We got our Xiao Yi from TK Foto at Arena mall instead of buying it online, reason being :
1. We were going to dive the next day haha yes it was a last minute buy, online delivery will not make it.
2. We felt more secure is we were able to .... okay i felt more secure if it was tangible, seeing and touching what you buy is sort of nice isn't it haha
1. The floating handle (green and black) - S$ 25
2. The black box is a carrier - FOC
3. 16GB SD card - FOC
4. The white box consist of selfie stick with bluetooth remote and camera - S$ 179
5. Brown Box camera casing - I forgot how much opps
The How to instruction made easy - Connecting camera to Bluetooth
1. Turn on the camera - button next to the lens press and hold
2. Turn on Bluetooth on Camera - little tiny button in the side.
Click once - wifi turn on
Click twice - Bluetooth turns on
3. Click on your Bluetooth control button where it shows camera and video. blue = connected
4. Videomode - tiny light on top and below camera will blink in red
The How to instruction made easy - Connecting camera through Wifi with phone
1. download the app - Xiao yi camera app
2. turn on Wifi on the camera
3. Open the app - tap on the green photo button in the bottom center of the phone - select your camera by swiping left or right- click on connect.
Review
Overall as you can see it takes lots of light and steady hands to have a clearer picture because there isn't a build in stabilizer, videos are clearer than photos taken underwater. If you need a camera just for memories and for fun, this is a good enough and value for money. Who know, maybe the more we practice using it we might be able to get the hang of it.
Make sure you preset everything in your app before you bring it into the water with you. well~ not that there is a lot to set, to make life easier if your taking more videos than pictures then you can change the photo default setting into video.
The camera takes a few second to be ready for shoot once it is on, same goes with the video mode, so make sure you give it a second or two and check the red light indicator for recording before you start recording is not you probably will not be capturing anything in the end of the day.
All of the underwater photos and taken with the xiao yi~ to see more pictures just go to Travel - Indonesia - gallery.
