Digital Camera and Housing recommendations

I'm going on a diving holiday in March and would like to buy a digital
camera and housing for the trip. My budget is probably about $500. Can
anybody recommend a good combination?

"sys" <sys240472@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm going on a diving holiday in March and would like to buy a digital
> camera and housing for the trip. My budget is probably about $500. Can
> anybody recommend a good combination?

Hello Sys,

What a lovely name! Does it run in the family?

I bought a Canon Powershot A70 and housing - see
http://www.robertwhite.co.uk/underwater.htm#LabelA70 for details. The
controls are easy to manipulate if you're not wearing gloves but I reckon
they might be slightly tricker if you've got gloves on, so be aware of that
if you plan to do a lot of cold-water diving.

I've only used it once: I took a couple of dozen shots at the NDC and half a
dozen were worth looking at - not too bad for a first attempt, I thought.
Go to http://www.lacchin.co.uk if you've got nothing better to do.

You're in a UK NG. Did you mean 500 US dollars or 500 UK pounds? Plan to
spend approx £250 for the camera and £140 for the housing _in_the_UK_.

Hope this helps,
R.

i recommend you increase your budget. a decent housing, alone, will set
you back $550.

sys wrote:
> I'm going on a diving holiday in March and would like to buy a digital
> camera and housing for the trip. My budget is probably about $500. Can
> anybody recommend a good combination?

The round window said it was 28 Jan 2004 05:56:20 -0800,so
sys240472@hotmail.com (sys) grabbed his blunt crayon and scrawled:

>I'm going on a diving holiday in March and would like to buy a digital
>camera and housing for the trip. My budget is probably about $500. Can
>anybody recommend a good combination?

Various shots on a Canon Ixus 400, and Canon Housing.
http://photos.ianwatkinson.com/show_....php?id=101065

total buget £430.

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"sys" <sys240472@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm going on a diving holiday in March and would like to buy a digital
> camera and housing for the trip. My budget is probably about $500. Can
> anybody recommend a good combination?

Go for the olympus c4000 (now under £200) and the pt010 housing (ALSO UNDER
£200)

On 28 Jan 2004 05:56:20 -0800, sys240472@hotmail.com (sys) wrote:

>I'm going on a diving holiday in March and would like to buy a digital
>camera and housing for the trip. My budget is probably about $500. Can
>anybody recommend a good combination?

Fuji S2 Pro and Aquatica housing.

Pete S

"Tricky" <scubatricky@nospam.yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "sys" <sys240472@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:7a649905.0401280556.5c002873@posting.google.c om...
> > I'm going on a diving holiday in March and would like to buy a digital
> > camera and housing for the trip. My budget is probably about $500. Can
> > anybody recommend a good combination?
>
> Go for the olympus c4000 (now under £200) and the pt010 housing (ALSO
UNDER
> £200)
>
Hi Tricky,
I've been trying to decide on which camera etc to get for some time. Do you
or someone
you know own theC4000, I was thinking of the C750 but I've read reports that
their
operation in low light is not up to standard. The C5050 is just too much
what with the
housing and a 512M D card. Any comments on the above set up would help as
it's certainly
a budget deal now.
Cheers
Richard

"richard b" <bonnage@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> >
> Hi Tricky,
> I've been trying to decide on which camera etc to get for some time. Do
you
> or someone
> you know own theC4000, I was thinking of the C750 but I've read reports
that
> their
> operation in low light is not up to standard. The C5050 is just too much
> what with the
> housing and a 512M D card. Any comments on the above set up would help as
> it's certainly
> a budget deal now.
> Cheers
> Richard
>
>

Yep, I own a c4000 & pt010 housing, have had it about a year now. Very
pleased with the results.
You can easily use it as a point & shoot, or switch over to manual mode for
control of everything (aperture, speed etc). Budget on top for a digital
strobe with slave trigger.

<Pete S.> wrote in message news:4018c62e.8705484@news.clara.net...
> On 28 Jan 2004 05:56:20 -0800, sys240472@hotmail.com (sys) wrote:
>
> >I'm going on a diving holiday in March and would like to buy a digital
> >camera and housing for the trip. My budget is probably about $500. Can
> >anybody recommend a good combination?
>
> Fuji S2 Pro and Aquatica housing.
>

if you can get that for $500 I'll have 2 please ;)

On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 20:57:16 GMT, "Belinda Parkinson" <no-one@nowhere.co.uk>
wrote:

>
><Pete S.> wrote in message news:4018c62e.8705484@news.clara.net...
>> On 28 Jan 2004 05:56:20 -0800, sys240472@hotmail.com (sys) wrote:
>>
>> >I'm going on a diving holiday in March and would like to buy a digital
>> >camera and housing for the trip. My budget is probably about $500. Can
>> >anybody recommend a good combination?

Cannon Power shot A40 plus housing, and you might get a bit of change. Where
are you planning to dive?
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