Since the reviews were very encouraging I decided to buy it as on diwali it was just 11500 with a cashback of 15% after 3 months My main motive was a buy an inexpensive point and shoot camera that could record video in full HD ie 1920x 1080 p
I was pleasantly surprised to find I was also gifted a provogue watch as a part of the festive offer . Other accessories included apart from the main camera were 2 camera straps, 8 AA batteries, 4 of them being rechargeable coolpix batteries and rest 4 duracell . one time use .
The 16 megapixel camera did a decent jobs with half of the pics I clicked but the rest half did not focus well .My main purpose to buy the camera was to capture videos for my Youtube channel, but the videos are too fuzzy and grainy under normal indoor lighting .
The objects frequently lose focus . especially when u use the zoom feature, its has 38x optical zoom btw .
Allow me the liberty to attach a couple of pics .infact I tried and failed , I guess it’s because of mouth shuts size to upload restriction .
you may also watch the full hd video capture in a youtube video for my channel - with a video titled - " Does incredio shake-a-meal actually work? Thoughts after finishing 2 500gms Jars"
I also found that it was very difficult to close the battery compartment and a lot of pressure had to be used . Every time I felt I would end up breaking the compartment .
to transfer pics I had always open the battery chamber and remove the lexion SDHC 8 gb card which was also a freebie . again to charge the batteries I had to remove the batteries physically and use the charger that was a part of the package .
with a full charge the no of pics that can be clicked are about 500- 700 and the maximum size for the video recording is 30 minutes .
The video recording is full hd at 25/ 30 fps. The zoom feature works well but the auto focus while zooming can be either too slow or doesn’t work at all .The camera’s anti shake feature is very ordinary and a tripod seems like a "must " .Bundled with the camera also came a micro hdmi cable / an AV cable and / usb to micro usb cable .
The camera is quite heavy and made my arms very tired in no time . It’s quite bulky and the portability is poor . The 3 inch screen is retractable and can be titled or set at angles .The menu options are very simple and uncomplicated . The audio captured has a bigger than expected bass and its irritating as there is a loss to the audio quality . The audio kind of booms and isn’t clear .
The camera has wifi and NFC features which come to save its narrow neck . The overall experience was average and I would be returning it back to amazon India tomorrow, a request to do so was created earlier .
Since my main purpose was full hd recording which was only a tad better than my mobile phone I can only rate the camera 2 upton 5