Installation:
IntelliStudio is another one of those new features that we're seeing emerge on the R10's design. Embedded on the flash memory inside the R10 is video/photo playback and editing software called IntelliStudio. Much like U3 on USB drives, this program will execute and run directly from the camera on any Windows XP or newer system (sorry Mac users!).

Testing:
Since the R10 lacks the traditional hand strap to slide your hand into, I did find it somewhat awkward to hold onto at first. The feeling of a hand strap being there also gives me the security that if something were to happen causing me to open my hand while filming that my camera would not simply fall to the ground.

The quality of the video I recorded was superb and I have no complaints from that area of functionality. Keep in mind if you're shooting in high definition that you will need a fairly new computer to be able to play them back due to the super high resolutions (when compared to most computer resolutions). Of course the ability to switch the R10 into standard definition will allow you to use it much the same as any older video cameras - just with the convenience of flash memory instead of tapes!

When you're in video mode, the photo button will simply grab a snapshot of the current frame. These are not high quality snapshots though, to attain full image quality you must be in photo mode. When you flip into photo mode, you now get a whole new set of options in the menu and QMenu. I switched the camera over to the highest quality, 12MP, and took a variety of shots with the flash on and the flash off. I placed a few of these shots below for you to check out! Although the pictures appear to have fairly good colour, and in a high resolution, they still do not match up to those from a true digital photo camera. They get grainy very fast and you can almost notice this in the shots before zooming them. This all comes down to how the lens is designed - since it's a video lens designed for 1080 video, a high-quality digital still photo lens is simply not in the same ballpark.

Two down-sized sample pictures from the camera taken at the highest quality setting.