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| | Features | Waterproof up to 10 ft. (3 m)Full 1080p HD videoElectronic image stabilizationBrilliant 2.0 in. color displayCapture 5 megapixel HD stills (16:9)
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| | Description | The Kodak Playsport 1520287 Video Camera has as much appetite for adventure as you do. And it’s not afraid to get wet. with the Kodak Playsport 1520287 Video Camera, a audacious little camera that can plunge up to 10 ft under water and capture the entire experience in full 1080p HD. And you don’t need to worry about blurry footage when things get a little shaky. With built-in image stabilization, the Kodak Playsport 1520287 Video Camera will stay steady as a rock. From the waves, to the slopes, to the mud-soaked trails, this baby was made for the extremes. Order the Kodak Playsport 1520287 Video Camera today! | |
| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 2.4 inches | | Product Width: | 1.0 inches | | Product Height: | 2.7 inches | | Product Weight: | 3.1 pounds | | Package Length: | 6.7 inches | | Package Width: | 6.1 inches | | Package Height: | 2.9 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 403 reviews |
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 disappointing... Sep 05, 2010
I was very excited about this camera before I got it then I had to find out that it's kind of a deception. The problems are the following:
1. It's not true HD the only usable format to shoot with is the 720p 60fps, that looks decent, the 720p 30fps format is very jerky, looks like 15fps and the 1080p 30fps is very choppy, unusable, and it is interpolated in the camera software or something because the quality of the picture is not very good it definitely doesn't look full HD. To add to the problems, when you switch to 1080p you loose about 40-50% of the field of view I have no idea why, it's like you zoom in the middle of the picture all the way. It sucks!
2. The other major flaw with the camera is the focus range of the lens, the minimum focus distance is 3.3 ft (1m) and underwater becomes 4.4 ft (1.4m) that means you can't hold the camera in your hand and shoot yourself, it will be out of focus especially under water. Macro is also nonexistent, just imagine, you have to be 3.3 ft from the object to have it focused. This really turns me off, even the old Iphone has a better lens the focus range with 9 inch to infinity!!!! Iphone 4's camera beats this camera in every aspect.
3. the low light performance is very very bad, super noisy!
I think that this camera could have had a great potential but I feel deceived by Kodak, it's not a true 1080p camera even though they market it that way, it's a pure lie from their part, the good things about it are that it is waterproof and it shoots a decent 720p 60fps. I would return it if I could and wait until some other company comes out with a better product.
If you are looking for a toy camera you can use without worry that you could buy this camera, just don't expect to much from it. Hope this helps other people not to be deceived by this product I only wish somebody would have written about this before I bought it.
Great for Special Vacations! Sep 03, 2010
I bought this for my new husband to take on our honeymoon to Hawaii for our wet/underwater adventures. It worked great! But first, the bad/needs improvement issues: There was only one problem that we had, after shooting some video, the system locked up and the recording seemed as if it wouldn't stop. After a hard reboot (removing the battery to turn off, then restarting it), it worked fine and all the pics and video were still there. Of course, if you were underwater at the time something like this happened, it would be a much bigger problem. But, we used this device for the entire trip, and that was the only problem we had. The other thing that Kodak could improve upon is to add a tightener to the strap for the camera. It's great they included a strap, but it is still quite loose, and if you are using the camera on a boat or while snorkeling like we were, it is most likely going to slip off your wrist at some point. We solved this problem by creating our own strap tightener with a hair band, however it would be nice if Kodak would address this easy to fix (and most likely extremely cheap to fix) issue.
That being said, the video quality is fantastic with this little guy. You DO have to be aware of how fast you are moving the camera while shooting a video, you have to keep it at a pretty slow, steady motion, but that is really to be expected, not sure why anyone would be surprised about that. The camera also takes really great outdoor and underwater still pictures. I would highly recommend this purchase to anyone who wants to capture really special trips. This is not a camera for every day usage (unless you happen to be underwater every day), but it is a must have for wet or underwater adventures!!!
 Man, gee, wow! I really love this camera. Sep 03, 2010
This camera is just great fun. So portable. Clean videos. Light and easy to carry. Why, I can't say enough about it. Just popped the SDHC card into my Mac and Iphoto picked it right up. What fun! Video on the run. I haven't tested the waterproof feature yet, but that's going to happen soon. At this price, it's a very worthy and fun thing to have. Go get one. Have a nice time. :)
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Sometimes, you don't even get what you pay for Sep 02, 2010
The firmware that currently comes with these cameras, version 1.03, is broken and will not record more than 4GB of data to at least some SDHC cards even if more space is available. (Not 4GB per video which is a normal filesystem limitation, but 4GB TOTAL.) In fact, not only will it refuse to record more than 4GB, once you reach this limit the controls lock up and the only way to reset the camera is to remove the battery. This defective firmware has been available for over 4 months, and there is no way to downgrade to 1.02 (which did not have this issue). I use a Transcend 8GB Class 6 card which works fine in other devices; others have reported issues with 16GB and 32GB cards.
Trying to contact Kodak technical support for this camera is also next to impossible unless you are living in the past. Their live chat only works on old versions of Firefox or IE (no Safari, no Chrome, no Firefox 4). Several of the links on their site to the Contact Us page are broken. Once you finally find their feedback form, it too is busted and will only display a list of their non-video digital cameras when you select "Digital Video Camera", so you can't get help there unless you intentionally choose the wrong camera model.
Beyond that, the waterproofing works as advertised, and picture quality is about what you would expect from a really cheap pocket cam--which is to say, extremely over-compressed. At an average bitrate of just 12Mbps (Main@L4.2), you will experience substantial loss of picture detail. There is no way to change the bitrate the camera uses. The same bitrate is used for all shooting modes, so you might think to switch to 720p to improve the picture quality, but the built-in resizer is so horrible that it makes the video look WORSE (like badly upconverted SD footage). That said, at 1080p, I doubt the picture quality is any worse than other cameras in the price range, especially since they all seem to use the same Ambarella AVC encoder.
The CMOS sensor is slow even when set to 60fps mode, so there is a fair amount of wobble caused by the rolling shutter. Low light performance is decent given the sensor size. There is no macro focus, so pay attention to the minimum focal length. The camera gets warm when it is on for more than about 10 minutes. The digital zoom cannot be disabled, but thanks to the waterproofing it is harder to activate than on a Flip.
If Kodak releases a newer firmware that fixes the 4GB recording issue, this would be a solid four-star budget HD video camera. With no ability to record more than an hour at a time, however, I would strongly recommend finding a less buggy alternative (or expect to change cards a lot and plan accordingly).
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just ok Sep 02, 2010
Overall the camera takes decent videos at full wide only. If you zoom in color and contrast drops drastically the more you use it. Photos are not what this is meant for at all so dont plan on anything great in that area. I was happy with the video quality at full wide until it started randomly loosing footage. It happened on a few occasions with multiple cards so i know that it was the camera. Also on a few occasions the camera would completely lock and since there is no reset button the only way to fix the problem is to take out the battery. That issue alone is unexceptable on a waterproof camera due to the fact if you are taking video in the water you can not fix it until it is all dry. I returned my camera due to these issues of locking up and occasional loss of footage.
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