What waterproof camera to buy?

[mark]

Got a older Olympus 770 (33' depth) and no problems snorkeling with it leak-wise but the shutter lag a little frustrating. Thought it took okay pictures underwater but will admit Delphinus's shots better than I've ever taken underwater with the Olympus.

Not sure how the new Olympus compare.

[4lti7ude]

Originally Posted by BlueWorldAquatic

Was only like $350 or so.

Ken

Hmm I tried to order off the site...
Seems they dont have them anymore, only the newer generation. Waaay uglier then the old ones.

[hockey nut]

Anyone try the Olympus 8010 ?

[GongShow]

i work in the camera department of a futureshop and i would say that the panasonic ts2 which is panasonics water proof camera is the best out of the three but to be honest form my many hours playing with them there all super close

[fencer]

TS2 looks a lot like the Olympus stylus...does it perform better?

[fLshgear]

i am a huge canon fan, all of my cameras have been canon. and canon is all that i would recomend. i recently got a fujifilm xp. it is shock, freeze, sand, water proof. it was half the price of the canon water proof camera. it takes all right pictures. it is slow, the buttons are hard to use underwater, the menu is hard to use and it is very slow overall. i dont really like it.

when we went to mexico, the snorkel guide had a regular camera in a ziploc type of bag. his pictures were just as good as mine.

you get what you pay for.

[DiverDude]

In the end, if you want a point-and-shoot camera predominantly for land use and just the occasional underwater use then you have to understand that the photo quality of the underwater shots is going to suffer a bit.

If you plan on doing a fair amount of underwater, then I'd suggest you look at Cannon land-based cameras and a separate underwater housing. Be careful though, not all Canon models have a housing available. The ones that do usually have underwater settings that compensate on colours and white balance for underwater.

The Canon underwater housings are well made and are very inexpensive compared to 3rd party housings. They're rated to about 150' too.

[PoonTang]

where is the best place to get them? I would like to take a few pictures when I go to Bahamas and do a few dives.

[DiverDude]

I got mine from The Camera Store here in Calgary (http://www.thecamerastore.com/search...lts/underwater). There are actually a few enclosures for a few Panasonics and a Fiji too, it would seem.

Prices are hard to beat and they carry all the wacky stuff like this.

[milkton]

im kinda deciding on whether to get the olympic stylus 8000 or the canon d10, or any other waterproof camera. I hear better things about the canon d10, but i dont like its odd shape and color. Anyone out there that can simplify the choices for me (us)??