Useful handy Compact ....

The camera has become my companion a useful does not give up the ghost in the dirt and in adverse conditions. Underwater (up to 2 meters sampled) makes them even pictures - I had no failures so far.
The setting options are not very clear, but if you dealt with the camera a bit, it offers all sorts of possibilities to adapt the recordings. In automatic mode, but it does its job quite useful and you can take pictures straight on.
The replaceable battery lasts for some time and you can do some pictures to him emanating juice. I still worried for cheap spare battery I mitführe me as a reserve.

The speed at which the device operates is clearly too slow for flash shots. Shooting sports or other occasions where it comes to fleet rendering fixes and triggering is not the strength of the device and one should spend equal for more money to avoid disappointment. Who but a little vordenkt can live with it - the image preparation is so often the responsibility of the user. The 4x zoom is not the world, but goes for such a compact device in this Preiklasse fine.

The image quality is enough light Ok. Will it be dark but the fun is soon over and the images are quickly very pixelated and blurry. In the extremely flat design of the lenses but one should also not expect miracles - it is due to the compact construction, the water tightness is due to no space to install a tube creates for example when zooming more space. This can be seen, of course, if the lighting conditions are poor in optical performance.

My conclusion: For use in adverse conditions or on the go a faithful companion with rugged qualities. Where normal compact cameras may well demise simply because water or dirt make his pictures you worry. Camera falls into the sand? No problem - and rinse well ....
Many contemporary looks very irritated if one cleans the thing calmly under the faucet ;-)
Certainly not a substitute for my Spiegelreflexcam, but an "always-casual-UNIT" which I would buy again at any time!

Additional - June 2013: A second battery gave me more flexibility. Yes, that part is also after a long year, many a thump and many casting still a loyal companion. The green clipper has inwischen a few superficial quirks and scratches, but it thins still everything from what is important to me. No weaknesses despite really rüdem handling - Respect ....