Fujifilm's new family-friendly rugged compact camera for 2018, the FinePix XP130, has a 16.4 million pixel 1/2.3-inch image sensor along with a 5x optical zoom lens (28-140mm equivalent).

I picked up the XP120 model for a recent trip to Mexico. I needed a camera that was waterproof because most of my activities were going to be in water, snorkeling, cave diving, playing at the beach or in the pool.

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Low price; Lightweight at 207g; Handy electronic level; Waterproof to 10m; Drop-prof from 1.8m

Short battery life; No RAW photos or 4K video; Confusing wireless file transfer; Poor in low light & with fast action; Few manual controls

The image quality is terrible and the edges of the image are black when I used the zoom function. The image is reduced to a tunnel view. I may have received a faulty camera, but I would not risk $170 on this camera. The camera would communicate with my cell phone, but only to receive location data.

Fujifilm's one and only ruggedised compact camera, the XP130 is a pocket-sized point-and-shoot model that's built for the rough and tumble of a trip to the wilderness. It's waterproof to a depth of 20m, shock-proof to withstand drops of up to 1.75m onto a hard surface, dust-proof and freeze-proof to...

Simple to use; More affordable than other rugged cameras; Pocket-sized but rugged

Average image quality; No 4K video recording; Light on features compared to rivals

The Fujifilm XP130 is mid-priced rugged waterproof compact that combines ease of use with some advanced features all wrapped up in a stylishly designed body. An update to the year-old XP120, it adds Bluetooth to the existing Wifi connection allowing automatic wireless downloading of images to a...

I wasn't expecting great pictures (they are mediocre). It would have been nice if the controls were easy to use (they are not) and if the bluetooth app for transferring pictures was usable (it wasn't). But all I really wanted was that the camera be waterproof. It was not.

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Bought this camera for a summer cruise to the Bahamas. Best thing I can say for this camera is that it survived being dunked in the ocean. This piece of junk took awful pictures that reminded me of the instamatic kodak cameras I had as a kid back it the 1960's. Horrible piece of junk.

Bought it primarily to use underwater on holiday. Took decent pictures above and under water. Minor problem with misting on some pictures when it went from the cold water to warm air. Really good feature that pics can be remotely downloaded to phone and shared.