digital camera for underwater?

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 15:25:14 -0800, Mark Johnson
<102334.12@compuserve.com> wrote:

>mandm@flashnet.it (Mario) wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>Are there any digital cameras for underwater photography ? how many
>>meters or feet they can reach? they have connection for external
>>stronger flash ? what is the lense aperture?
>>
>>Please tell me what are good models of digital cameras for underwater
>>photography with and without underwater casing I mean no need of extra
>>housing for underwater are there any? how deep they can go ?
>>
>>what about with housing digital cameras? which ones are considered
>>best?
>
>It's not so much the camera as the housing, and the external lenses
>for the housing.
>
>The Oly C4040 and C5050 are pretty well supported. But you can find
>Tetra and Ikelite cases for a lot of cameras. Add on flash units and
>such, and you could be looking at $1500, maybe, not including the
>price of whatever camera.
>
>It's expensive.

I have the C5050 and the Oly PT housing for it. Good to 150'. Takes
great shots so far, but it is expensive.

Laser

"Mario" <mandm@flashnet.it> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> Are there any digital cameras for underwater photography ? how many
> meters or feet they can reach? they have connection for external
> stronger flash ? what is the lense aperture?
>
> Please tell me what are good models of digital cameras for underwater
> photography with and without underwater casing I mean no need of extra
> housing for underwater are there any? how deep they can go ?
>
> what about with housing digital cameras? which ones are considered
> best?
>
> thanks,
>
> Mario


I just got a housing for my wife's A70, we'll be using it for a trip to
Discovery Cove in Sea World. Every button and switch can be accessed with
the housing, and it even has a built-in flash diffuser which I think will
come in very handy. The A70 is a teriffic little digicam, I'm looking
forward to the trip.

Mark

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 18:29:45 -0600, "Dave" <webkatz@charter.not> wrote:

>
>"Laser" <Laser.t12@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>news:0aguvvgdtatgr6smtc7673o6fhko1jgd3b@4ax.com.. .
>> On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 15:25:14 -0800, Mark Johnson
>> <102334.12@compuserve.com> wrote:
>>
>
>>
>> I have the C5050 and the Oly PT housing for it. Good to 150'. Takes
>> great shots so far, but it is expensive.
>>
>
>I just got the same housing and we're headed to Cozumel in February. Any
>advice on using the camera underwater? What settings do you use? Anything
>special with the housing? Did you pop for an external strobe?
>

I didn't get the external strobe, and I really haven't played with the
setting too much. Adjusted thewhite balance but other than that I
pretty much have just used it on the setting on the dial.

Laser

check out this aussie site http://www.rapserv.com.au/category73_1.htm


"Mario" <mandm@flashnet.it> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> Are there any digital cameras for underwater photography ? how many
> meters or feet they can reach? they have connection for external
> stronger flash ? what is the lense aperture?
>
> Please tell me what are good models of digital cameras for underwater
> photography with and without underwater casing I mean no need of extra
> housing for underwater are there any? how deep they can go ?
>
> what about with housing digital cameras? which ones are considered
> best?
>
> thanks,
>
> Mario

We just got a Sea&Sea DX3000G, which is rated to 165 Ft, and used it on
several dives in the Keys recently.

Without the external strobe and on sale it ran about $650. Not cheap but a
great package.

my .02 worth.

--
mark
Outside a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside a dog it is too dark to read - Groucho Marx
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"Mark Johnson" <102334.12@compuserve.com> wrote in message
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> mandm@flashnet.it (Mario) wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >Are there any digital cameras for underwater photography ? how many
> >meters or feet they can reach? they have connection for external
> >stronger flash ? what is the lense aperture?
> >
> >Please tell me what are good models of digital cameras for underwater
> >photography with and without underwater casing I mean no need of extra
> >housing for underwater are there any? how deep they can go ?
> >
> >what about with housing digital cameras? which ones are considered
> >best?
>
> It's not so much the camera as the housing, and the external lenses
> for the housing.
>
> The Oly C4040 and C5050 are pretty well supported. But you can find
> Tetra and Ikelite cases for a lot of cameras. Add on flash units and
> such, and you could be looking at $1500, maybe, not including the
> price of whatever camera.
>
> It's expensive.

Mark, got any of your Keys Pics On-Line? If so Where? Like to see
them.

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 09:52:18 -0500, "mark" <vbacex@xsuscom.net> wrote:

>We just got a Sea&Sea DX3000G, which is rated to 165 Ft, and used it on
>several dives in the Keys recently.
>
>Without the external strobe and on sale it ran about $650. Not cheap but a
>great package.
>
>my .02 worth.

mandm@flashnet.it (Mario) wrote in message
>Hello,
>
> Are there any digital cameras for underwater photography ? how many
> meters or feet they can reach? they have connection for external
> stronger flash ? what is the lense aperture?
>
> Please tell me what are good models of digital cameras for underwater
> photography with and without underwater casing I mean no need of extra
> housing for underwater are there any? how deep they can go ?

An comparatively inexpensive system is the Sealife Reefmaster. Here
are some pictures I took with mine last week (look for the ones marked
"new"): http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/underwater/index.htm

Most of the other pages indicate what camera was used to take the
photograph.

I have the 1.3 megapixel version of this camera. They now have a 3.2
megapixel version. One of the other divers on the boat last week was
using one, without a strobe. I was impressed with her results. Must
have a faster lens than mine, because I could not have achieved those
results without a strobe.

As far as how far an underwater camera can reach, it depends on your
depth, the amount of ambient light, the type of lens, and so on and so
forth.

Not right now but I can post some up if you are really interested.

--
mark
Outside a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside a dog it is too dark to read - Groucho Marx
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"Nylon Lover" <blkphlover@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Mark, got any of your Keys Pics On-Line? If so Where? Like to see
> them.
>
> On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 09:52:18 -0500, "mark" <vbacex@xsuscom.net> wrote:
>
> >We just got a Sea&Sea DX3000G, which is rated to 165 Ft, and used it on
> >several dives in the Keys recently.
> >
> >Without the external strobe and on sale it ran about $650. Not cheap but
a
> >great package.
> >
> >my .02 worth.
>

"andy w" <andy@fattyandywiggans.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:<btnl1s$qco$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>...
> One or two places seem to be doing the housing for the Olympus Mju cameras
> (300 and 400) for about £60 - so you could probably get a 3mp camera and
> housing for £300 or so.
>

Where was this?

Cheapest I have seen it is £95.

I'm pretty tempted with this set up.

Cheers
Nick

"nickjb" <nickjbanks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "andy w" <andy@fattyandywiggans.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > One or two places seem to be doing the housing for the Olympus Mju
cameras
> > (300 and 400) for about £60 - so you could probably get a 3mp camera and
> > housing for £300 or so.
> >
>
> Where was this?
>
> Cheapest I have seen it is £95.
>
> I'm pretty tempted with this set up.

I just got a 400 and a housing from Adorama.com. There are a number of
places that carry it - I just did a google search on the part number of the
housing (PT016), and got all kinds of hits from all over the world. My
local dive shop was carring it as well - they were offering the combination
of the 300 + housing for about 600$, but I did a lot better going online.

Will be testing it in a pool on Wed, and trying it out in the ocean in a
week or so. FWIW, there is a rebate if you purchase by something like the
17th.

As you might expect, there are lots of adjustments you can make on a
digital camera. I found a website from Canon in Japan (site is in English),
that has some interesting suggestions that are specifically related to
underwater digital photography:
http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/uwphoto/page/01-e.html.

-Eric