KODAK PIXPRO WPZ2 Rugged Waterproof Shockproof Dustproof WiFi Digital Camera 16MP 4X Optical Zoom 1080P Full HD Video Vlogging Camera 2.7″ LCD (Yellow)

Worked underwater great. While the display isn’t the best, this little camera takes nice photos underwater, and in salt water. No issues with leaking and it held its charge really well. You can see the quality of your photos after you download them to a device that has a better display. And regular photos look great too. I did have a difficult time focusing on some objects underwater but that could be user error and some practice is needed.

Waterproof is it’s finest moment. As an ex ‘photo-pro’ I wanted the exact opposite of a manual camera. As it turns out, my phone does better at point-and-shoot. In full auto mode, this camera tends to pick ridiculously slow shutter speeds, rendering blurred pictures.Sea level or below, you will need to go into manual MODE, set the shutter speed to 1/250th of a sec and raise the ASA, or set it to ‘auto’. 1/60th sec shutter speed is all you need in low light, the flash will make the exposure at short distances, but who want’s to mess with that? Set the flash to auto. When you hit the MODE button, you have to hold it down to be able to select the shutter & ASA settings – the instructions are very vague and not worth a damn.There is no stabilization for video, so take a Valium and steady your grip – or use a tripod. There is that typically annoying digital camera delay on the shutter button. Be patient, it will show you if you got the shot. Takes a nice picture when you set it right.IF YOU ARE A SNORKELER OR SCUBA DIVER: You can take this down with you – up to [stated] 50 ft. Also, as an ex diver, the color balance underwater is different. You can take a picture of a very colorful scene – with a regular camera in a waterproof “housing”….”down there”, come back to the surface, load it up on your PC, and it looks like dog doo. However, this camera has an underwater mode that color corrects for this. This, plus waterproof housing, is a huge plus for underwater shutterbugs.So, for the bright side – 16 megapixels [overkill for sharing on the web] and it doesn’t drown when it gets wet! I will take this out on my kayak and leave my expensive phone in a “drybag”! I bought this strictly for wet, swampy adventures.Back in the 70’s, when I was scuba diving, you couldn’t even dream of affording this camera – IF it had ever even existed – in a dream back then! And if it had existed, it would have been as big and heavy as a car battery.

732 Photos with flash on a single charge. The photos are decent. I bought this for a home inspection business. You can forget about anything moving on auto, but we are very spoiled with our smartphones. Battery life was impressive! The shot is pretty good as long as you push the button halfway to let it focus. You get what you pay for; if you want to shoot sports, spend $2500 on a DSLR and Lens. This is an excellent value if you want an affordable, durable camera for work or to keep in the glove box.

Be careful. The camera as purchased is absolutely fine. Be careful for the stupidity of Amazon. I made the mistake of reading Amazons line that said people usually purchase these items together. They recommended a standard SD card… which I purchased. Read the items description… it actually says it needs a micro SD card. I have other cameras that can use the card I bought. If you want to get up and running as soon as you buy your camera… order the correct memory card.

Extremely good for the price. I bought this as a backup camera for travelling, not wanting to spend the several hundred dollars more I spent on my primary camera. Initial tests seemed to produce fuzzy pictures and I emailed the company to ask. I got an extremely prompt and helpful reply. By going back to factory default settings and pressing the button slowly – halfway down, wait for teh click, wait for the focus rectangle to turn green, then finish pressing the button – I’m getting excellent pictures. There are a lot of settings available and I’m still learning to use them. It won’t shoot clear pictures as fast as my much more expensive camera, but for the price I think it is an outstanding camera, and I think having a good help desk is a major plus.

