digital camera for underwater?

"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

On 12 Jan 2004 09:38:27 -0800, nickjbanks@hotmail.com (nickjb) wrote:

>"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


Dixon's have some Olympus Cameras for under £200. Not quite sure if
they're fully compatible with the housings.
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"nickjb" <nickjbanks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "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.

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

hi there suggest value for money ,,, check out canon s50 /s45 and then
the canon wpdc 300 water proof housing from canon , it is around 290 AU ,
sony cyber shot about 500 for housing is the next one ,

that is my choice and canon has served me well ,

mark www.mrdduck.com

"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, too, use the Canon S45 and WDC 300 housing. As well as some add on lens's
and an external strobe ( INON D180). So far so good.
Example picture etc. on my web site
HTH
Tim
www.DivingTheBlue.com

<mark@mrdduck.com> wrote in message news:4004496e@quokka.wn.com.au...
> hi there suggest value for money ,,, check out canon s50 /s45 and then
> the canon wpdc 300 water proof housing from canon , it is around 290 AU
,
> sony cyber shot about 500 for housing is the next one ,
>
> that is my choice and canon has served me well ,
>
> mark www.mrdduck.com
>
> "Mario" <mandm@flashnet.it> wrote in message
> news:9ae829af.0401091158.1a1739c5@posting.google.c om...
> > 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
>
>

>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?

Would this be of interest? The Sea and Sea AQUAPIX..

http://www.seaandsea.com/AquaPix.html

rich

Mario;

I use a Nikon Coolpix 4300 with a Fantasea CP4 housing with attached Sea&Sea
20mm Wide conversion lens. In addition I light things up with an Epoque ES
150 DS.
The system works well and if bought from the right sources can cost less
then $1000.

Wayne Bjorken
www.springdivers.com

"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

check the sealife reefmaster on the www.scubadiving.com I use them in my
rental dept and they rock!

"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

There are U/W housings available for some of the Canon cameras. Depending
on what you need you may be able to find a deal on ebay or searching
google.com

Jay


"Mario" <mandm@flashnet.it> wrote in message
news:9ae829af.0401091158.1a1739c5@posting.google.c om...
> 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 have this one and love it:

http://www.seaandsea.com/DX3000.html

--
mark
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"rich" <rich@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
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> >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?
>
> Would this be of interest? The Sea and Sea AQUAPIX..
>
> http://www.seaandsea.com/AquaPix.html
>
> rich