FujiFilm FinePix XP200 Pro Reviews

The Fujifilm FinePix XP200 is a nice camera to use. It's not delicate, by all means, and needs a little bit more oomph to get it working, but that's the waterproof seals under the buttons that are to blame. We like the design of the camera and the bright colours are attractive and easy to see in the gloomy depths of the Manchester Ship Canal if you drop it while scuba diving. We're unsure that the size of the buttons will be easy to use if you're wearing diving gloves, so putting the camera into one setting in advance then just using the large textured shutter release button would be the best compromise. But then, why should you have to compromise? If you buy a camera to do a job, should it be able to allow you to perform that job easily? As land-lubbers, we're not sure as to how easy or difficult it would be in reality, so we'd have to get feedback from a user to make an educated opinion on it. In the dry, the Fujifilm FinePix XP200 is competent in picture quality. The colours are realistic and the edges are sharp. Noise is an issue relatively early, but no more so than we'd expect. It's certainly not the worst we've seen from a rugged camera.

The Fujifilm FinePix XP200 is very tough, with a rating of 2 metres shock proof, as well as waterproof down to 15 metres, making it one of the tougher waterproof cameras available. The Fujifilm FinePix XP200 is good value for money, with lots of features including 60fps full HD video with optical image stabilisation, although we would have preferred to see better image quality from the camera. However, if you mostly share to the web, then the built in Wi-Fi will appeal, as well as the different colours the camera is available in.

We have yet to shoot any images with an XP200, but its credentials are impressive and it seems that Fuji has thought about how and where people want to use a rugged camera.