Environment-proof Camera at an Inexpensive Price. I bought this camera for use in an industrial work setting in a fairly harsh environment. Being waterproof, dustproof, and shockproof is pretty important in this role as even weather-sealed DSLRs and superzooms cannot withstand the conditions that this camera can take. In this role the camera works well, especially for the price.The specifications for the camera are adequate for its use to take pictures, but don’t expect the quality that you’d expect from a midrange prosumer DSLR or mirrorless camera. It has an effective 35mm focal length of 27 mm to 108 mm and a 4x optical zoom, but using it out to 4x is difficult without the use of a tripod. It has an aperture of f/3.0 to f/6.6, so it isn’t optimal for low light conditions but works fine for outdoor use until twilight. It has 16 Megapixels, but this doesn’t matter too much unless you’re printing large images. It has a pretty small 1/2.3″ BSI CMOS sensor.Pros:Excellent weatherproofing: The particular use case for this camera allows it to operate in conditions that would otherwise destroy a camera. It is waterproof up to 15 m (49 ft), shockproof up to 2 m (6 ft), and dustproof IP6X. I use it an in extremely chemically dusty environment that quickly corrodes exposed contacts. This camera performs spectacularly in this environment due to its design. It doesn’t have the left-right command zoom nor a rotating command button interface like in a lot of prosumer cameras, but this is a good thing for weatherproofing. If the camera gets dirty you can just rinse it off with water which is fantastic. Being completely enclosed without a separate lens means you don’t need to worry about sensor contamination or cleaning the inside of lenses. The bottom cover is sealed with a rubber gasket to prevent water ingress into the battery compartment during use.Sharp Lens: The focus on this camera is excellent and provides a very sharp focus, particularly in Macro mode. It can provide a large amount of detail provided that the focus is what you want it to be (which can be tricky). The Macro mode works well here and can focus on close range objects without too much difficulty other than the exact focal point due to the limitations of the LCD display resolution.Intuitive Interface: There aren’t a huge amount of bells and whistles in the UX/UI interface and this simplifies the overall operation. The command console is just the standard buttons (macro, delete, flash, display). The buttons are simple for zoom (out and in) and playback / recording. There is one button for shooting mode and one for the menu. Taking pictures uses the single button on the top right of the camera. There is a small drawback here in that the various modes (Auto / Program / Manual / Landscape etc.) are embedded within the UI and not in a separate command dial. It doesn’t have a separate Aperture Priority / Shutter Priority that you’d find in prosumer cameras but the Manual mode does allow some more precise control than other point-and-shoots with EV compensation up to ± 3 EV with 1/3 step increments. It also allows for white balance control. The camera has the standard options for time-delay pictures so you can be in the frame or if you’re using a tripod to stabilize the camera.Portable: This camera is fairly small and can easily fit in a shirt pocket. The included wrist strap makes it easy to keep on you to prevent it from accidentally dropping. I like that the wrist strap connection is metal and not plastic and seems sturdy. Images can be reviewed fairly easily on your phone using theNon-Proprietary Codecs: Pictures are taken in the universal .jpg format and movies in .mov format. This allows it to be displayed on practically all devices without needing to convert it. It doesn’t have RAW capability though so post-processing can be a bit limited.Decent WiFi: Connecting to it with your phone is fairly straightforward once you have the PIXPRO Remote Viewer, and you can use it to take basic pictures (basically the shutter button) remotely and review images on your phone screen (which will likely be better than using the integral LCD).Decent Battery Life: No complaints here, but not a lot to say either. During normal use it can give you a good 2 hours or so of frequent picture taking before needing a recharge. This is on par with other cameras of its class. Charging is done by opening the bottom cover and, while the battery is inside, connecting a mini USB-A connector (included).Bright Flash: The forward-mounted integrated flash is pretty bright. You can’t aim it in any way and there is no diffusion. It can help offset some of the low light performance but it can blow out the white balance some of the images if you’re not careful.Price: For what it can do, it is very competitively priced for its feature set and its weatherproofing capability. It doesn’t have all of the advanced bells and whistles, nor the best specs, but for most people it should be “good enough.”Cons:Difficult Focusing: While the lens does focus sharply, it can be difficult to get it to focus exactly on what you want. Part of this problem is due to the small, poor resolution LCD display. Often you can’t really tell if the picture is focused to your satisfaction until post when you can review it on your computer. There is also some lag on the display that is noticeable when moving or rotating the camera. It lacks an electronic viewfinder so you’re completely reliant on the rear LCD display for composition and image review.Poor Image Stabilization: The image stabilization isn’t great and you need an incredibly steady hand when taking pictures in medium to low light conditions (such as indoors) otherwise you’ll get some blurry images. This often means in practice having to retake images which can be frustrating.Poor Low-Light Conditions: This is an issue that isn’t unique to cameras with the small 1/2.3” sensor size, but is particularly noticeable with the poor image stabilization. The auto and program features attempt to counter this by bumping up the ISO and manages to choose an appropriate speed to maintain a balanced exposure. The standard advice applies here: use a tripod when possible and a time-delay for low-light conditions.Small LCD and Poor Resolution: The LCD (2.7 in with 230k pixels) is not super great for image review. It is fine for composing pictures if you can get past the movement lag. When taking pictures in Macro mode it can be difficult to review where the precise focus is located.Limited microSD Capacity: This camera only accepts microSDHC cards up to 32 GB. This isn’t a lot compared to what you can get these days in 2023, but provides ~7500 or so Fine quality images. The bottleneck will be the battery. However, 32 GB microSD cards are super cheap and you can carry a lot of them around.Conclusion: This is a pretty good camera for use in harsh environments, but be aware that it isn’t perfect in every situation. It should work well though for family vacation pictures where you don’t want to constantly worry about getting sand everywhere since all it needs is a simple rinse to clean it.

