Water proof cameras

[Myka]

Originally Posted by daplatapus

I have the Pentax Optio W10. Wicked little camera.

I have the Pentax Optio WG-II and agree these are great cameras! Being a point and shoot it obviously has terrible zoom, but it is great for close up stuff. The WG-II also has an AWESOME 1cm macro focus in addition to regular macro. It has its own ring of LEDs on the front that illuminate close objects too. It's as close to a dissection microscope as a camera can get I think!

[PFoster]

Originally Posted by Stones

I've got a Panasonic TS3 (now it's the TS4) and it's by far the best tough camera that I've tested out. I tried out the fujifilm, olympus toughcam, Nikon toughcam, and Sony toughcam (never got a chance to check out the Pentax one). The Panasonic claims to be waterproof to 45 feet (which I tested in Maui) as most other toughcams are only good from 10 - 30 feet of depth. I've also never had a lens fogging issue with it in the 2 years I've had it which is a very common complaint on most waterproof cameras due to design of these cameras.

The camera you posted Jeff is the same one that dreef has and I know he has been happy with it for taking photos in his tank. For the price, the Fujifilm camera is a much better buy than the Panasonic and if you don't plan on taking it snorkeling or scuba diving too deep, it's definately the best bang for your buck.

Forgot to add, I've never had any problem with leaks on the TS3. When I took it down past 40 ft, there was a very slight bit of condensation inside the battery/SD card compartment but not enough to do any damage or worry about. It has a dual rubber gasket with an external lock that pretty much eliminates the possibility of water getting inside the camera.

I have this camera and its amazing!
I have taken mine down to 60 ft
The back screen starts caving in with the pressure and around 50ft the screen gets a blurry spot in the centre and then the camera shut off to avoid harming itself
I have tried several cameras like this such as the nikon and the panasonic is way better.
Never any leaks. takes amazing pic above and below water.

My only complaint is that the GSP locater is a POS basically anywhere off the beaten bath. Didnt work in Roatan. Definitely didnt work anywhere i went in SE asia.

[lockrookie]

Lots to think about curse you lol thanks for all the replies and options


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[somewherebeyondthesea]

Originally Posted by lockrookie

Thinking of getting this camera any thoughts from you photo guys would be cool

Thanks in advance





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My girlfriend had an older model and it was awesome! I bought that one and have had nothing but trouble, the menu button sticks as well and now the shutter button works intermittently and that is the second one I got ( I had it replaced under warranty)

FYI! My parents had an Olympus and it works well!

[Coralgurl]

Are you going somewhere tropical or just looking for tank options??

[lockrookie]

Originally Posted by Coralgurl

Are you going somewhere tropical or just looking for tank options??

The only tropical place I will ever be at until the twins are older. Is my bathroom when I'm steam cleaning our fake Indoor trees and plants playing jungle sounds on my phone. Lol this is just tank related and possible with durability for the twins to take pics of their day as they wander around they love to play with cameras


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[Delphinus]

I have a Canon D10 which is obsolete now but replaced by a D20 (which is smaller than the D10 and does HD video which are both nice things to have). What attracted me to the D10 was that unlike most underwater cameras which are good to 10' of depth, these are good to 30' (or 10m). It is essentially so good of a camera that it is my everyday camera (not just for when I go swimming or whatever). I'd say the D20 is totally worth a look.

The GoPros are great cameras but they are really meant to be worn, or mounted, to capture the "experience" of whatever it is you're doing. If you want to set up a shot then you need the backpack with a LCD screen and so on and the interface is really kind of clumsy (it's not really intended as an interactive camera). Don't get me wrong, I love the GoPros and what they have done to personal photography/video capturing of activities and so on but if you want a "look through the viewfinder/viewscreen and compose a photo" type camera they might not be the best tool for that.

They do have the wireless backpacks and iPhone/Android apps now mind you so that's pretty cool. If the intention is just to take tank shots underwater that might in fact be the way to go. Setup the camera on a pole or whatever and use your phone to see what it sees rather than craning your neck or using guesswork.

[tim the toolman]

I bought the fujifilm xp last year to go to Mexico and I got about 15-25 pics underwater and it fried. I just bought a new Olympus and it seems to be much higher quality and takes good underwater pics.

[Delphinus]

Oops, sorry, totally meant to put a link to the product description of the D20. Um .. better late than never?

http://www.canon.ca/inetCA/products?m=gp&pid=13815

[lastlight]

I have the GoPro 960 Hero. You cannot shoot inside your tank with the included lens you needed (at the time) to buy a third party lens that had a flat front to it otherwise nothing was in focus.

The newer models might have fixed this I'm not sure.