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Mar 11 2011 10:54am
My friend looking for good but under 200 pounds camera witch can take nice underwater shots.
Have anything in mind please share all suggestions are welcome ;)

I would help him but I don't even have a clue on what i should look picking good camera like this.
What I think is good flash and mega pixels ?
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Mar 11 2011 12:01pm
Quote (PANAM @ Mar 11 2011 09:54am)
My friend looking for good but under 200 pounds camera witch can take nice underwater shots.
Have anything in mind please share all suggestions are welcome ;)

I would help him but I don't even have a clue on what i should look picking good camera like this.
What I think is good flash and mega pixels ?


There's such a thing?
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Mar 11 2011 12:20pm
Sony TX 5
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Mar 11 2011 12:31pm
wasnt there some olympus mju or smth ? i remember my m8 had one he took some underwater shots with it, dunno more about it tho
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Mar 11 2011 02:35pm
Quote (DisconnectYourBrain @ 11 Mar 2011 22:31)
wasnt there some olympus mju or smth ? i remember my m8 had one he took some underwater shots with it, dunno more about it tho


yeah olympus has a few, they not too bad, most are only to 3m/10', but they have 1 that goes to 10m/30'
there is also a newer Canon D10, but not tried it etc

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Mar 11 2011 04:29pm
Quote (ace07 @ 11 Mar 2011 21:20)
Sony TX 5


this hands down. i got one and its great.
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Mar 11 2011 07:20pm
Quote (ace07 @ Mar 11 2011 01:20pm)
Sony TX 5


Uhh.. That depends if you want to dive with this or just go in a swimming pool or some rain with.. The TX would likely begin to be crushed at around 30 feet and I'm sure some problems will occur before that.
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Mar 12 2011 03:11am
Mmm thx for some help i should mention this camera weill be used under water around 5-7meters so prolly he needs something better ;)
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Mar 12 2011 03:42am
Quote (PANAM @ 12 Mar 2011 13:11)
Mmm thx for some help i should mention this camera weill be used under water around 5-7meters so prolly he needs something better ;)


then it is VERY limited with that budget, D10 might be best (but dunno its price) otherwise it would hae to be the Olympus TG-810 or ยต TOUGH-8010
the problem is the deeper you go the darker it gets, all these cams only have a basic built in flash that is not great underwater
i have used them in the Maldives where water visibility is excellent, if you using them in poor vis conditions obv you gonna get unsatisfactory results
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