Very good bridge, a bit feeble battery

Very good bridge, a bit feeble battery

Pentax XG-1 Bridge Camera 16 Megapixel Optical Zoom 52x + Neoprene Case + Card 8GB Black (Electronics)

Customer Review

Good grip and easy to use.

The biggest plus point of this bridge: the power of the zoom, 52x. It lets you take sharp, clear pictures to further distances giving great potential to this unit from wide angle to telephoto.

13 scene modes, automatic mode 1 (very handy when starting) and 1 video.
It is also possible to filter directly through the settings.

Regarding the photos, I started with the Automatic mode and once I have "tamed the beast" I was using different modes for specific situations. Portrait, Macro (for close-ups) ...
In terms of rendering, quality feel. Photos are always very pretty, the colors are respected and faithful and neat details. You can customize the colors to make them more dull, brighter ...
The autofocus reacts like clockwork and is very good. I never had any problems on that side.
To take the pictures, two possibilities: by the screen or the optical viewfinder that I prefer.

For video, I'm using that little. But he films in full HD. The videos seem quite correct.

The weight is okay, but would have been better being a bit lighter (in 600 grams).
It is also possible to install a wireless option to transfer images to a computer or smartphone. But we must add a wireless card, too expensive for what it is.

The battery is not exceptional and could have been better. At full load, I take in 200 photos. I bought a generic battery backup, Pentax are too expensive.

In the end a very good bridge, full of potential that I am generally satisfied. But that could have been better with a touch screen and tilt and the wifi option installed by default.

really very disappointed Rank: 1/5
June 20
Lamentable 1 Rank: 1/5
May 7
Great by its reflection Rank: 5/5
November 7
A little disappointed. 29 Rank: 3/5
April 24
Nothing wrong 237 Rank: 5/5
June 1

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