Fujifilm FinePix XP130 Waterproof Digital Camera w/16GB SD Card - White

I’ve had this camera for 3 years and recently it has started to take blurry pictures and lighting messes with the photo exposure. I may need to tweak the settings. Either way love that it’s sturdy and have gotten many great under water pics with it.

Obviously this is not a pro photography camera. But, it is a wonderful "Street Camera, all-weather and dive camera." I always have this camera with me, even when I am carrying my professional gear. I live in North Idaho. We have a lot of rain and snow. A lot of my work is Street Photography. It is great for close work in crowds. I used to own the Fuji XP90. Currently I have the XP120 and now the XP130. My grandchildren love the XP120. It is pretty much child proof and a great kids learning camera.If you want better photos, my recommendation is to "Tweak" the camera. Most all the consumer cameras can be tweaked.This is how to tweak the XP130. Select "SHOOTING MODE and choose the "P" PROGRAM AE mode. Scroll down to "ISO" and choose AUTO 400. Images tend to fall apart over ISO 400. IMAGE SIZE: 4.3. Select IMAGE QUALITY: FINE. Last choose FinePixCOLOR: CHROME.Normal camera settings produce an image file size from 1.50MB to 3MB. By tweaking the camera the file size will increase up to 8MB.If you just want to shoot nice photos the "SCENE RECOGNITON" is hard to beat.Cons: Camera needs good lighting for sharp images. (Most cameras do) Zoom sometimes is blurred when extended. Make sure you have the STABILIZATION SETTING enabled. Focus is sometimes spotty. Play with the AF MODE and see which setting works best for you. Some are better than others depending what you are shooting.Attached are some quick photos I took.It is a fun camera to play with. The XP130 has many fun settings to experiment with and explore. Just have fun, learn the camera and enjoy.

I bought this little camera to take with me on rafting trips. Specifically a week long trip through Desolation/Gray Canyon in Utah. It was important that it be waterproof, shock resistant, and inexpensive (don't wan't to lose a $1000 camera in the river). This camera does it all great!The camera is definitely waterproof. We had the camera submerged several times along the trip, and even got some good underwater pics in a clear spring we were passing. Unfortunately, the Green River was pretty murky, so the spring was the only good place for underwater pics.The camera is definitely shock resistant. It survived an eleven year old girl in her kayak going through rapids. I cringed a bit watching the camera bounce around as she paddled, but it handled the abuse fine. The only damage the camera took on the trip was a bit of sandblasting of some of the paint. Functionally the camera is great!The pictures are great, but it takes some time to learn how to get great pictures. I spent several nights out on the beach messing with the different settings, and trying to find what works best. Everything from Macro pictures to beautiful night sky pictures to active sport pictures.There are a couple of things that kept me from giving this camera the full five stars. First, battery life. You really need extra batteries, and some kind of power pack charger. I brought a solar charger on my trip and 5 batteries. Second, screen. The screen is not a good representation at all of what your picture really looks like. I took several pictures I thought were terrible on the screen, but looked great on my PC. Third, ease of use. True it is a point and click camera. The camera automatically chooses the best setting for the picture you're taking. It's great in theory, but it takes some practice to get the auto feature to take pictures how you want them. I highly recommend trying out each setting manually, and then learning how to make the camera take those shots on auto.It's a great camera. I love it. I'm very happy I bought it, and I would highly recommend it to anyone.

Bought this camera to take on a vacation with us. Got it a couple days before we left so didn't have time to test it at all just unboxed it and packed in our luggage. Upon arrival at the resort the first day we read all the instructions, inserted the battery and SD card and closed the unit up as directed. Verified it was all sealed up and ready to go. Stepped out of the room and into the pool and fired it up ready to take the first test pictures. As the camera is under water my first thoughts are what are those small bubbles coming from the lens area. Sure enough it is filling with water. Now this is not even a part of the camera that is serviceable for the user, this is not and I repeat not, anywhere near where the camera door opens, where the battery or SD card go. Looking at the camera in the pictures this is the round part of where the lens housing is. When put under water you can see tiny bubbles coming from that area. Within 2 minutes of using this camera the first time the whole round lens is full of water. Eventually if you let it sit out turned upside down all the water will drain out. However from that moment on it stays fogged up and useless to take any pictures. Pretty much the most disappointing purchase we have made in a long time. This was purchased especially for this vacation and we never took a single picture with it. Maybe we just got a bad one but we are returning it as vacation is over.