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The Kodak Playsport is a great mini camcorder with waterproofing which has as much appetite for adventure as you do. And it's not afraid to get wet. This audacious little camera can plunge up to 10 feet 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 will stay steady as a rock. From the waves, to the slopes, to the mud-soaked trails, this Kodak Playsport was made for the extremes.

Main features

Still Image FormatJPEG
White BalanceAutomatic
Exposure ModesAutomatic
Image StabiliserElectronic
Shooting ModesDigital photo mode
Colour SupportColour
Media TypeFlash card
Widescreen Video CaptureWidescreen Video Capture
Camcorder Effective Still Resolution5.0 Mpix
Camcorder Sensor Resolution5.0 Mpix

Additional features
Additional FeaturesUSB 2.0 compatibility, water resistant, crushproof, YouTube capture mode
Digital Still Camera FunctionYes

System requirements for PC connection
Peripheral DevicesUSB port, CD-ROM Drive
Operating System SupportMS Windows 7, Apple MacOS X 10.4 or later, MS Windows Vista, MS Windows XP SP2

Review summary of Kodak Playsport
Summer is finally upon us, which means it might get hot enough for a nice relaxing swim, and if it doesn't then you can always fly somewhere where it will. Either way, you could have a lot of fun with Kodak's PlaySport mini camcorder, a waterproof model that can shoot 1080p video and take 5-megapixel stills.

The PlaySport is rated for up to 3m underwater, deep enough for swimming pools and mucking about on the river – which is all its intended for really. It's not shockproof, like Panasonic's DMC-FT1 HD-capable digital camera, but its feels very rigid and sturdily made. A wrist strap is provided to help keep hold of it.

It's easy to point-and-shoot and video quality is on a par with the best mini camcorders we've seen. There's a 1080p mode, but with a bitrate of 12Mbit/s it's fairly heavily compressed – there may be more pixels, but there's not much extra detail on offer. The 720p mode has a 60fps mode, which also runs at 12Mbit/s, and for the kind of action photography the PlaySport is intended for, we'd plump for the extra frames over the extra pixels.

This would have freed up buttons for switching between video and stills, currently in a menu accessed by pressing left on the main control, and switching to underwater mode, which counteracts the blur tint you get beneath the surface, again you need to access a menu to do this. At ￡111 it's very reasonably priced as well, being considerably cheaper than Flip's Ultra HD, its low light video isn't quite as good, but in every other respect it’s better to buy.

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