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Poor quality image, low battery life. Waterproof??

Started Mar 20, 2012 | User reviews thread
bobbarber Contributing Member • Posts: 786
Re: Poor quality image, low battery life. Waterproof??

I had one of these for a while and loved it, especially on the beach. It was cheap and I didn't worry about it. Image quality was poor, for sure, but I got some nice pictures. I even got some decent videos. At least I like watching them.

Did you do anything to prevent the camera from flooding? As I remember, there is a small o-ring in the battery compartment. I always checked that like a hawk, because a single grain of sand in that o-ring, or a hair, can make the camera flood. I also put silicone grease on the o-ring. I don't know if the manual says to do that, but it helps.

The camera is a poor camera. No doubt. The images are blurry. But for me it worked well on the beach. Warning: Do not look at the following images full-size! But as a 4x6 snapshot taker, for the memories? I got along with it.

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