Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Fujifilm FinePix XP130 Waterproof Digital Camera w/16GB SD Card

Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2018

I am quite impressed with this little, rugged camera. It is full of features and quite hardy in construction. While it has taken me a little time to familiarize myself with the operation, the time has been well spent and the result is a folder full of high quality pictures in all kinds of lighting. I have used the remote control, downloaded pictures, taken selfies and used flash and no flash. The camera has performed admirably well and provided me with HIGHLY detailed photos with great color saturation. ... The Only feature I do not like is the facial recognition which allows our rotten government agencies to identify and track us. I must find a way to stop that. I advise you to do the very same when you get this camera. I got the beautiful blue version of this camera but it cost me an extra 10 or 20 dollars....
Later I bought a carrying case for the camera which carries my camera and the charging cable... It came with a 16 Gb SDHC Class 10 card and the Fujifilm Li-On battery which serves to recharge with the aforementioned cable.
In short, it is a useful camera and provides high contrast photos with exceptional clarity and great deep coloration. Every parameter can be modified to whatever suits you with the detailed manual that is provided as you scroll through one field after another using the menu.

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Kindle Customer

Great Little Movie Camera

Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2018

Color: YellowStyle: BaseVerified Purchase

For the price you cannot go wrong with this little camera. Its perfect for kayaking and water activities. Shoots very decent movies that are sharp, clear, with accurate color for what you actually saw. Make sure you have a few extra batteries on hand it does eat through those while shooting movies. And if a battery is low it will just beep at you but not turn on, making you think its broke for sure.
The coolest thing though is you can drive this thing from your smart phone using blue tooth. You can zoom take pictures of movies, while seeing what the camera sees on your smart phone. Put it on the front of your Kayak with a Fat Gecko suction cup monopod, with your smart phone in water proof bag and you are off and filming those around you.

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Kyle N Lane

Great Camera for Rafting

Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2018

Color: LimeStyle: BaseVerified Purchase

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.

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Sherry in TX

The best little waterproof camera

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2020

Color: BlueStyle: BaseVerified Purchase

This camera is excellent!
I bought it to take on a research trip to Ecuador. I was climbing trees in the Amazon, climbing volcanoes, and swimming in black lake lagoons... this camera handled it all.
I recommend taking an extra battery on long trips but it easily stays charged for a couple days of moderate to heavy use.
You can get really good photos if you tweak with the settings and use it well. Many people had cameras twice the price or more on the trip and my camera serviced me just as well AND was completely water proof. Takes really good macro shots surprisingly (I was photographing lots of insects and the detail I could obtain was amazing).

One of my all time favorite purchases. Really amazing value for the cost.

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Breadtruck

My go-to for work-related pictures, but is it good for you?

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2020

Color: SilverStyle: BaseVerified Purchase

1/15/21 UPDATE:
Multiple drops on concrete flooring, and its still working well. Drenched in water, oil, grease and dust. It has been very durable in my factory environment!
The camera's loop for the carry cord broke off on one of the times it was dropped on the floor. Minor inconvenience, oh well.
Raising review score from 4 to 5. Its been worth the price, and then some.

ORIGINAL REVIEW:
I bought this to replace a XP90 that was dropped on concrete flooring one to many times. That camera held up to some serious abuse, so I bought an updated version of it.

This one has been okay so far, but right off the bat a few things broke that I never had a problem with on the XP90.

The string carry cord pretty much snapped the first time I used it. I transferred the one I had on the XP90 to this camera.

The lens trim ring popped off the front of the camera within the first couple weeks of use. No drops or rough handling. I superglued it back on, but it was a little concerning to be honest.

For my needs, the camera still works well for taking pictures at work, and it WILL eventually be destroyed. So as long as it functions, the problems I listed aren't a huge deal breaker to me. But this might be something you should take in consideration if this is for personal use. I'd be a lot more annoyed for this to happen on a vacation getaway.

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Steve

Leaked on first use

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2018

Color: LimeStyle: BaseVerified Purchase

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.

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Mike E.

GREAT Camera!!!!

Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2018

Color: BlueStyle: BaseVerified Purchase

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FIRST - I know Amazon reduces the quality of the videos that are posted, this camera takes FANTASTIC videos above and below water. We spent a week in Jamaica and a lot of time on the reefs there, this camera is amazing. I gave 4 stars for easy to use simply because you really need to play with the wireless transfer capabilities of this camera to understand them. They're not hard to understand but being familiar with them before you're on a boat will help. That said, I took videos and photos in the ocean and had them transfered to my iPhone before we were back to port. This is a great camera for those not wanting to spend a ton on one.

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amy g

Great pictures but don’t waste your money

Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2019

Color: BlueStyle: BaseVerified Purchase

I have now owned two of these cameras. The first one was used on a snorkeling trip, it worked very well but then died in the middle of its second summer. I liked it enough to buy a second camera, this one was used only while kayaking so it never got wet. When I went to use it yesterday I discovered it was completely dead. To be fair, the second camera did go unused for a full year, but for this price, it should not die so soon. I would never buy another one again.

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Great Fun Camera! Love the XP130.

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2018

Color: SilverStyle: BaseVerified Purchase

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.

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Jerry Palmerino

Disappointing Image Quality

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2019

Color: SilverStyle: BaseVerified Purchase

I bought this to take to an indoor water park to take photos and videos of my kids, and I wish I would have just used my IP68-rated smartphone instead.

The image quality is very bad. Grainy is not the word, because even grainy photos can look good. The photos came out waxy looking or muddy.

Mine included the SD card as advertised.

I was happy to be able to confidently use it in the heated pool and was very tempted to dunk it under the water and take some underwater shots, but didn;t want to take the chance. It did, however, withstand several large splashes. That;s really what I wanted...the assurance that it could get wet without being ruinied.

Perhaps it would take better photos is perfect, brightly-lit conditions, but, for my usage so far, this camera did a poor job indoors.

Other peoiple at the waterpark used waterproof cell phone bags. Taking photos through a piece of plastic would have produce poor shots as well, so that propbably isn't an option.

I would not recommend this camera. There are other more expensixe options, like the other camera I was considering, but it cost too much (Olympus TG5). The Olympus has a larger aperture, which I know would have produced better shots indoors.

I attached two straight out of camera photos (no cropping or editing) for a sample of the image quality. I posted these two because they don't show anyone's faces. Not the greatest artistic composition in the world, but useful to show the muddy photos.

I own a Fuji XT2, which I love, but this XP130 camera was a total letdown.

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