Austrian Alex
14/365: COOL DUCK
14/365
Man, this 365 business is not as easy as it seems. I'm playing catch up already and it's only 2 weeks in. Good thing I'm stubborn and I refuse to give up. But hats off to everyone who sees it through!
Before our holiday I bought an underwater camera, the Fujifilm FinePix Z33WP. I was running out of time so I reserved it online and then collected it from my nearest Jessops. When I got it I noticed that the thread for the tripod had been used but it was the day before our departure so not the right time to complain and end up with nothing. Once on holiday we figured out that it must have been an ex-display. No problem with that, except that the buttons seemed to have a life of their own when I went back to look at my pictures. It was doing fine but on our last snorkeling trip it just stopped working after 5 minutes in the water. I first thought the battery was empty but even after recharging it didn't switch on.
Coming back, Wayne went to Jessops and they couldn't get it back to work either so they swapped it over to a new one. Picked it up today and had to have a little play with it in the bath, taking photos of my little cool duck, which I got from a friend about 10 years ago but is still proudly sitting on the edge of my bath tub.
If you are thinking of getting a Fujifilm FinePix Z33WP, it is great for underwater shots and for playing around near or in the water. I'm sure you are in the same boat (excuse the pun) as me and don't want to risk getting your SLR wet but I wouldn't recommend it as an alround point and shoot. As long as there is adequate light the result is pretty good with its 10 megapixels but it doesn't cope well in low light. It automatically adjusts the ISO (I haven't found a way to overwrite this manually yet) so you end up with a lot of noise. Night shots - forget it! But, all in all, a nice little gadget that doesn't break the bank.
14/365: COOL DUCK
14/365
Man, this 365 business is not as easy as it seems. I'm playing catch up already and it's only 2 weeks in. Good thing I'm stubborn and I refuse to give up. But hats off to everyone who sees it through!
Before our holiday I bought an underwater camera, the Fujifilm FinePix Z33WP. I was running out of time so I reserved it online and then collected it from my nearest Jessops. When I got it I noticed that the thread for the tripod had been used but it was the day before our departure so not the right time to complain and end up with nothing. Once on holiday we figured out that it must have been an ex-display. No problem with that, except that the buttons seemed to have a life of their own when I went back to look at my pictures. It was doing fine but on our last snorkeling trip it just stopped working after 5 minutes in the water. I first thought the battery was empty but even after recharging it didn't switch on.
Coming back, Wayne went to Jessops and they couldn't get it back to work either so they swapped it over to a new one. Picked it up today and had to have a little play with it in the bath, taking photos of my little cool duck, which I got from a friend about 10 years ago but is still proudly sitting on the edge of my bath tub.
If you are thinking of getting a Fujifilm FinePix Z33WP, it is great for underwater shots and for playing around near or in the water. I'm sure you are in the same boat (excuse the pun) as me and don't want to risk getting your SLR wet but I wouldn't recommend it as an alround point and shoot. As long as there is adequate light the result is pretty good with its 10 megapixels but it doesn't cope well in low light. It automatically adjusts the ISO (I haven't found a way to overwrite this manually yet) so you end up with a lot of noise. Night shots - forget it! But, all in all, a nice little gadget that doesn't break the bank.