Camera: Fuji XP 10 - Looks Good!

I'm back from one of the most profound, yet fun, weeks of my entire life: A 7-day Mission Trip at Camp Twinlow outside of Post Falls, Idaho. We had brought 7 of our Church's kids with us.  We went out into the community, gaining skills (even me) and learning to work as teams.  I had my doubts about leading a group of kids in hands-on, work projects and about sleeping in a cabin with 6 teenagers for a week but everything worked out great.  I was honestly kinda sad when the trip came to an end and I can't wait to do it all over again next year. 

Can you see me?

A full trip report will be available at my other blog (see here) but there was some fishing to be had.  Also, remember how I had picked up another compact camera before I left?  It was the Fujifilm Finepix XP 10 compact.  Waterproof, Shockproof and cheap! 

Let me just come out and say that I LOVED THIS CAMERA.  Took 220 pictures and several videos.   Here's what I appreciated so much about the camera:

• Waterproof.  Didn't come in handy this trip, but I'm sure it will this summer.
• Shockproof.  Already dropped it several times with no damage.
• Great Value.  $140 is an excellent price, even for something that's NOT waterproof.
• Fast.  Turns on quickly, snappy response to most operations.
• Compact.  Fits hand just right.  Easy enough to carry in a pocket.
• Smart.  Seems to have some impressive facial recognition features.
• Bright Green.  Easy to find.  Eye-catching to others.

The quality of the pictures themselves isn't fantastic.  But they are good enough for my purposes and better than I was expecting, after having returned the last Fuji that I'd purchased last year.

I have a busy summer of hiking, fishing and traveling.  Expect to see more pictures from the XP 10!