Dive Camera

[fchidsey]

How Many People have Dive Cameras if so What types?

We are going to be looking into a new one by sealife.

[Junkzoo]

Using a Olympus 5050,,,with the UW housing made for it by Olympus,,,every function on the camera can be used with the housing buttons,,which makes it nice,,,compared to the Canon A1 35mm i used prior,,,,,w/ Ikelite housing,,,,

Sounds like you are looking into UW only cameras,,,,
I shopped around for mine, finding a housing for one ,after i kinda picked out the digital camera i wanted ,,and made sure i could get both,,,,

[fchidsey]

We have a decent HP that we are content with for now. My friend just purchased the new sea life cam and we are debating between the sealife and the olympis with a housing. The sea life takes good pics out of the water too I am concerened about the digital lag time.

[hng]

Jumkzoo, I have exactly the same setup. Been diving with it for the past 4 years now and it's great. Good news is that you can get the updated version for a lot less now. Strongly recommend going digital with underwater housing, espcially if you are not a seasoned underwater photographer. It is very helpful to be able to see the pic you just took and be able to adjust instantly. I'll post some examples if you'd like.

[fchidsey]

Kool thanks for the info.

[kgastr1]

Canon's underwater housings are very easy to use and so far dependable. I have an old canon powershot that I use and have taken it down to 30m without any problems. I am getting ready to get a housing for my canon s70 now that my powershot has survived numerous dives and many bumpy free dives. Plus they are reasonably priced. I got mine for about 200$. Ike's for SLR's are as much as the SLR!