The controls on the camera are designed very reduced. In addition to one button for turning on and off, there are only the trigger and four more buttons. The menu itself is designed very self-willed. Even after repeated use go simplest setting is not fast out of hand.
The camera offers numerous possibilities of adjustment such as exposure, filters etc. but stuck pretty deep in the menu structure.
The different modes (besides Photo and Video Photo also burst, time lapse and video + photo) confuse more than they appear to be useful.
The display is extremely brilliant, but leaves in sunny weather almost nothing recognizable. Sorry seems to be prolonged commissioning the display to change color (condensation?), But this regresses after some time.
In good lighting conditions, the camera is able to capture sharp, rich images. Once that is no longer given but, excessive noise and artifacts can be seen. When the zoom function is a digital zoom, which naturally negatively reflected in the quality of the recording.
The camera can be controlled remotely via WLAN and with the help of an app on iOS and Android devices. In the absence of such a device this function has not been tested.
For underwater shots or other activities in which to get the camera wet the wet dangerously close, a corresponding case is included.
Unfortunately, the labeling of the controls is no longer visible when the device is in the case. So one wanders about in anyway quite confused menu. But this is perhaps a matter of getting used to.
The case is reliably waterproof and you already would be too soon to leave with wonderful shots in and around the water.
When mounting the camera on a bicycle handlebar shows repeatedly the lack of usefulness of such instructions on CD. Could you work with an analog manual directly on the object, it is now more difficult.
If you have this hurdle circumnavigated, the camera sits but bombproof on the handlebars and provides good shots.
A complete failure made it uniquely necessary to remove the battery with the Stop Button is not sent word.
All in all a well priced alternative to the market leader, especially with regard to the supplied accessories.
Nevertheless, the menu system is used to.
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- Small and portable
- Extremely brilliant display
Contain very extensive equipment in delivery -
- Wi-Fi
- Provided memory card
- Matt surface
- In good light conditions good shots
- Detailed manual only on the enclosed CD
- Noise and artifacts in suboptimal lighting conditions
- Very original menu
Addendum on 10/08/2014
After a beach vacation is confirmed that in sunny weather almost nothing can be seen on the display. That turns out to be extremely disturbing. In addition, sometimes the underwater case fogging up inside - which may not be the point of it. The recordings then remember with this soft-focus look at films of David Hamilton. It also shows that the ON / OFF button and the shutter button are extremely difficult to operate when the camera is in the housing, with the result that - in combination with the lack of possibility of checking on the screen - simply some shots not took place.
