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Scuba Forum / UK Scuba / August 2007Cheap underwater camera
I've just done the Florida / Disney bit with the family. While "she who must be obeyed" was shopping I mooched around the supermarket shelves and found one of those disposable underwater cameras for $14.99 (about £7.50). It was made by Snap Sights and is good for 27m with a flash, so for that price I bought one to try. I was only down to 18m but got surprisingly good results and on opening it the flash battery and film are replacable, providing you are careful with the case locking tabs. Worth a go for the the price if you want a try at underwater photo's. I don't work for the company or anything, I just thought that it was it was good value considering my first 110 film underwater camera cost me £100 second hand 20 years ago. Bob > I've just done the Florida / Disney bit with the family. While "she who must > be obeyed" was shopping I mooched around the supermarket shelves and found [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Bob Hmmm, this got me interested in getting a camera for my dives in Mexico in a couple of weeks. So I did some googling on this camera, and this lead me to the following URL with a review. Not sure I would be showing the photos to anybody... http://www.divemagazine.co.uk/news/article.asp?UAN=2784&v=1&sp=332458698660344915332 Regards John >> I've just done the Florida / Disney bit with the family. While "she who must >> be obeyed" was shopping I mooched around the supermarket shelves and found [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > John Film cameras, and especially cheap film cameras, underwater are an art form with a near vertical learning curve. I would scout out ebay for an old digital with a housing - you should find something for £50 or so and I'd be willing to put money on the fact that the output would be far better than what you would achieve with *any* film camera in the first year of using it. Ben  SignatureBen Panter, Edinburgh, UK. Email false, http://www.benpanter.co.uk or you could try ben at ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Film cameras, and especially cheap film cameras, underwater are an art > form with a near vertical learning curve. I would scout out ebay for an > old digital with a housing - you should find something for £50 or so and > I'd be willing to put money on the fact that the output would be far > better than what you would achieve with *any* film camera in the first > year of using it. And how. The snag is that you get back your pictures from processing and say "Oh well. I won't make that mistake again" as you bin them. At least on digital you do that between dives and by the end of the trip the hit rate of ones you're prepared to tolerate has gone up. nigelH SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >>> I've just done the Florida / Disney bit with the family. While "she who >>> must [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > better than what you would achieve with *any* film camera in the first > year of using it. Well, this is an example indeed of a CHEAP camera. If OTOH you want and INEXPENSIVE camera, look at te Canon A570, currently on offer from www.7dayshop.com . Add to that a housing from www.camerasunderwater.co.uk and you have a 7MP camera combo from a respectable stable for £270, or a bit more if you go for the Ikelite housing which is rated to 60m AND has a threaded port for accessory lenses. That's considerably less than I paid for a reduced-price 4MB setup 3 yrs ago! Ken >Film cameras, and especially cheap film cameras, underwater are an art >form with a near vertical learning curve. I would scout out ebay for an >old digital with a housing - you should find something for £50 or so >and I'd be willing to put money on the fact that the output would be >far better than what you would achieve with *any* film camera in the >first year of using it. I went on one diving holiday when my dive camera/housing had not returned from a service by the makers. Wondering through LIDL in the days before going I saw some £6:50(?) cameras with case and film. Bought one as at the price you can't loose. The camera said it was rated to 12 meters but when I turned up at the dive shop on holiday and the German owner saw and recognised the camera. He said he had seen them used down to 20 plus meters with only one draw back, they refuse to wind on below about 15 meter. I ran several films through it no problems as long as I rewound it at the depth the pressure came off of the winder. SignatureMick Whittingham 'and I will make it a felony to drink small beer.' William Shakespeare, Henry VI part 2. Tada....! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230165136083&ssPageNam e=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=013 >>> I've just done the Florida / Disney bit with the family. While "she who >>> must [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Ben |
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