I'm looking to buy an underwater digital camera that is good quality ,7mp or more but I don't really know where to look/what to look for. Does anyone have any suggestions of what to get ?
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There's the Pentax Optio W series. I have the W10. It's not that great but it does shoot pictures and video with sound underwater.
There's also the Olympus Stylus SW series.
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_digital_sw.asp
There's the Pentax Optio W series. I have the W10. It's not that great but it does shoot pictures and video with sound underwater.
There's also the Olympus Stylus SW series.
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_digital_sw.asp
underwater video camera help?
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im looking for an underwater video camera and something that goes preferably more than 10ft underwater. ive heard about the sanyo e1 but that only goes to 5ft but is that a good camera overall? and are there any other good underwater video cameras?
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The cameras designed for immersion (when they say "5 ft", they're basically saying, swim but don't dive) are never the best camcorders around. Those Sanyos offer average video quality at best. Another one from Panasonic, the SDR-SW20, is similar: operation to 5ft, and moderate at best standard-def video quality. On the other hand, you're only spending $350... can't expect a miracle.
The other option is, of course, to enclose an existing camcorder. If you don't have any, this will certainly up the cost, perhaps by quite a bit.
Awhile back, I got a lower cost enclosure for my Sony AVR-H1 hi-def camcorder. This is from EWA Marine, and it's basically a $200 ziplock bag with a lens window. This worked great, it's supposed to be good for up to one atmosphere (33 feet in saltwater). It's a bit cumbersome, and there's still some resistance to putting your $2000+ camcorder into a plastic bag, even an expensive one. But a hard case for my small camcorder (Canon HV10) ran $700, and for the Sony, at least $1000.
If you're leaning this way, you might even consider pricing the case first, then buying the camcorder to fit it.
Another option... smaller cameras are cheaper to enclose, as you might expect. While a hard enclosure for my Sony could run into the thousands, cases for digital still cameras run much cheaper, many below $200 that are full fledged underwater enclosures... good for 100ft or more. Since almost any digital still camera has a video mode arguably as good as these "waterproof" cameras, I'd consider that.
In fact, my Panasonic DMC-TZ5 probably has a much better video mode... that's 1280x720 at 30p, reasonably clear video (it's not HDV, but it's good enough). That's a $300 camera, and you need an enclosure that's about $220 for it, but then you have 130 ft or so to play with. You really don't get much audio regardless, so the poor quality microphone in most P&S cameras is not a problem.
The cameras designed for immersion (when they say "5 ft", they're basically saying, swim but don't dive) are never the best camcorders around. Those Sanyos offer average video quality at best. Another one from Panasonic, the SDR-SW20, is similar: operation to 5ft, and moderate at best standard-def video quality. On the other hand, you're only spending $350... can't expect a miracle.
The other option is, of course, to enclose an existing camcorder. If you don't have any, this will certainly up the cost, perhaps by quite a bit.
Awhile back, I got a lower cost enclosure for my Sony AVR-H1 hi-def camcorder. This is from EWA Marine, and it's basically a $200 ziplock bag with a lens window. This worked great, it's supposed to be good for up to one atmosphere (33 feet in saltwater). It's a bit cumbersome, and there's still some resistance to putting your $2000+ camcorder into a plastic bag, even an expensive one. But a hard case for my small camcorder (Canon HV10) ran $700, and for the Sony, at least $1000.
If you're leaning this way, you might even consider pricing the case first, then buying the camcorder to fit it.
Another option... smaller cameras are cheaper to enclose, as you might expect. While a hard enclosure for my Sony could run into the thousands, cases for digital still cameras run much cheaper, many below $200 that are full fledged underwater enclosures... good for 100ft or more. Since almost any digital still camera has a video mode arguably as good as these "waterproof" cameras, I'd consider that.
In fact, my Panasonic DMC-TZ5 probably has a much better video mode... that's 1280x720 at 30p, reasonably clear video (it's not HDV, but it's good enough). That's a $300 camera, and you need an enclosure that's about $220 for it, but then you have 130 ft or so to play with. You really don't get much audio regardless, so the poor quality microphone in most P&S cameras is not a problem.
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