Digital cameras and housings

Looking for a digital camera and housing and would like some suggestions on
where to buy, mainly on line.

Also any advice on which ones to go for. I'm no looking to spend a fortune.
I noticed one on a dive trip which seemed to be quite popular, I think it
was a sony ciberpix or something like that.

One other question, Do all digital cameras have a delay it taking pictures.
A friend has a optio camera and the delay can be quite anoying.

Cheers

Colin

On Wed, 26 May 2004 22:08:56 +0100, "colinblake"
<colinblake@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>Looking for a digital camera and housing and would like some suggestions on
>where to buy, mainly on line.
>
>Also any advice on which ones to go for. I'm no looking to spend a fortune.
>I noticed one on a dive trip which seemed to be quite popular, I think it
>was a sony ciberpix or something like that.
>
>One other question, Do all digital cameras have a delay it taking pictures.
>A friend has a optio camera and the delay can be quite anoying.
>
Some digitals have no delay at all when you take the picture. But you
would have to pay dearly for that function.......

At the price range you seem to be suggesting you will have a delay.
This makes moving fish pictures difficult.

Pete S.

I prucahsed mine off Ebay from an american dealer. It was a cannon Ixus v4,
even after paying the tax it was a lot cheaper and is fuly compatible with
the European version.

Justin.

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"colinblake" <colinblake@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Looking for a digital camera and housing and would like some suggestions
on
> where to buy, mainly on line.
>
> Also any advice on which ones to go for. I'm no looking to spend a
fortune.
> I noticed one on a dive trip which seemed to be quite popular, I think it
> was a sony ciberpix or something like that.
>
> One other question, Do all digital cameras have a delay it taking
pictures.
> A friend has a optio camera and the delay can be quite anoying.
>
> Cheers
>
> Colin
>
>


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the delay can be minimised by operating the camera, especially the focus,
manually. dslr's typically are very fast and suffer from virtually no delay,
however with housings in 4 figures they ain't cheap!

check out the prices on the "cameras underwater" website for cameras and
housings. by shopping around you should be able to get a more competitive
deal on the camera. the housings though are usually pretty static price
wise.
if you check out the forums on wetpixel.com that should give you an idea of
what's hot and what's not.

what is your price range?

i've just picked up a new oly 5060 and pt020 housing for £570. used on one
dive so far to give it a shakedown and to see just which way i should be
operating the camera. waiting on a connector to use my flash from the
motormarine.

hope that's of some use.

dave


"colinblake" <colinblake@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:iA8tc.399$Pr5.357@newsfe5-gui.server.ntli.net...
> Looking for a digital camera and housing and would like some suggestions
on
> where to buy, mainly on line.
>
> Also any advice on which ones to go for. I'm no looking to spend a
fortune.
> I noticed one on a dive trip which seemed to be quite popular, I think it
> was a sony ciberpix or something like that.
>
> One other question, Do all digital cameras have a delay it taking
pictures.
> A friend has a optio camera and the delay can be quite anoying.
>
> Cheers
>
> Colin
>
>

"colinblake" <colinblake@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:iA8tc.399$Pr5.357@newsfe5-gui.server.ntli.net...
> Looking for a digital camera and housing and would like some suggestions
on
> where to buy, mainly on line.
>
> Also any advice on which ones to go for. I'm no looking to spend a
fortune.
> I noticed one on a dive trip which seemed to be quite popular, I think it
> was a sony ciberpix or something like that.
>
> One other question, Do all digital cameras have a delay it taking
pictures.
> A friend has a optio camera and the delay can be quite anoying.

The DX3000 and DX3000g have the smallest shutter lag you'll find on a
compact camera (0.22 and 0.14 secs respectively). But that is possible the
only thing going for them -- image quality is none too hot, build quality is
rather poor, and they only weigh in at 3MP. The cameras are Ricoh ones
(RR30 and G3, respectively) housed in Sea &Sea housings.

www.imaging-resource.com is your friend for all the techy details you could
ever wish for...

--
Michael

"dave" <dave@__devilgas__.com> wrote in message news:<0zatc.210$aF2.63@newsfe3-gui>...snip
> waiting on a connector to use my flash from the
> motormarine.

i didn't know such a thing exsisted for the oly 5060 / Pt020 housing -
where from if I may ask ?

rgds

monty

"dave" <dave@__devilgas__.com> wrote in message news:<0zatc.210$aF2.63@newsfe3-gui>...
> the delay can be minimised by operating the camera, especially the focus,
> manually. dslr's typically are very fast and suffer from virtually no delay,
> however with housings in 4 figures they ain't cheap!
>
> check out the prices on the "cameras underwater" website for cameras and
> housings. by shopping around you should be able to get a more competitive
> deal on the camera. the housings though are usually pretty static price
> wise.
> if you check out the forums on wetpixel.com that should give you an idea of
> what's hot and what's not.

I would echo that- I use a housed Nikon 5000, which is a good camera,
but does have a "shutter lag". I can reduce this to pretty much zero
lag by half pressing the shutter, so that the camera focuses. It's a
question of composing, half-pressing and then waiting for the moment
to zap. Quite pleased with the results I have obtained this way.

Another UK on-line retailer to try are marine-cameras.com, who have a
range of digital kit.

Pete S. <> skriver:
> On Wed, 26 May 2004 22:08:56 +0100, "colinblake"
><colinblake@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> At the price range you seem to be suggesting you will have a delay.
> This makes moving fish pictures difficult.

Most of the delay in most cameras are for the autofocus, the autowhite
balance and so on. By pressing the shutter halfway down (needing some
practice in a big housing with large glowes) you can minimice the
actuall shutter delay. But then you have to know where the fish is
going to show up.

/ Balp
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"monty" <monty@scubadiving.com> wrote in message
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> "dave" <dave@__devilgas__.com> wrote in message
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> > waiting on a connector to use my flash from the
> > motormarine.
>
> i didn't know such a thing exsisted for the oly 5060 / Pt020 housing -
> where from if I may ask ?

Some good links here...

http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/camera.html
http://www.muenster.de/~matthias/blitz/oly2nikone.htm
http://www.mike-dive.de/Projekte/OLYPT20.html

In article <e4003cf9.0405270332.29f125a4@posting.google.com >,
Charles Erb <cerb@thorns-s.dudley.gov.uk> wrote:
>Another UK on-line retailer to try are marine-cameras.com, who have a
>range of digital kit.

Heh.. Alan James in Bristol. I went into his shop 2 years ago and more
or less got chased out when I mentioned digital!

I see he's changed his tune now though.

Gordon