These were my first ever attempt at underwater photography of any kind, so that should tell you the Olympus cameras make it pretty easy. The pictures have been resized to make them web friendly. You can tell I'm not a fan.Īnyway, here are some samples taken with my 2040 (which I have replaced with a 4040) taken with no external flash. Proprietary batteries and proprietary memory that both suck. The Sony cameras would be my last choice. The real downside to these cameras are the proprietary batteries they use. Uses compact flash, which some may say is an advantage over smartmedia, but in my opinion the two are about equal. Alot of manual controls (though not quite as much as the Olympus). The Canon S30 and S40 would be my second choice. All of these are major benefits in my opinion. They use regular AA batteries and have excellent optics. My preference is the Olympus 20x0, 30x0, 40x0 line of cameras.
Olympus, Canon, and Sony all offer affordable housings, so I would suggest looking at their offerings. There are simply better options in the same price range. I think you should stay away from the Reefmaster digital. If I'm going to make the jump to digital, I'd sure like to have quality pictures. I'm just concerned that 1.3 MP is pretty grainy by today's standards. When my external flash flooded (poor design, not inattentiveness on my part), again.no questions asked and unit replaced with updated, better-designed model. Even when the shutter lever had snapped, I got not only a new housing but a new camera from the company, no questions asked. I've had a few problems with my film version and, in every case, the camera was not sent back repaired, but replaced by a brand new unit. Plus, the service experience I've had with the Pioneer Research Company which manufactures the cameras has been fantastic. I already own a film version of the Reefmaster along with the external flash unit and macro lenses, so I wouldn't need to re-accessorize! Regarding the features on the DC-200, I like the one-button operation, the 4-second delete option when shooting, and the "Sea with external flash"mode.
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