A digital camera for above and below !

mike <hawthorn43@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I am trying to find a small digital camera that takes good pics both
>above and below the sea. I understand that many of the cameras with a
>flash near the aperture give back scatter. I've been told that there
>is a new small Sony camera which takes good underwater pics in its
>housing but is handy for above. Is there a Fuji or Cannon that can do
>the same?

Most canons and olympus models have a housing for use UW. All
small digital and film cameras have problems with backscatter in
murky waters. In tropical waters you do alright, and don't need
the flash for wider angle stuff, but are bluer. You'll need the
external strobe if you want to get around it.

--
Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com

mike <hawthorn43@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I am trying to find a small digital camera that takes good pics both
>above and below the sea. I understand that many of the cameras with a
>flash near the aperture give back scatter. I've been told that there
>is a new small Sony camera which takes good underwater pics in its
>housing but is handy for above. Is there a Fuji or Cannon that can do
>the same?

Most canons and olympus models have a housing for use UW. All
small digital and film cameras have problems with backscatter in
murky waters. In tropical waters you do alright, and don't need
the flash for wider angle stuff, but are bluer. You'll need the
external strobe if you want to get around it.

--
Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com

mike <hawthorn43@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I am trying to find a small digital camera that takes good pics both
>above and below the sea. I understand that many of the cameras with a
>flash near the aperture give back scatter. I've been told that there
>is a new small Sony camera which takes good underwater pics in its
>housing but is handy for above. Is there a Fuji or Cannon that can do
>the same?

Most canons and olympus models have a housing for use UW. All
small digital and film cameras have problems with backscatter in
murky waters. In tropical waters you do alright, and don't need
the flash for wider angle stuff, but are bluer. You'll need the
external strobe if you want to get around it.

--
Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com

mike <hawthorn43@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I am trying to find a small digital camera that takes good pics both
>above and below the sea. I understand that many of the cameras with a
>flash near the aperture give back scatter. I've been told that there
>is a new small Sony camera which takes good underwater pics in its
>housing but is handy for above. Is there a Fuji or Cannon that can do
>the same?

Most canons and olympus models have a housing for use UW. All
small digital and film cameras have problems with backscatter in
murky waters. In tropical waters you do alright, and don't need
the flash for wider angle stuff, but are bluer. You'll need the
external strobe if you want to get around it.

--
Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com

mike <hawthorn43@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I am trying to find a small digital camera that takes good pics both
>above and below the sea. I understand that many of the cameras with a
>flash near the aperture give back scatter. I've been told that there
>is a new small Sony camera which takes good underwater pics in its
>housing but is handy for above. Is there a Fuji or Cannon that can do
>the same?

Most canons and olympus models have a housing for use UW. All
small digital and film cameras have problems with backscatter in
murky waters. In tropical waters you do alright, and don't need
the flash for wider angle stuff, but are bluer. You'll need the
external strobe if you want to get around it.

--
Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com

mike <hawthorn43@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I am trying to find a small digital camera that takes good pics both
>above and below the sea. I understand that many of the cameras with a
>flash near the aperture give back scatter. I've been told that there
>is a new small Sony camera which takes good underwater pics in its
>housing but is handy for above. Is there a Fuji or Cannon that can do
>the same?

Most canons and olympus models have a housing for use UW. All
small digital and film cameras have problems with backscatter in
murky waters. In tropical waters you do alright, and don't need
the flash for wider angle stuff, but are bluer. You'll need the
external strobe if you want to get around it.

--
Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com

mike <hawthorn43@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I am trying to find a small digital camera that takes good pics both
>above and below the sea. I understand that many of the cameras with a
>flash near the aperture give back scatter. I've been told that there
>is a new small Sony camera which takes good underwater pics in its
>housing but is handy for above. Is there a Fuji or Cannon that can do
>the same?

Most canons and olympus models have a housing for use UW. All
small digital and film cameras have problems with backscatter in
murky waters. In tropical waters you do alright, and don't need
the flash for wider angle stuff, but are bluer. You'll need the
external strobe if you want to get around it.

--
Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com

mike <hawthorn43@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I am trying to find a small digital camera that takes good pics both
>above and below the sea. I understand that many of the cameras with a
>flash near the aperture give back scatter. I've been told that there
>is a new small Sony camera which takes good underwater pics in its
>housing but is handy for above. Is there a Fuji or Cannon that can do
>the same?

Most canons and olympus models have a housing for use UW. All
small digital and film cameras have problems with backscatter in
murky waters. In tropical waters you do alright, and don't need
the flash for wider angle stuff, but are bluer. You'll need the
external strobe if you want to get around it.

--
Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com

mike <hawthorn43@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I am trying to find a small digital camera that takes good pics both
>above and below the sea. I understand that many of the cameras with a
>flash near the aperture give back scatter. I've been told that there
>is a new small Sony camera which takes good underwater pics in its
>housing but is handy for above. Is there a Fuji or Cannon that can do
>the same?

Most canons and olympus models have a housing for use UW. All
small digital and film cameras have problems with backscatter in
murky waters. In tropical waters you do alright, and don't need
the flash for wider angle stuff, but are bluer. You'll need the
external strobe if you want to get around it.

--
Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com

Jason O'Rourke wrote:

> Most canons and olympus models have a housing for use UW. All
> small digital and film cameras have problems with backscatter in
> murky waters. In tropical waters you do alright, and don't need
> the flash for wider angle stuff, but are bluer. You'll need the
> external strobe if you want to get around it.

There has been some discussion about problems with an external slave
strobe when used with digital cameras. Some light the strobe to help
focus, and that sets off the slave flash. The alternative is to use
either a synced strobe, or to find a camera where the "pre-lighting"
could be somehow disabled.

I have no experience with the digital sealife cameras, but the DC300
with an SL960 strobe might be a nice combo. Maybe there'd be a store
that would let your rent one and try it out?

/Marcin