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wb850f firmware July 5 ver.206276

Started Jul 7, 2012 | Discussions thread
rawj New Member • Posts: 10
Re: wb850f firmware July 5 ver.206276

The battery drain issues were fixed back in June in the V205256 firmware update. I've had no issues with the camera since that update. The wi-fi works OK for me, but I don't really need it. Ditto for the GPS. The compass function is fun but hey, its a camera. As long as the camera functions work well then I am happy.

I like it. It beats my Panasonic ZS5 by a clear margin. The long zoom works fine, the image stabilization works well. Video works well. HDR, backlight, rapid exposures (up to 10 frames per second) all function well. For fun, you have the insane high speed video (though small size) modes if you like to capture 240 or 480 frames per second and play back at 30 fps for super slow motion. Just make sure you get a good Class 10 SD or SDHC card so that it can keep up (I recommend 16 Gbyte. They're pretty cheap nowadays.).

The camera feels really solid, you could do real damage in a bar fight with it.

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