Diving cameras
Hello, Does anyone have much experience with dive cameras/casings? My current digital camera is 5.5 years old, still works great, but I really want something I can take diving.
I'm leaning towards just getting a new camera that I can get a case for. Canon seems to make a lot of cases, S95 and SX230 are the cameras I'm thinking about, the value being that I could use it as a normal camera in addition to something underwater.
Is that the best way to go? I like the zoom, GPS, and slow motion of SX230, but here the photo quality isn't quite as good, and battery life is bad. S95 seems to be higher quality, but lacks those features which would be handy above ground trying to get close shots, plus when traveling.
The third option is just to get an exclusive dive camera, maybe Sealife dc12. But then its integrated so it seems like it's designed to be an underwater camera, but can also be used on land, the canons really seem fully dual purpose.
Looked at other brands too, didn't see a whole lot of offerings. Mainly just third party companies that make casings that happen to fit Sony, etc.
Just curious about others' thoughts and experiences. Thanks.
I'm leaning towards just getting a new camera that I can get a case for. Canon seems to make a lot of cases, S95 and SX230 are the cameras I'm thinking about, the value being that I could use it as a normal camera in addition to something underwater.
Is that the best way to go? I like the zoom, GPS, and slow motion of SX230, but here the photo quality isn't quite as good, and battery life is bad. S95 seems to be higher quality, but lacks those features which would be handy above ground trying to get close shots, plus when traveling.
The third option is just to get an exclusive dive camera, maybe Sealife dc12. But then its integrated so it seems like it's designed to be an underwater camera, but can also be used on land, the canons really seem fully dual purpose.
Looked at other brands too, didn't see a whole lot of offerings. Mainly just third party companies that make casings that happen to fit Sony, etc.
Just curious about others' thoughts and experiences. Thanks.