WiFi……NOT. Heads up to anyone considering buying this thinking it will hook up to a laptop thru wifi…. it won’t. Still using the same old 1990s tech of plugging a cable between the camera and computer. I guess you could also travel back in time and use a card reader. Kodak will tell you to use their app, but there’s a reason it’s got that stellar 1.8 rating. Besides no real wifi, the viewing screen is really hard to see in the water, reducing trying to take photos to pointing in the general direction of your subject and snapping away. Battery has short life but that was expected. I was going to post some underwater photos but the best I can tell from scrolling thru on the tiny screen, there’s not too many that you could even identify. As you may be able to tell, I am very disappointed and cannot recommend that anyone buy the same camera.

WiFi……NOT. Heads up to anyone considering buying this thinking it will hook up to a laptop thru wifi…. it won’t. Still using the same old 1990s tech of plugging a cable between the camera and computer. I guess you could also travel back in time and use a card reader. Kodak will tell you to use their app, but there’s a reason it’s got that stellar 1.8 rating. Besides no real wifi, the viewing screen is really hard to see in the water, reducing trying to take photos to pointing in the general direction of your subject and snapping away. Battery has short life but that was expected. I was going to post some underwater photos but the best I can tell from scrolling thru on the tiny screen, there’s not too many that you could even identify. As you may be able to tell, I am very disappointed and cannot recommend that anyone buy the same camera.

Makes really good photos. Takes very good photos , very simple to setup and use. You do need to buy a micro SD card. A pack of 2 32 GB IS less than 20$. And holds almost 6,000 photos on each card. The macro on is amazing and will shoot very close. Telephone works fine. Doesn’t get too grainy. For 149$ it’s a great little camera to take to the pool or beach. When you shoot’s holt the shutter button for a second till the light is green and fire. Very simple. Also has various settings for the flash fill flash and slow synch flash. Underwater mode for color correction which works pretty well. You can also set it for spot or center weighted if you wish. An all around excellent small camera. Fits in the palm of your hand. Very good buy.

its ok. its not a great camera, the pictures are not of a great quality.it works and does the basics.

Great value camera. I bought this camera for a trip to Cancun. It did not disappoint. It’s easy to use and takes really good pictures. It’s very solid with excellent fit and finish. I had it to a depth of about 3 feet in a lagoon and it worked fine. It has quite a few scenes for various conditions, with a special underwater scene that’s easy to find. I also had several pictures developed; for 4×6 size the results are crisp with good color. I had no problems with the wifi feature. This is a great camera for the price!

It worked and was waterproof but pic quality is just ok. I got this for my 10 year old when we went to Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks. It took decent pictures as long as it was not moving. He wore it around his neck and swam with it when he walked the narrows and it stayed dry.

I’ve taken my favorite pictures on this camera. The media could not be loaded. I picked it up for hiking and just taking candid photos here and there. The battery life is great. The usability is great! I only have a few complaints but over all it was worth the purchase. The power button is sensitive and it turns itself on while in my purse a lot. The wifi option is a little finicky at times. And I wish there was a quicker way to switch from the scene modes to automatic mode. I took some amazing pictures while hiking and going for walks in the snow. Not having to touch a screen came in clutch in the cold weather. I’ve beat it up pretty good and it’s survived so far.