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| hans55 PRO Thu 27th Mar 2008 18:05
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Who has any experiance with waterproof or underwater camera's ..... what is a good buy ...i have bought a canou ...have plans of making pictures while sailing it .... so it will only for a few times a year use ..i dont want to spend that much money on it !!
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| DragonSpeed PRO Thu 27th Mar 2008 20:27
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Pentax makes a good waterpoof p&s. Only problem is that it's totally automatic. No control over shutter or aperture :(
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| DragonSpeed PRO Thu 27th Mar 2008 20:49
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Also: http://cameras.about.com/od/photographybyinterest/tp/underwater.htm
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| genese PRO Thu 27th Mar 2008 21:08
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the only experiences with under water cameras was my daughters camera ... terribly noisey any movement under water results in muck being moved about so unclear images.. there is a art to making it work.. some lovely person from here gave her some great tips ..
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| Pueo PRO Thu 27th Mar 2008 21:42
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I don't have any personally but I hear Olympus makes some pretty good ones.
http://video.about.com/cameras/Olympus-Underwater-Camera.htm
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| Captivelight PRO Fri 28th Mar 2008 08:16
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We have one of the new Olympus ones, which my Dad took to the Maldives a few months ago, and found out that it wasn't nearly as water proof as they claim it was. Having leaked water in the camera promptly died, and Olympus have refused to replace it as they claim it was not a failure of the camera (!), despite the camera being used within the advertised tolerances. Verdict... leave Olympus well alone.
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| Pondy PRO Fri 28th Mar 2008 11:50
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Why not get a waterproof bag housing?
http://www.aquapac.net/ukstore/erol.html
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| hans55 PRO Tue 6th May 2008 07:01
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thanks for all your info ... well Captivelight ... i had plans of buying an Olympus 770 SW ... now i have doubts !! :-))
they claim its waterproof till 3 mtrs deep ! ...not have any plans of going deeper anyway !
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| Captivelight PRO Tue 6th May 2008 16:36
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To be fair to Olympus they have since offered to refund the cost of the repair... but it doesn't change the fact that the waterproofing failed at around 2 to 4 feet in depth in a very short length of time. As Pondy said, I would go with the water proof housing option now.
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| hans55 PRO Wed 7th May 2008 07:41
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well i liked the Olympus becouse its compact .... easy to take with me on walks and canou trips .... not have plans of swimming with it !! .... so i have bought one anyway ...going to test it on friday !
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| Ruedi PRO Wed 18th Jun 2008 19:49
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Hi Hans; for many cameras you can have a waterprof housing you maybe need not to buy a new camera,look
arround in undewater fotography sites example but the site is in german but its ggive many in english too
http://www.uw-fotopartner.de/pshop/#tab_2
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| DragonSpeed PRO Tue 8th Jul 2008 15:27
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FYI - new Olympuses these days.
http://www.olympuscanada.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1363
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