Hello - am looking for a little impartial advice at this time of
seasonal good will.

Here's the scenario - currently have a barely used MMII Ex with strobe,
wide angle etc. Kind of like the idea of U/w photography but not an
expert and only get diving 2x a year max.
More importantly I'm looking to upgade my digicam and thought to kill
two birds with one stone.

Am seriously tempted by the Minolta Dimage A200 which gets good good
reviews and has loads of flexibility (8megapixels and 7x optic zoom).
Certainly would do for my land-side needs! However when it comes to u/w
it seems to have only ewa-marine housing available (certified to 30m /
100feet) rather than an ikelite or proprietary solid housing.

So who out there has experiences of ewa-marine casings - maybe just a
psychological thing but the ikelite type housing does give a more
secure feeling - watertightness, ease of use on controls etc.

As an alternative I could go for Olympus SP350 with the propietary
PT-030.

Thanks