digital camera for underwater?

Pat <spectre@tampabay.rr.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting
in:
:PS: Sorry about the pop-ups in advance---it is a free storage site!

Norton Internet Security takes care of those pop ups quite nicely.

Dan Bracuk
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matt@gol.com (Matthew Endo) wrote in message news:<1g9429w.zx2tju1efjp7kN@yahoobb219000172005.b btec.net>...
> Reef Fish <Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Matt, you know me.
> >
> > Send a copy of this to Mr. Yamaguchi. Perhaps he SHOULD know how
> > his "technician" in the USA was handling his customers and his
> > manufacturing defects.
>
> Feesh, can you send me the complete details, and the story from the
> beginning via e-mail.

Hi Matt,

Actually I have posted the complete "relevant" details. I don't have
access to my emailer now, now any of the actual records (such as the
dates, serial numbers, written notes by me as well as the Sea&Sea
technician, etc.) now, because I am "on the road" (since 2/13), but
I'll email you what's available on those detailed records, soon after
I return home next week.

Thsnks for taking interest in this.

-- Bob.

Reef Fish <Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com> wrote:

> Actually I have posted the complete "relevant" details. I don't have
> access to my emailer now, now any of the actual records (such as the
> dates, serial numbers, written notes by me as well as the Sea&Sea
> technician, etc.) now, because I am "on the road" (since 2/13), but
> I'll email you what's available on those detailed records, soon after
> I return home next week.

OK, I'll wait to get the e-mail from you. Maybe photocopies of the
relevant documents would assist in getting the matter resolved.

> Thsnks for taking interest in this.

Glad to help out.

Cheers,

--
Matt
matt@gol.com

Jerome Meekings <warm-water-diver@spamblock.net> wrote:
>What they show is that in good conditions (none to few particles in the
>water) you get acceptable results, [and have fun] and that is good.

This is true of any setup that relies on the camera's internal flash.

--
Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com

That system looks very interesting, but I have a quick Q for you. I
assume that your camera has a zoom lens, what do you do about that? Set
it at wide-field, zoom, mid-way?

Thanx

Bryan

Pat wrote:

>I use the "shield" with a Kodak CX4300 (Walmart $99) with the
>fill-flash always on. I have taken 1000s of what I feel are
>incredible pics for a total $150 setup...your choice! Here is one of
>my sites to check some samples:
>http://spectregunner.freeservers.com/
>
>PS: Sorry about the pop-ups in advance---it is a free storage site!
>
>

Ok, how about not crying if you loose it! Can't say that about most
outfits.

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 18:25:55 -0500, "Dan Bracuk, CTHD"
<NOTbracuk@pathcom.com> wrote:

>Pat <spectre@tampabay.rr.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting
>in:
>: It is also important to note that
>:with this setup you can have fun on the dive and not dive simply for
>:the photo. Just my 2 cents.
>
>You can do that with any camera.
>
>Dan Bracuk
>If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure.
>The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/
>
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Pat <spectre@tampabay.rr.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting
in:
:Ok, how about not crying if you loose it! Can't say that about most
:outfits.

Depends on whether you lose it before or after photographing the whale
shark being chased off by a damselfish.

Dan Bracuk
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Yeah, thought of that later. And I feel the pain of not being able to
get a case - I have a Canon G3, and the only case of it (Ikelite) costs
more then the camera...

Bryan

Pat wrote:

>You are assuming incorrectly. The Kodak CX4300 is a fixed lens with
>only 3X digital (which I never use) zoom. Again, simplicity ona
>budget with decent output is the key here. Now if I only can find an
>undewater case for my new Panasonic FZ10!
>
>

Bryan Heit <bjheit@NOSPAM.ucalgary.ca> wrote:
>Yeah, thought of that later. And I feel the pain of not being able to
>get a case - I have a Canon G3, and the only case of it (Ikelite) costs
>more then the camera...

Definitely better off with the powershot series for casual UW. For the
(guessing) cost of the Ikelite housing, you can get a S45/50 and the housing.
I don't see shelling out that kind of money for a housing for anything short
of the digital rebel.

Worse, if the G3 floods, can you get a replacement?

--
Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com