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Digital Cameras for Underwater

by Ed J Price

Underwater digital cameras have become an essential part of scuba diving equipment for professional and amateur scuba divers. The underwater world of scuba diving offers so many opportunities to capture once-in-a-lifetime photos of undersea life, vivid colors of coral reefs or a remote shipwreck. With underwater digital cameras it is possible to capture these images in a life-like picture that can be shared with friends or sold professionally.

Common underwater digital cameras:

Some of the most popular dive cameras are the Canon G10, Sea Life Dc 800, Sony A200 Digital SLR Camera and the Nikon D3. These revolutionary underwater digital cameras give clean and crisp pictures that truly reflect the images of marine and plant life and are diving scuba cameras that can withstand the depths and pressure of many feet underwater.

Excellent Compact Dive Cameras:

The Canon G10 and Canon housing WP- DC28 is one of Canons most advanced compact cameras that sells for under $500. It is a well-rounded underwater digital camera package that gives richly detailed, high resolution images and has an excellent LCD that is large and crisp. With a superb wide-angle lens and lots of dedicated controls, it gives great performance for even the most serious photographers. The WP DC28 underwater dive camera housing enables you to take the Powershot G10 to depths of 130 feet.

With Ikelite #6841.20 housing the Sony A200 Digital Camera is an entry level digital camera that has an auto focus system which captures enough detail for photo quality prints. With large view finder and a wireless flash control the Sony A200 gives good details with low sensitivities. It is a very affordable camera and well constructed. This compact camera is teamed with Ikelite housing to get a compact, clear underwater corrosion free performance of up to 200 feet.

Better Performance, Professional Grade Dive Cameras:

The SeaLife DC800 is a sleek modern design diving scuba camera with high tech functionality. With its 5 new dive-specific color correction modes you can take colorful pictures underwater. You can restore lost colors that happen with underwater pictures at 200 feet by just setting the camera to Sea mode. This rubber armored underwater digital camera is designed for shock protection. For a full day of diving and photography Sea life also offers quick shutter for fast action shots and a long lasting battery.

Although pricier than some of its competitors the Nikon D3 digital camera are top in line in technology. With the Sea MDX-D3 housing the Nikon D3 is popular with professional photographers because the auto exposure is dead on perfect, the viewfinder huge and the auto focus fast and accurate. The Sea MDX-D3 is built ergonomically to make taking photography underwater with ease. It is made in such a way that with one finger holding the camera the other finger is shooting pictures. The new Sea underwater dive camera housing is quite impressive.

For cameras to capture your underwater memories two main questions must be asked the type of camera and how much am I willing to pay for an underwater digital camera. For those who love diving, and are looking for information on good digital cameras that can be used underwater and with suggested housings visit http://scubasoul.com, , the recommended website for any scuba diver looking to purchase scuba equipment or just looking for information on scuba diving.

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