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Brien Alkire - 18 Oct 2004 18:29 GMT

All,

I just started diving again after many years off. I'm quite happy to be
back in the water!

My wife and I are taking a sailing/diving trip in BVI this winter. It
should be the adventure of a lifetime and I want to get a camera.

I'm not a very serious photographer. I want a digital camera. I'm willing
to trade-off some quality and fancy features in exchange for low cost and
simplicity. Small size would be good since I'd also like to be able to take
it skiing (maybe without the housing).

By the way, I currently own a Canon DC200 digital camera but the one time I
looked I couldn't find a housing for it.

Can someone point me in a good direction? Where do I get started with the
research?

Thanks,

Brien

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Brien Alkire - 18 Oct 2004 18:31 GMT

> By the way, I currently own a Canon DC200 digital camera but the one time I
> looked I couldn't find a housing for it.

Whoops, meant to say Kodak (not Canon).

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Jer - 19 Oct 2004 00:18 GMT

>>By the way, I currently own a Canon DC200 digital camera but the one time
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A SeaLife DC310 Digital Underwater Camera is available through a lot of
dive shops and e-tailers. A number of accessories are also available.
Google is your friend.

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Dan Bracuk - 19 Oct 2004 00:25 GMT

"Brien Alkire" <brien@rand.org> pounded away at his keyboard resulting
in:

:My wife and I are taking a sailing/diving trip in BVI this winter. It
:should be the adventure of a lifetime and I want to get a camera.
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:By the way, I currently own a Canon DC200 digital camera but the one time I
:looked I couldn't find a housing for it.

Low cost and simplicity are two of the redeeming qualities of the
SeaLife Reefmaster cameras. The old 1.3 version would not have met
your skiing requirements, but I don't know about the current 3.2
version.

More info available here: http://www.sealife-cameras.com/

Dan Bracuk
Is it my imagination, or do Buffalo Wings taste like chicken?
The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/

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Someone - 19 Oct 2004 17:05 GMT

www.digideep.com www.wetpixel.com www.digitaldiver.net

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Tony Howard - 27 Oct 2004 17:22 GMT

IMNSHO The best of the bunch, both as a standard digital camera and as a
combination with a housing are either the Olympus or Sony models.

In both cases you can get a good digital camera with 5 or more mega pixel
resolution (the Olympus C50z, C5060 (both5 Mp), Sony 150 (7 Mp) and the
Olympus C8080 a massive 8 mega pixel), all with matching housings rated to
40m / 133ftsw).

That way you get a great digital camera and a good underwater system at a
reasonable price.

The C50z and Sony models are both quite small and light weight, the other
Olympus models are larger but offer many more user controls, such as full
manual exposure override and colour balance, and options, including
wide-angle lenses (on the 5060 and 8080), with a greater zoom range and
larger aperture for low light levels.

I have the C5050 and have taken many hundred photos, both underwater and on
land with excellent results, the 506 is the new version. I would happily
upgrade to the C8080.

Diesel

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