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I'm off to Sardinia in a week or so and will be doing some scuba and snorkelling. I'd like to be able to take some underwater pictures, I've a Nikon D80 but I'm fairly sure I can't get a waterproof housing for it. So I've found this camera Olympus MJU 770SW, has anyone got one, and what are the images like underwater ??
I had an Aquapac for my Canon 350D (standard SLR case), it leaked. Long insurance battle when I came back. My advice anything you put in the water make sure it's cheap.
A cheap compact in a hardened case should be fine. You need loads of light for underwater photos or so I found out. Some of my best pictures were taken while wading in coral! (with there being more light at the surface) but the fish still swam lightening fast.
Enjoy the scuba!
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found this company, and they are only 20 mins from my current gig, the do the bag type and the fixed plastic type, think I'd also get insurance for the camera.....
found this compnay, and they are only 20 mins from my current gig, the do the bag type and the fixed plastic type, think I'd also get insurance for the camera.....
50m down?!! I'm impressed! I'm even more impressed that a plastic bag can withstand such pressure. My Aquapac was tough thick skin, still it leaked. Abrasion at pressure on this skin is like wet toilet paper, make sure you do not allow it to come into contact with any surface while in the water, I even managed to damage the skin slightly on the regulator.
I took out insurance with Direct Line they were quite good when it came to it.
"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain
50m down?!! I'm impressed! I'm even more impressed that a plastic bag can withstand such pressure. My Aquapac was tough thick skin, still it leaked. Abrasion at pressure on this skin is like wet toilet paper, make sure you do not allow it to come into contact with any surface while in the water, I even managed to damage the skin slightly on the regulator.
I took out insurance with Direct Line they were quite good when it came to it.
Bloody hell, I haven't seen those before. Normally the point of failure is the O ring on the solid casings. I've got this sony one that is rated to 30m though I've had it down at over 55 without a poblem.
I guess the big difference is the old 35mm SLR cameras used for underwater photography were popular becuase they could take the occassional flooding without knackering them up completely.
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