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Old 03-04-2013, 06:11 AM
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Honestly, if you are on a tight budget I would recommend buying a couple of nice strobes, and an inexpensive housing/camera, rather than getting an expensive camera, with weak strobes.

I use the Nikon/Fantasea FP7000 camera/housing. You can get the housing and camera for less than $600 and a couple of Sea and Sea YS01 strobes for about the same amount as the housing alone for a SLR camera.

I would definitely recommend Mozaik cameras (the website Scubadawg posted). They are extremely helpful.

One cool thing about the Fantasea FP7000 is that they have a whole line of lenses that snap on to the camera, meaning you can switch lenses under water. I have the wide angle and macro lens. Both are freakin awesome haha. They are probably my favorite thing about the camera.
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Old 03-04-2013, 02:02 PM
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Check this out
$340+tax
•Wearable full HD video camcorder with built-in Wi-Fi
Waterproof housing good down to 60 m (197 ft.)
-Available Image Format(s): JPEG



Sony HDRAS15Ride 16.1 MP Action Mini Wi-Fi Camcorder Ride Kit
http://www.costco.ca/Sony-HDRAS15Rid...100013399.html

Includes Water proof housing, Goggle mount, bike/bar mount & 2 adhesive mounts, 8 GB Micro SD Card, 4x Slow Motion HD.
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Looks like a nice package. But i dont know how good it is for making still images though, need to look up some on line reviews.
here is one review
http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-camc...-35426716.html
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Old 03-04-2013, 02:24 PM
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One more review

http://www.cnet.com.au/sony-action-c...124.htm#image3
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Old 03-18-2013, 01:32 AM
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Honestly, for the money, I am not sure anything beats the new GoPro Hero 3 under water. I have seen some amazing shots from it. And to top it off you can have a lot of fun with one.
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I have a go pro, if you want to use the go pro underwater, you have to buy the flat port for it, the curve port, will not focus underwater.
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Old 03-18-2013, 01:44 AM
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I have a go pro, if you want to use the go pro underwater, you have to buy the flat port for it, the curve port, will not focus underwater.
The 3 comes with a flat lens.
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Old 03-18-2013, 02:17 AM
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Mines the older model, had to buy it
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So did you choose the one you wanted. How are the pics coming?
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