Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT10 - Waterproof Digital Camera Critique From A Surfer

By Sophia Surk


14MP

is practically too much, this really is the specification where businesses can most quickly wow the buyers but 4-5Mb photos are a pain in the ass to deal with. But alternatively - I choose this type of camera more than the GoPro Hero simply because it may be utilised in and out of the water for daily shooting. Houses, animals, plants, friends... and needless to say shooting surfing from the beach. When shooting from the beach you will need zoom. All of the waterproof cameras only have 3-5x optical zoom given that all of the lenses are packed into the housing and aren't extended from it to keep the camera waterproof. So here high pixel count comes in handy. You may crop and enlarge the surfer later on your laptop or computer. Nonetheless - the quality of this kind of crop is substantially worse than a photo made originally with more optical zoom - longer lens. So don't get your hopes too high.

Photo quality
It's excellent! I had quite a couple of remarks that individuals like my photographs and also a friend of mine even bought the same camera simply because he liked my photographs. It can be important that camera catches enough info, sufficient pixel information for your images. This way the end outcome will likely be considerably better and for an under 200 camera I can say that I am satisfied.

Waterproof

So far so good. I have been making use of this camera for a good 6 months. In this time I took it into the water like 20-30 instances for 2-4hour surf sessions. Immediately after the last surf I did noticed some water behind the battery cover, I hope it is just a matter of getting all of the sand out of the rubber seals. How does this waterproof thing operate? Fundamentally you have two covers that have a rubber seal on them. One is for the battery and SD card and the other is for the connection cables. If you close the covers this rubber is pushed in to the housing and it seals the insides. If there's some dirt on the rubber water can get in so be cautious.

LCD screen

It is bright enough most of the time. Which signifies you can even see something whenever you are sitting on your surfboard in a lineup under tropical sun at noon.

HD Clips

Camera can make 720p HD clips that are OK, but nothing to be genuinely excited about. Do not get this camera for generating movies. Then again don't purchase any waterproof camera of this type for creating films. Just get the GoPro Hero rather.

Scene Modes

This camera has loads of scene modes which in most circumstances do make a distinction when making photos. I mostly use: sunset for cool evening shots, film grain for artsy B&W look, night portrait to get the flash and that long exposure time, sports mode for shooting surfing and normal picture that opens all of the available picture settings.

Then there's also the intelligent auto that sets everything for you but also closes the majority of the manual settings. It even has its own button on the top of the camera so it's always ready and at the reach of your finger. This really is great stuff and truly useful so any t
It is bright enough most of the time. Which signifies you can even see something whenever you are sitting on your surfboard in a lineup under tropical sun at noon.

HD Clips

Camera can make 720p HD clips that are OK, but nothing to be genuinely excited about. Do not get this camera for generating movies. Then again don't purchase any waterproof camera of this type for creating films. Just get the GoPro Hero rather.

Scene Modes

This camera has loads of scene modes which in most circumstances do make a distinction when making photos. I mostly use: sunset for cool evening shots, film grain for artsy B&W look, night portrait to get the flash and that long exposure time, sports mode for shooting surfing and normal picture that opens all of the available picture settings.

Then there's also the intelligent auto that sets everything for you but also closes the majority of the manual settings. It even has its own button on the top of the camera so it's always ready and at the reach of your finger. This really is great stuff and truly useful so any time you have to be quick your camera is ready right away and you don't have to crawl over countless menus to get out of the scene mode you happen to be currently in!




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