Underwater/waterproof camers

[jaynethepain]

Am going to a resort on the Barrier Reef soon and it looks like the snorkelling will be pretty spectacular! Never done it before so a bit apprehensive, anyway, we've thinking a getting a camera for underwater use.

Any recommendations, comments etc greatfully received. Don't want to spend a lot of money as the liklehood is that we won't be doing much of underwater photography in the future.

[CrAcKaClOwN]

Hi jane ,ive just stumbled on this and all i can say is wow,wish id had this when i went snorkeling!

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumb er/2716828.htm

Have a great time!

[spudqueen]

I have an Olympus 700 digital camera (just the point and shoot type) for which you can buy a case for underwater photography.

[sn�gs]

Fuji also do waterproof cases for some of their digital cameras...

[annie0000]

I have one of these:
http://www.crazycameras.co.uk/index.php?act=vi ewProd&productId=26760&aff_code=gg

and it is great, but I know i didn't pay anythjing like that for it!

can't seem to find any other prices for it - maybe there is a new model now.

[jaynethepain]

Thanks for all your input guys, all really useful. Can't decide what to do though!

[annie0000]

I think that you can get some fairly cheap waterproof cameras, and even some disposable ones.

At the end of the day, it will depend on the clarity of the water as to how good your photos will be - we used ours in the pool to take photos of the kids and they turned out great as the water was really clear and they spend more time underwater than on top!! - My OH did find it quite difficult to see whata he was photographing though as the sun was shining on the screen and he was holding his breath underwater and had goggles on.

What i did find was that I wasn't worried about taking it on the beach as it is equally sand proof as water proof, so all in all it is pretty robust and is useful for all occasions - only disadvantage is that you cant get optical zoom only digital.

I read up a few articles when I was buying mine last year, and some of the disposables got a reasonable write up - in virtuallly everything I read, the waterproof cases were said to be not that effective - the seal seemed to be prone to leakage after using a few times - might have improved by now though. If you are going snorkelling with a guide, I am pretty sure that they will take photos of you that you can buy.