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10-28-2011, 04:17 PM
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I recommend the Canon S95 ($370) with the Canon underwater housing ($250). That should get your started. The Canons (S and G series) will allow you to shoot in full manual and RAW. The S95 also shoots HD video which is nice. The camera is nice and small so it's easy to take anywhere.
I just bought that setup for my wife but I won't have any pictures or video from it until after our sea lion dive on Hornby Island in two weeks. A bigger recommendation is to learn to dive first and become comfortable in the water. No need to introduce extra task loading when it's not necessary. Work on your buoyancy and then work on your buoyancy some more. 
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10-28-2011, 04:38 PM
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I have a cannon D10, really happy with it. Im sure there is a newer model out as I bough it a few years ago. Great for snorkeling and pics of the tank. For scuba though I think the better way to go is with a nice camera and an underwater box for it. From what I remember the camera is the cheap part, its the box that will cost you.
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10-28-2011, 04:44 PM
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I have an olympus stylus, only ever used it my reef tank.
Says its good upto 10 feet, surly your not scubaing at that. They do build boxes with seals for deep water diving, you just need to buy the right one for your camera. Man thats one long url. http://www.google.com/search?client=...w=1920&bih=924
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10-28-2011, 05:54 PM
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Recently discussed:
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10-28-2011, 06:12 PM
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I've got a Canon D10 as well which I took to Hawaii last year and spent probably 4 days in the water with it. It performed very well with me, but my biggest beef with it is that is has a very narrow field of view; ie. you have to back way up in order to get everything in frame. Other than that it takes great photos underwater (when set to under water), the buttons are big and well laid out for underwater use, and screen as well is bright and easily visible in the water. Battery life is very good as well, even when chilled (in the water). Another smaller complaint is that it does not expose long enough when trying to do night time scenery shots. My old A310 I could rest on something sturdy, set it to landscape mode and take a shot with the timer (so my finger pressing the shutter wouldn't disturb it) and it would sit there and expose as long as it needed to take killer night time shots. D10 won't do it and under exposes every time. Regular night time shooting with the flash is great, don't get me wrong, but the odd person who likes to play around with long exposure night time shots will be dissapointed.
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10-28-2011, 09:59 PM
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 I also have the olympus stylus tough, & I hate it. It's okay for snorkelling, but very hit or miss on pic quality. I took it diving in the dominican though,(which was boring) & had it at 50' for 54 min though. It again was hit or miss with the lighting & pic quality, but it made it with out issue.
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