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<font face="Arial">We just bought a new digital camera for
product/site/general photos since our trusty (the battery is
ALWAYS dead) Olympus camera is getting a bit old...<br>
<br>
So, not needing anything super fancy we got the Fuji XP130 package
from Costco. Drop resistant, water tight for diving, dust tight.
Even has wireless connectivity in addition to USB. Sounds good.<br>
<br>
Well, the camera takes very nice pictures and doesn't even freak
too badly if pointed at the house full of people. It quickly
draws boxes around almost all the faces at the same time. Wonder
how many faces it can handle at once?<br>
<br>
But...<br>
<br>
Whoever designed the wireless part had too much saki. WAY too
much.<br>
<br>
If you want to use it with your mobile device you pair the
bluetooth to your mobile...only you don't use normal pairing, it
doesn't show up there. You install their app and IT ("it" being
the app and not my inverter) does the pairing.<br>
<br>
Not done. Say you want to transfer pictures to your mobile.
Well, you open the Wireless Connection on the camera, then open
the app on the mobile, then tap connect on the app, then click the
connect on the camera, then accept the connection on both.
Believe it or not this process did NOT use BlueTooth except for
some initial sync. It disconnects your mobile from whatever WiFi
you happen to be using and reconnect to the WiFi hotspot in the
camera. <br>
<br>
From here you can remote-control the camera (works well), transfer
pictures, etc. But each time you change function like remote
control to transfer it disconnects and you have to start over.<br>
<br>
Did I mention WAAAY too much saki?<br>
<br>
The USB connection works fast and simple like you'd expect.<br>
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Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc.
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.DurandInterstellar.com">www.DurandInterstellar.com</a>
tel: +1 408 356-3886
@DurandInterstel
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