The camera body is waterproof to 3.0 m. It's dustproof too, so you don't have to worry about dust or sand getting inside. It has passed drop tests at a height of 1.5 m. This is one tough little camera that you can take wherever the action takes you.

The FT1 records HD motion images with 1280 x 720-pixel resolution while zooming in and out. It uses the AVCHD Lite (MPEG-4/H.264), which achieves higher image quality and stores less data than the conventional Motion JPEG.

Just set the camera to iA mode, aim and shoot. The camera does the rest, automatically activating seven detection and correction functions. These include MEGA O.I.S., which helps prevent blurring due to shaky hands, and Face Recognition, which finds familiar faces in a group of people and captures them in clear focus and with proper exposure.*
*Turn Face Recognition item ON and resister the person with full-face portrait on the shooting menu in advance. Refer to back page for detail.

A retracting lens with folding optics is used in this 4.6x zoom lens system, which lets you take shots from 28mm wide-angle to 128mm telephoto. This gives you the flexibility for virtually any shooting situation – even underwater, where your movement is restricted and the angle of view becomes especially important for composing your picture.