| Re: Are consumer digital cameras useless for diving? |
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Group: aus.sport.scuba · Group Profile
Author: SheldonSheldon Date: Apr 22, 2007 18:02
>I bought the FujiFilm Finepix F30 and associated underwater case. The
> F30 has an "underwater" setting. I think I paid a total of $480 for
> the package but that was the weekend following Thanksgiving last year.
> The quality is certainly not professional but it was worth $480 to me.
> One nice thing about digital is that you can take a thousand poor
> quality pictures (which I did) and it doesn't cost you a dime.
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> http://soxmax.myphotoalbum.com/
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> The photos are of diving in Tortola with a few of the Rhone wreck up
> to 80 feet depth. I think there is also a surface picture.
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> Best Regards,
> Derek
> Looks pretty good for a point and shoot. I JUST ordered an Olympus FE-230
with the underwater housing that's supposed to be good for around 100 ft.
It's supposed to have some kind of brightening circuit and antishake.
Looking forward to finally getting certified and trying it out. Out of the
housing the camera is a very thin 7 megapixel point and shoot, something
I've been looking for to supplement my DSLR on land.
Good price point, too. Camera is about $200 and the housing is about $145.
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