The camera goes swimming

Well I have had the camera for a few days over the weekend now and have had a read of the basic functions of the camera in the manual and it seems very easy to get your head around.  I've had a few practices at taking videos and testing functions as I've been reading and it's great!

Today I took the camera to the swimming centre (very nervously) to get some underwater footage of the kids at their swimming lessons.  Even after reading the instructions and knowing that the camera is waterproof I still found myself checking and re-checking every hatch and lock to make sure I had everything locked up tight.  I organised for one of the instructors to take the camera in the water and she looked at me in shocked disbelief, she said she felt very strange putting the camera underwater and that it felt very natural.  I tried to look confident and reassure her that it was fine (but had my fingers crossed behind my back).  Fortunately I had done everything I should have done because the camera performed exactly as expected!  I would have liked a slightly different perspective but the sound and vision came out so much better than I thought it could.  It was great to know that all I had to do at the end of using the camera underwater was to give it a rinse under the tap and wait for it to dry.

I have uploaded a couple of the videos that were taken onto Facebook and they are below, I did it the old fashioned way manually as I still haven't got to the section in the manual about the one click uploading.  I have found the function within the camera but still have to investigate how to set it up.  Next video I will do the uploading that way.

I am still very satisfied with the camera overall and what I have achieved so far.  I am getting to used to the slightly less sensitive touchscreen and find the mini stylus very useful as well, the screen responds better to that than my finger so far.  It feels strange to hold the camera vertical instead of horizontal and get landscape, I'm used to my iPhone which shows the image sideways if you forget to flip the phone on it's side.  Being able to hold the camera vertical helps to keep it steadier and is definitely a more comfortable way to use it.

I must also add that I went out and purchased an 8gb HD SD card and now have plenty of space to store all my photos and videos!

This week I will be trying to test out the different image settings and video settings to see how they compare to each other and play some videos through our big TV to see what they look like on a larger screen than my laptop.

So take a look at my videos below and feel free to comment!