in the entire zoom range - Close only look good very small distance - WiFi is missing
