The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS30R Active Lifestyle Tough Camera (Red) DMC-TS30R gives you the freedom to travel confidently to any environment. The camera’s contemporary design and gorgeous red color is sure to impress everyone. Living up to its name, this camera is tough, freeze-proof (14°), shockproof (4.9 ft.), and waterproof (26 ft.). Apart from capturing still photographs, you can also record videos either in the HD resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels or the standard definition of 640 x 480 pixels. This camera can be easily used both on dry land and underwater.
Optics and Focus
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS30R Active Lifestyle Tough Camera (Red) DMC-TS30R features a revolutionary 4x Optical Zoom 25-100mm DC Vario lens. It helps you to see distant objects with utmost clarity. This camera has a total focal length of 4.5-18 mm and three various focus ranges. They comprise of normal range, telephoto range, and macro range. This camera comes with an ISO sensitivity rating of 100-1600 and a shutter speed ranging from 8 - 1/1300 second in normal mode to 15 - 60 seconds in the Starry Sky mode. The camera also comes equipped with a high-speed burst rate of 8 fps as well as an aperture rating of this camera is f/3.9 (W) - 5.7 (T) to f/13.
Sensor and Screen
Featuring an advanced 16.1 MP 1/2.3" CCD sensor, this camera can capture images with an amazing quality like no other. The 2.7-inch TFT LCD display screen comes with a respectable resolution of 230,000 pixels, which are essential for viewing your photos and videos with the perfect clarity.
Image and Video
This camera lets you click amazing photos in a maximum resolution of 16.1 MP in the popular JPEG format. Other than clicking photos, you can even record stunning videos in the universal MP4 format and a choice of two resolutions. You can record them either in the 1280 x 720 pixel HD resolution or a 640 x 480 pixel standard resolution. Ensuring complete stability to your photographs even in motion is the 5-way MEGA optical image stabilization facility. It aids in detecting even the slightest hand-shake or movement instantly by using a sampling frequency of 4,000 times per second for producing sharp and clear images.
Other Features
This camera has the capability of doing far more than just photography and video recording. To begin with, feel free to turn ordinary situations into lively, expressive images with the Creative Control in recording mode and Creative Retouch in playback mode. You can capture and overlay horizontal and vertical images by using the Creative Panorama function and then add a wide choice of filter effects to the images with the Creative Controls feature. The filters include expressive, retro, high key, low key, sepia, dynamic monochrome, impressive art, high dynamic, cross process, toy effect, miniature effect, and one-point color. Furthermore, this camera also comes equipped with a torch light, which is ideal for recording beautiful videos or clicking photos even in dark areas or at night.