Any comments on the picture quality in and out of the water?. Especially out of the water?
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I am very happy with the quality of the pics both in and out of the water. Out of the water is as good as my smartphone. This was a great value for the money
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Picture quality is great. This is the second one for me. This one was for the kids to use too. In the water pictures are crystal clear while out of the water is sometime just ever so slightly hazy; however, I am not sure if that's because we use it mostly at an indoor pool or sometimes there may still be water drops on the lense.
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Hi. I have been playing with this camera a good deal the last couple of weeks but mostly on how well it does bracketing and comparing the exposure control settings vs a true representation of the scene at low light. I will keep a hold of the question and test out the GPS this weekend and let you know. Hope that helps. (Great little camera by the way).
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I don't know as I've not tried it yet. Do know that the housing fogged up so I'm guessing pictures didn't work. Again, I've not actually viewed the video i took, but from past underwater camera experience, if the housing is fogged there is no way a good pic can come out.
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no its pretty clear. but you can't really take any pictures under water because the touch screen wont work underwater. I just press record then replay the video to the scene i like than screen shot it. also when you go under water it zooms in and out on its own. I think its because its sensing the water pressure.
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Hello! I just purchased this cameria for my husband's birthday in March 2014. We have not used it for water purposes yet. However, reading the reviews, it seems to be a decent camera for this purpose.
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It takes fine pictures at night. It isn't SLR quality, and occasionally even my iPhone does as well, but where it really shines is under water. We dropped ours in 36ft off of the bow of our sailboat and it did fine, even after spending several hours down there until we could recover it (no dive gear on the boat and that is beyond my free diving capability). It is still a point and shoot with a small lens. I am happy with it, but it is far from a perfect camera. Our Canon SLR is superior, but that is to be expected. Its a great travel camera for those active moments where you can't take an SLR.
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I have the sony and love it. I particularly like the fantastic panoramic feature - I dont see a reference to that on the panasonic description here. I have had the Olympus variants of the waterproof cameras in the past and they were quite good. Have not taken the sony into the water yet - I assume it will be trouble free (as the olympus cameras have been in the past). The picture quality on the sony is a step up from my past cameras. Having not tried the Panasonic yet, I recommend the sony.
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I bought it for a trip and yes I took it snorkeling and we had no issues. It's a cheap camera so you get what you pay for in quality. If I tried to take an out of water picture I had a lot more issues with dots of water or smudges or blurry spots but for the most part every picture I took under water was good. Hope that helps.
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It is pretty good even underwater, same with the video quality and it also records audio as well. I use a 32 gb external memory card so the resolution for still pictures and video were at maximum
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I had to send the camera back; because, the camera got moisture inside and stopped working. The lens also had issues fogging up in humid conditions. My camera never went below a few feet. So I do not know if this is a build quality issue or a design problem with the camera. When working it took great pictures and we had fun using the camera for some surfing photos. The video record feature is also very nice and easy to use. It is a good action camera that can get wet. As to waterproof, I am not so sure. Hope this helps, Phil
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Funny thing, I have not used the panoramic mode. (Which is crazy because I live on a river!) But I do love my camera!it takes awesome pictures.
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Hello Hoover -- I've yet to try the separate waterproof case. But, I've shot many hours of film and still shots in the stock impact / water resistant case under every imaginable condition: From adventure races to night time and plenty of stupidity. All-in-all, I haven't noticed much, if any distortion or blurring (fish bowl). I know that's often the feedback. The biggest issue I have is forgetting to clear the housing from mud or other debris when shooting. There may be some occasional fish bowl effects on the edges, but it's not enough to be a real issue for me. I also use a Sony a7 for hi-def personal shooting. But, love the results from the Action Cam for fun active shots -- it will be joining me on another Tough Mudder in two weeks.
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I think there are much better cameras for the money, unless waterproof is really important to you. And at this point, if I had it to do over, I'd buy the new inexpensive go-pro model instead. I find the photos to be meh at best. And the video performance is only okay. The underwater is good, but only so useful.
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This camera picture is crisp. The image is bright enough. The only problem I have with it is that whenever water touches it it becomes so blurred u can't see a thing. But when it's dry, it becomes bright again. I hope this helps.
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Hi Lisa, I took pictures at an indoor water park. The pictures came out okay. I just scrapbook the pictures, I don't typically blow them up to 5x7 or 8x10. So, for my use the pictures are fine. The fast movements were a little blurry. I have not taken any underwater pictures yet. I took the camera outside for our school snow days. Those pictures in the sunlight were bright and colorful. The fast movements came out okay. I have a few inside pictures during the day and they look pretty good. I have one picture taken at night in my bedroom. My navy blue shirt looks great, but my face is a little orange/yellow and the bedroom in the background is not crisp at all. I think the lighting is responsible for that. I have a few movies on the camera, but can't play them. They are MOV. I tried Quicktime, movie maker, media player. I'll have to play around with it. I hope I don't have to convert these. So, at the moment I can't give you any information on the movies. I wanted the camera to take out to the pool and so far it seems like it will work great for our use. Please let me know if I can help with any else. I'm not sure what you mean by artifacts. I don't think graininess is an issue, but I'm just a mom taking pictures of kids and my photography knowledge is limited.
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For underwater, I thought they were pretty good shots. We used ours in Puerto Morales, so same vicinity as Cozumel. If you want to contact me at dasjman@yahoo.com, I can send you a couple images I took this past June while snorkeling, if it helps you decide. Obviously, the more expensive cameras take better pictures, but for the price, I was very satisfied with it.
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Save yourself some hassle and buy a higher quality camera. While this one will work in the water, the picture in general is not very crisp. I had mine a week before returning it due to every shot being fuzzy on the left side.