Although the 14.1 megapixels on a small sensor may scare at first glance, the in-house Venus Engine IV provides but for the 80 and 400 there is no reason for complaint between ISO. Hardly festzustellendes, minimal noise. Only at ISO 800 and 1600 it increases significantly. Therefore, I have to disagree with the previous speaker here. The engine provides further for a very fast start, fast autofocus and an equally short shutter lag of 0.006 seconds. The menu structure is clearly arranged and the operation is slightly out of hand. Only the video mode is a bit hidden. In pressing the "Mode" button and then selecting the "moving picture" mode has one but then turns it on quickly. Of course, the noise is more pronounced in low light conditions, too. When shooting outdoors during the day but absolutely to recommend. During video recording, unfortunately, is no zoom possible. The large zoom range (up to 224 mm) is unfortunately the built-in flash quickly reach its limits and is in the immediate area.
The combination of a compact wide-angle camera with large zoom and still very good image quality (HD + video resolution) at a good price-performance ratio has animated me finally for sale. Embarrassing Note in the previous review: A bag does not belong, like almost all camera models, of course, the scope of supply and must as well as a SD (HC) memory card to be purchased separately. The FS30 also supports the new SDXC already memory cards.
Who spends about twice gets an entry-level DSLR. So of course you can fine-tune as only ISO and white balance more. But not you get more depth and even better image quality, but in such a compact housing in shirt pocket format.
