Question about underwater disposable cameras

Hi, I've seen those disposible cameras everywhere, and on the back it says they go to a depth of 5 meters, has anyone tried to take them down to about normal diving depth, say about 20 meters or so, it could be that the 5 meters they say is just guaranteed it would work, but it could still possibly work at a greater depth, if they still work than I could take some down with me and make a couple of pictures, I don't need great quality photo's or something like that, just some photo's to have some memories later on, but I wanna know if they would implode at that depth or not.

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 18:21:34 +0100, "Heavenly1"
<dontbothermailing@dontdoit.com> wrote:

>Hi, I've seen those disposible cameras everywhere, and on the back it says they go to a depth of 5 meters, has anyone tried to take them down to about normal diving depth, say about 20 meters or so, it could be that the 5 meters they say is just guaranteed it would work, but it could still possibly work at a greater depth, if they still work than I could take some down with me and make a couple of pictures, I don't need great quality photo's or something like that, just some photo's to have some memories later on, but I wanna know if they would implode at that depth or not.

They stop working at about 8 or 10 metres because the pressure
distorts them. However I've taken one to about 15m without it leaking

HTH


Pete
diving 'at' melbourne 'dot' me 'dot' uk

I would suggest a Vivitar Cruisecam if you are looking for a very cheap
intro to U/W photography - a cheap 35mm motorised camera (re-useable) with
flash in a housing - available for £35 from Maplins - www.maplin.co.uk -
part no A55AZ - do a search on it. You can also get a close-up lens for
£10. It is rated to 15m, but I've used it successfully at 30m in the Red
Sea - sample photos can be seen on
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/cmquinn/Egypt.htm



"Pete Melbourne" <psmvsl@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 18:21:34 +0100, "Heavenly1"
> <dontbothermailing@dontdoit.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi, I've seen those disposible cameras everywhere, and on the back it
says they go to a depth of 5 meters, has anyone tried to take them down to
about normal diving depth, say about 20 meters or so, it could be that the 5
meters they say is just guaranteed it would work, but it could still
possibly work at a greater depth, if they still work than I could take some
down with me and make a couple of pictures, I don't need great quality
photo's or something like that, just some photo's to have some memories
later on, but I wanna know if they would implode at that depth or not.
>
> They stop working at about 8 or 10 metres because the pressure
> distorts them. However I've taken one to about 15m without it leaking
>
> HTH
>
>
> Pete
> diving 'at' melbourne 'dot' me 'dot' uk

Heavenly1 <dontbothermailing@dontdoit.com> wrote:
> Hi, I've seen those disposible cameras everywhere, and on the
> back it says they go to a depth of 5 meters, has anyone tried to
> take them down to about normal diving depth, say about 20 meters

This has been discussed before, search in google for details.
Anyway, in disposables, I recommend the Fuji (because it uses a
very good 800 film). Its housing is well built and I have taken
it significantely deeper than 5 meters (I don't remember exactly
the depth).

Or, as someone has already said, the Vivitar non-disposable is
a good buy (compared to the disposable, you will amortize it
in 10 rolls or so). I have some links about it at:

http://www.mat.uc.pt/~rps/mergulho/photo.html

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Significantly cheaper here:

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/norm... water+camera

£18 plus £3 for the close up jobby. There's also lots of them on ebay for a
similar price.

"Chris Quinn" <cmquinn@ntlword.com> wrote in message
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> I would suggest a Vivitar Cruisecam if you are looking for a very cheap
> intro to U/W photography - a cheap 35mm motorised camera (re-useable) with
> flash in a housing - available for £35 from Maplins - www.maplin.co.uk -
> part no A55AZ - do a search on it. You can also get a close-up lens for
> £10. It is rated to 15m, but I've used it successfully at 30m in the Red
> Sea - sample photos can be seen on
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/cmquinn/Egypt.htm
>
>
>
> "Pete Melbourne" <psmvsl@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:tt29uv04m5n66q73oepv6l9cok6mhrcs6o@4ax.com...
> > On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 18:21:34 +0100, "Heavenly1"
> > <dontbothermailing@dontdoit.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Hi, I've seen those disposible cameras everywhere, and on the back it
> says they go to a depth of 5 meters, has anyone tried to take them down to
> about normal diving depth, say about 20 meters or so, it could be that the
5
> meters they say is just guaranteed it would work, but it could still
> possibly work at a greater depth, if they still work than I could take
some
> down with me and make a couple of pictures, I don't need great quality
> photo's or something like that, just some photo's to have some memories
> later on, but I wanna know if they would implode at that depth or not.
> >
> > They stop working at about 8 or 10 metres because the pressure
> > distorts them. However I've taken one to about 15m without it leaking
> >
> > HTH
> >
> >
> > Pete
> > diving 'at' melbourne 'dot' me 'dot' uk
>
>

I'm famous - my first ever link!


"Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro" <rps@rena.mat.uc.pt> wrote in message
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> Heavenly1 <dontbothermailing@dontdoit.com> wrote:
> > Hi, I've seen those disposible cameras everywhere, and on the
> > back it says they go to a depth of 5 meters, has anyone tried to
> > take them down to about normal diving depth, say about 20 meters
>
> This has been discussed before, search in google for details.
> Anyway, in disposables, I recommend the Fuji (because it uses a
> very good 800 film). Its housing is well built and I have taken
> it significantely deeper than 5 meters (I don't remember exactly
> the depth).
>
> Or, as someone has already said, the Vivitar non-disposable is
> a good buy (compared to the disposable, you will amortize it
> in 10 rolls or so). I have some links about it at:
>
> http://www.mat.uc.pt/~rps/mergulho/photo.html
>
> --
> http://www.mat.uc.pt/~rps/
>
> .pt is Portugal| `Whom the gods love die young'-Menander (342-292 BC)
> Europe | Villeneuve 50-82, Toivonen 56-86, Senna 60-94

"Pete Melbourne" <psmvsl@yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de
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> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 18:21:34 +0100, "Heavenly1"
> <dontbothermailing@dontdoit.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi, I've seen those disposible cameras everywhere, and on the back it
says they go to a depth of 5 meters, has anyone tried to take them down to
about normal diving depth, say about 20 meters or so, it could be that the 5
meters they say is just guaranteed it would work, but it could still
possibly work at a greater depth, if they still work than I could take some
down with me and make a couple of pictures, I don't need great quality
photo's or something like that, just some photo's to have some memories
later on, but I wanna know if they would implode at that depth or not.
>
> They stop working at about 8 or 10 metres because the pressure
> distorts them. However I've taken one to about 15m without it leaking
I took one of them to 24 meters without any problem. The only thing you
should be aware of is that you rapidly loose colors with a camera non
equiped with flash. Actually, I took pictures at about 6 meters which
appears all "grayed".

--
Daniel
>
> HTH
>
>
> Pete
> diving 'at' melbourne 'dot' me 'dot' uk

"Heavenly1" <dontbothermailing@dontdoit.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi, I've seen those disposible cameras everywhere, and on the back it says
they go to a depth of 5
> meters, has anyone tried to take them down to about normal diving depth,
say about 20 meters or so, it
> could be that the 5 meters they say is just guaranteed it would work, but
it could still possibly work at
> a greater depth, if they still work than I could take some down with me
and make a couple of pictures, I
> don't need great quality photo's or something like that, just some photo's
to have some memories later
> on, but I wanna know if they would implode at that depth or not.

Firstly, some are better than others! There is one available (I think it
was a fuji one) that was rated to about 10m. I used one in the Dominican
Republic and got some pretty good results.

Since then I have used the other two - Kodak and a different Fuji - to take
photos in Spain, Tenerife and the UK with mixed results.

I can confirm that neither the Kodak nor the Fuji imploded at 15m!

All the photos I've taken with them were shallower than that, though, so I
can't comment on how well the mechanisms will cope.

As someone else said - get a Vivitar CruiseCam (Amphibia). They are cheap,
and they work. Two modifications are recommended, though. Screw about 5 or
6 ounces of lead to the tripod mount and the camera remains slightly
positively buoyant but sits nicely upright in the water and becomes easily
controllable. Secondly, the battery compartment has a bad habit of coming
open when the camera takes a knock - it didn't happen to me diving but I
took it to a water park in Florida and it suffered a few "openings"! A small
strip of Duck tape should do the job!

Photographic results here - http://divesite.calumscott.me.uk and click
"gallery"...

Have fun in the realms of "No Frills" underwater photography!

CAS
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I've one of the Cruise cams and had poor results - The red light seems to be
a problem - has anyone else actually used one, and have any tips??

Graham


"Heavenly1" <dontbothermailing@dontdoit.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, I've seen those disposible cameras everywhere, and on the back it says
they go to a depth of 5 meters, has anyone tried to take them down to about
normal diving depth, say about 20 meters or so, it could be that the 5
meters they say is just guaranteed it would work, but it could still
possibly work at a greater depth, if they still work than I could take some
down with me and make a couple of pictures, I don't need great quality
photo's or something like that, just some photo's to have some memories
later on, but I wanna know if they would implode at that depth or not.


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I have used one reasonably successfully but have now moved on to digital

Example shots are here - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/cmquinn/Egypt.htm

Use 400 ASA film all the time, the flash if possible at anything over 10m,
but you will get backscatter.

You could also try improvising a red filter - red cellophane over the lens
port might help


"Graham Gowland" <gowlandREMOVE@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> I've one of the Cruise cams and had poor results - The red light seems to
be
> a problem - has anyone else actually used one, and have any tips??
>
> Graham
>
>
> "Heavenly1" <dontbothermailing@dontdoit.com> wrote in message
> news:3fe48515$0$46223$e4fe514c@dreader13.news.xs4a ll.nl...
> > Hi, I've seen those disposible cameras everywhere, and on the back it
says
> they go to a depth of 5 meters, has anyone tried to take them down to
about
> normal diving depth, say about 20 meters or so, it could be that the 5
> meters they say is just guaranteed it would work, but it could still
> possibly work at a greater depth, if they still work than I could take
some
> down with me and make a couple of pictures, I don't need great quality
> photo's or something like that, just some photo's to have some memories
> later on, but I wanna know if they would implode at that depth or not.
>
>
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