Toshiba Camileo BW10 : Review of Waterproof Camcorder

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Now, no need to border your enjoyment as Toshiba UK has announced the launch of the first-ever camcorder of Camileo BW10 with Aquatic skill. This camcorder is specifically designed to survive in water, snow, rain or dust. This Camileo BW10 camcorder enables one to film out tropical fish while snorkeling. It removes the entire restrictions of capturing and eases filming in ski trips snowboarding, sand dune racing, climbing, and sailing. So, enjoy your fun days without any obstruction as Camileo BW10 is proven the ideal companion for adventure holidaymakers, water sports-enthusiasts and for desert-based holidays.

The unique selling point of the BW10 is that you can record video in up to 6.5 feet below water. It is not suitable to record your deep sea diving escapes but under water, testing of the camcorder comes with a shocking result in the form of a bright and sharp images and videos in or around the water. Another major point about BW10 is its electronic image stabilization feature that ensures steadier images even with shaky hands. Also, Toshiba BW10 sports Camileo Uploader software which can ease your YouTube uploading.

As Camileo BW10 weigh only 3.5 ounces and sized up to 4.2 x 2.2 x 0.9 inches, it is very comfortable to hold and ideal for fitting into a beach bag or backpack. Its exterior black rubber cover looks a bit cheap compared to the similarly priced Kodak Zi6. But this cover serves a major purpose, making it waterproof and dust-sand resistant.

On the lower half of device, there is a circular D-pad buttons which are sized decently and spaced properly so that clicking becomes easy. All these buttons ease review recordings, stills recording, video, access settings, and delete function. Camileo BW10 comes in stylish and demanding silver color and more playful yellow or turquoise color.

With 1920x1080p Full HD video, BW10 offers impressive clarity and sharpness in the most challenging conditions of environment. Quick and easy switching between 5MP unmoving photographs and video shooting is possible with two-button operation. Camileo BW10 sports maximum ISO speed of 1600 that enables one to take great shots in challenging ambient light conditions. Face detection technology automatically enhance the exposure and colors of up to twelve faces in a single frame. Fortunately, Camileo BW10 supports this latest technology. The Camileo BW10 is attuned with SD cards up to 64GB in capacity which provides enough storage space and translates Full HD video content up to 10 hours.

The Camileo BW10 sports a micro USB port and HDMI® connectivity which allows great convenience in viewing videos and still photos directly on a HD enabled TVs or on computer. The Camileo BW10 is equipped with a sharp 5.1cm and a two-inch diagonal LCD screen. The Camileo BW10 is able to record MP4 videos of up to 1080p in resolution and also capture unmoving images of up to 5MP in size. Its camera has 10x digital zoom only. Also the quality for close-up shots is not so good because of not having the optical zoom in camera. BW10 has option to change the resolution of up to 0.3MP, 0.9MP or 2MP in order to save space.

However Toshiba claims that Camileo BW10 is suitable for capturing sports images. Kodak Playsport camcorder delivers better action shots and may be proven the exact choice that you want in camcorder. If you have small children, then BW10 will provide you little more benefit. This camcorder is able to take a photograph while recording video because it has separate video and photo functions for instant action along with five megapixel digital still camera.

Kodak Play Touch can edit videos itself but this seems unable in the case of BW10. Other annoying features of the model are that user can not zoom-in and examine pictures on the camcorder itself as well as there is not any option to delete group images. BW10 supports 70-minute battery life but it seems very irritating when you will need a USB connection for further power up.

No doubt that Toshiba Camileo BW10 is waterproof, easy-to-use, portable, and an inexpensive camcorder which is much compatible to capture unexpected moments. All these features make it fully intended for ready and rough outdoor use. Its anti-shake feature will make the BW10 very demanding to the potential users. When it comes to quality concerns of BW10, some of its limitations reflect that it is not worthy to the standard expectations. Moreover, if you are professional photographer or budding film maker then the BW10 won’t be perfect for you.

Lack of software compression like AVCHD standard is responsible for unnatural video, over and under saturated colors image along with strange glassy outlines. Sometimes there is a large amount of unwanted blockiness in camera movements. Overall, its still photos quality is same as in 5-megapixel mobile phone so it is unfair to weigh the BW10′s results against those from a £400 Panasonic camcorder.

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