The scope of supply
It includes:
USB Power Adapter
USB cable
Hand Strap
a CD to set up the camera on the PC
multi-lingual guide on paper.
A memory card, it is recommended an SD or SDHC card has to be purchased.
Configuring
After charging the battery pack is the first time the camera first, the setting of the date, time,
Time zone and language required. After the first photos or videos can already be made.
There are, as with most Digi-Cams usual, various shooting modes.
These are:
* Auto program - functions can be changed manually
* IAUTO - the camera automatically detects the corresponding SCENE program
* DIS mode - reduces blurring due to camera movement during recording,
* Scene mode - optimizes the camera settings to suit the scene, which are: Sports,
Indoors, candlelight, self-portrait, sunset, fireworks, still life motifs, documents, recordings
with sand and / or snow, pet, portrait, scenery, night scenes, night people.
* Magic Filters - shots with different effects that are pinhole camera, Fish Eye, line art, soft focus,
Punk, glitters, Pop Art. Especially with line drawing and glitter can be interesting image variations produce (s. This I uploaded photos to the product page).
* Panorama - for up to 10 individual photos, which act when watching such a panoramic scene.
Settings
It is also possible to shoot several photos in series, in which you hold the shutter button is pressed permanently.
However, this is only in the two modes "DIS MODE" and "Auto Program" possible. This series, however, are Photos
not as sharp as individual shots. Nevertheless, this feature is interesting, for example, when children or wildlife shots.
Even with flash, macro mode, the shutter speeds and settings on the lighting conditions (cloudy or
sunny weather) can be made a number of settings.
In the menu image size, compression, AF mode, zBGesichtserkennung, digital zoom (he must be able to be set to "On"
if you want to zoom back during video recording), AF-assist beam (if too little ambient light
Camera to illuminate a number of weak flashes to the targeted object and the automatic focusing
to enable.)
At first I understood pts. 3 of the manual so that the battery of the Olympus only a PC with the prior
Install the CD can be charged. That would have been a shortcoming in my eyes. But this is
not so. The camera battery can be quite "normal" load at the socket. The CD, (means both
on Windows PC, and Mac's possible) serves the operator the extensive range of possibilities
this little camera to open up.
Taking pictures / movies
Because of the many shooting modes above you can select the correct program for any shooting situation.
In daylight and in the open, the Olympus is making very good shots. The pictures are sharp and of high
Color accuracy. It does not matter whether a subject from a distance or zoomed was taken. My
Test images are of uniform sharpness.
For small digital cameras shooting in artificial light are often of inferior quality and the colors are
overdriven. The VG160 makes the Recording Modes iAuto even in low light very good, true color
Recordings. In my tests I did both with light ceiling light and a weak wall lighting
same subject photographed. The photos show no visible difference. Both are of good quality.
Unlike the movies, here one needs sufficient artificial or natural light, so the quality of fit.
Playback
Photos can be viewed on the camera screen next to the blades as a slideshow.
Also an image editing is possible.
Battery life
In the test, the battery runtime proved to be short, which was certainly the fact that many settings and I
Recording options tried and put out again. I can About the battery power in normal photographing
do not have any information because I only own the camera one week.
Conclusion:
If you buy a camera, it depends on what one has to do with her and what is expected of her.
The Olympus VG160 is a small digital camera for the beginner: both for the eight year old open-minded,
and for the pensioner, after 55 years of paper photography still got to decides, in the
digital photography to get a taste. Exactly these people with and at this Klamera have their joy.
Losknipsen Just looking, films, look at the result and then step by step, so to speak, as "learning by
doing "get to know the various functions.
But even for experienced digital photographers, the Olympus is suitable as a second camera, when it comes to traveling
times fast a detail noted (eg the special offer at the hardware store).
It fits the size and weight forth in any jacket, pants pocket and is easy to use.
Then there is the fabled P rice.
From my four stars and a recommendation.
