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Scuba Forum / UK Scuba / September 2003cameras...... recommendations needed please
Hi all, new to this I'm afraid (diving and newsgroups) so no idea if this is the right place to start/post etc... but anyway..... Having just got back from diving in the Keys, the happy snappy point and shoot just didn't do the business on all those turtles and rays we saw.. So in addition to dry suits, regs, guages, computers etc etc etc we now 'need' a camera too! what would people recommend we should get? Ideally it would be digital, with a small lcd screen, but should I look for 1.3mp, or 2mp ?? How good a camera does it really need to be? My current digi does have an underwater case I can get for it, an ewa-marine D-A, or the D-AX which can have a flash mounted... does anyone have any experience of these flexible cases, and are they any good (have checked out the web site so I know what THEY say, but prefer to ask people who may have used them before I put a ?600+ digi in it and take it to -15m) should I look at an all in one type thing like the SEALIFE DC250 DIGITAL UW SCUBA CAMERA, or should I go with a seperate camera and housing like an olympus C40 with the PT 012 underwater housing? please, experiences of either type of system would be most helpful, goods and bads, personal recommendations gratefully read, and if anyone has one for sale at all then please let me know.... (or if anyone has a dry suit suitable for a 5ft2in 9stone female with size 4/5 feet then please offer me that too LOL as after I freeze my butt off portland this weekend in a semi I think I might decide to get one!!!) Cheers folks, and if this is in/on the wrong board, or there are other places to look then please let me know... Nerys > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Nerys I've got a 1.3MP Olympus 920Zoon with Housing for sale, also have YS 90 Strobe, arm and baseplate. Mail me. Hmm, must get round to sticking bits on ebay. Danny  SignatureThe box said windows 98 or better, so I installed Linux Header is false, correct is Danny at danshome dot org "> > > > should I look at an all in one type thing like the SEALIFE DC250 DIGITAL > > UW SCUBA CAMERA, or should I go with a seperate camera and housing like an > > olympus C40 with the PT 012 underwater housing? I have the Olympus C4000 with PT-010 housing and I am quite impressed with the ease of use to get half decent photos. It prints out normal size photos well, I use blueyonder for this. I do need a red filter though. Photos here www.barijohn.plus.com HTH Bari Pollard www.amsac.org.uk > My current digi does have an underwater case I can get for it, an ewa-marine > D-A, or the D-AX which can have a flash mounted... does anyone have any > experience of these flexible cases, and are they any good (have checked out > the web site so I know what THEY say, but prefer to ask people who may have > used them before I put a £600+ digi in it and take it to -15m) The flexible bags have a major drawback, in that you may trust them to remain waterproof at what they are rated to, you won't be able to use them down there as the buttons will be stuck in. > should I look at an all in one type thing like the SEALIFE DC250 DIGITAL UW > SCUBA CAMERA, or should I go with a seperate camera and housing like an > olympus C40 with the PT 012 underwater housing? I have the c40z and pt-012. I have a few prints of mine on the wall - they look okay but they're quite small - To be honest the problem at the momemt is certainly me and not the camera. If you want to see the kind of things that the setup (4Mp) can produce (bear in mind that virtually none of these are anywhere near full capability) - take a look at www.roe.ac.uk/~bdp/diving - the poplar diver pics are probablyay any time soon. Worth mentioning that the c40z is discontinued... Presenting an alternative view to the Petes... I like a digi camera because I can put the images straight on the web and I am not currently in the league where I'm selling, or thinking of getting that way anytime soon. I am learning about underwater photography and having instant access helps me learn what I'm doing wrong. I want pictures for souvineers, the £500 for my set up is about what I can justify for that! HTH, Ben > I have the c40z and pt-012. I have a few prints of mine on the wall - > they look okay but they're quite small - To be honest the problem at the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > www.roe.ac.uk/~bdp/diving - the poplar diver pics are probablyay any > time soon. or, in morning english rather than the late night version, "The poplar diver pics are probably the best" Ben > or, in morning english rather than the late night version, "The poplar > diver pics are probably the best" Wow, diving trees! Jason Signaturehttp://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for Australian trip reports including New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia >>or, in morning english rather than the late night version, "The poplar >>diver pics are probably the best" > > Wow, diving trees! hrmp. that one wasn't even a typo!!! :-) ben > So in addition to dry suits, regs, guages, computers etc etc etc we now > 'need' a camera too! > > what would people recommend we should get? Ideally it would be digital, > with a small lcd screen, but should I look for 1.3mp, or 2mp ?? How good a > camera does it really need to be? More MP always give a better picture You must decide what you want to do with them I do snapshot to reasonably OK 8 x 10 and 4 to 5 MP is OK > My current digi does have an underwater case What do you have > I can get for it, an ewa-marine > D-A, or the D-AX which can have a flash mounted... does anyone have any > experience of these flexible cases, and are they any good (have checked out > the web site so I know what THEY say, but prefer to ask people who may have > used them before I put a £600+ digi in it and take it to -15m) I would not trust any camera of mine to a bag > should I look at an all in one type thing like the SEALIFE DC250 DIGITAL UW > SCUBA CAMERA, or should I go with a seperate camera and housing like an > olympus C40 with the PT 012 underwater housing? That is a realy nice camera, I had a C4040 until I droped it and now have a C5050 that is taking a lot of learning > please, experiences of either type of system would be most helpful, goods > and bads, personal recommendations gratefully read, and if anyone has one > for sale at all then please let me know.... External flash is a must for halfway decent pics. http://meekings.net/Diving/index.html for examples of the C4040 > (or if anyone has a dry suit suitable for a 5ft2in 9stone female with size > 4/5 feet then please offer me that too LOL as after I freeze my butt off [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Nerys >replace spamblock with my family name to e-mail me > Hi all, <snip> > Cheers folks, and if this is in/on the wrong board, or there are other > places to look then please let me know... > > Nerys Along the same lines, internetcamerasdirect have a sale on at the mo. Minolta F100 4MP for ?199! I believe this is a reasonably good camera for the money, and the housing is readily available. Any thoughts? |
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