9/09/2011

Selecting Your Sealife Underwater Camera

By Bob Reehal


Digital cameras are risky to use in water, as they'll breakdown. This deprives those who love diving and spending some time in water, the satisfaction of taking photos underwater as well as around water (in the fear that the camera may fall into water and malfunction). Therefore, water-resistant digital cameras likewise known as underwater digital cameras, offer a chance to photograph the underwater world which would have been otherwise inaccessible with regular digicams.The following is a list of some water-resistant digicams that are generally utilized for underwater photography.

The first one of waterproof digicams reviewed is Sea and Sea DX-1 G Compact Digital 10.0 MP camera with underwater housing set. This waterproof digital camera has 10 mega pixels (that is pretty good photo quality), a polycarbonate underwater housing (which makes it waterproof) and a 'sea and sea' mode which maximizes digital photography under water. It also has a few other features which are sophisticated, such as manual control over exposure and focus, an additional flash light and the camera also has the ability to shoot videos.Intevac IC700 7.0 MP Digital Camera with Underwater housing falls under water-proof digicams, which provides a fairly good image quality (with seven mega pixels) and is inexpensive as it is under the $300 price assortment.

It is regarded as a great waterproof camera and is rated for underwater photography to a depth of 180 feet. To emphasize this opinion, the camera comes with features such as macro mode with a constructed in flash which can attain as much as about five feet when underwater.Olympus SW series may be the best well rounded waterproof camera at the moment. This camera completed with 10 Mega pixels, ISO1600, and a 3.6x optical zoom feature and you could go scuba diving with this camera as depth as 6.6 feet.

Pentax Optio W30 is another waterproof digital camera design you need to consider. Released with 7MP - ISO1600 and 3x optical zoom image recording feature, Optio W30 supported with both SD and SDHC, videos in this model is of 640x480 in MOV QuickTime MJPEG format.

An additional one of waterproof digital cameras is Sealife SL320 Reef Master Mini underwater digital camera. Weighing about eight ounces, and being a small camera, this is extremely useful for those who wish a light weight, easy to use waterproof digicam. The camera has underwater exposure and sea modes and has six mega pixels. The shutter speed of this camera is within a assortment of 1/60th to 1/1000th of a second. This waterproof digital camera has a rating of 130 feet depth for underwater digital photography.Having an underwater photography rating of 50 feet depth, VuPoint DC-WPC-ST531TBLK-VP Underwater digital camera is another recommended waterproof digicam. It has five mega pixels and also has video capturing capability. It features digital zooming and has the ability to shoot in macro settings and control aperture settings.

Also, it's less costly compared to other waterproof digital cameras.One of the best designed waterproof digicam for up to 5feet depth of water is Sanyo Xacti VPC-E1. With 4GB memory card, and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 at 640x480 powers, the Xacti E1 could work with an approximate record time over 5 hours. This small and user friendly camcorder also provides a solid 5x optical zoom with a 6MP CCD at as much as ISO1600 power for still images, so beside video you can also take a photos every moment. With flip out view screen and special key function of this video digital camera will save from the risk of bumping in underwater objects while diving around.By selecting smartly from the wide range of great water-proof digital cameras accessible in today's market, you may chose a great quality waterproof digicam at an affordable price, to make the next underwater experience - an unforgettable one.






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