Soldato
Hello,
I will be going on holiday at the end of the month and will scuba diving around reefs and the like, never done it before so w00t
Anyway, I want a camera to be able to take pics with underwater, currently im used to using my N95/N97 camera and have never felt the need to buy a better camera as i dont do much (any) photography. Since im going to have to buy something I may as well make it somewhat worth it.
It obviously needs to be waterproof, i shouldnt be going any deeper than 18m and maybe not even that. I want video capability as well as image, Mega Pixels mean less to me than image quality (around 5/6 minimum though). From spending the day looking around google I think I have narrowed it down to the below three, £300 is my absolute maximum budget and i would like to spend as little as possible but I know this isnt exactly a cheap thing to buy.
Canon PowerShot D10 - waterproof to 10m, better than the other waterproof cameras, 640*480 video, 3x optical zoom. Costs £200ish
Sony Cybershot w270 + MPK-WE housing - Waterproof to 40m, looks ok, but the IQ isnt the best, has the benefit of 720p video, 5x optical zoom. Costs £150 for the camera and £115 for the casing
Intovo IC800 - Waterproof to 40m, havent read a review on it yet, 640*480 video, 3x optical zoom. Costs £233 with casing
Anyone got opinions on these, or know of anything better/cheaper that I should be looking at? I will only be using them in point and shoot mode as im lazy etc.
I will be going on holiday at the end of the month and will scuba diving around reefs and the like, never done it before so w00t
Anyway, I want a camera to be able to take pics with underwater, currently im used to using my N95/N97 camera and have never felt the need to buy a better camera as i dont do much (any) photography. Since im going to have to buy something I may as well make it somewhat worth it.
It obviously needs to be waterproof, i shouldnt be going any deeper than 18m and maybe not even that. I want video capability as well as image, Mega Pixels mean less to me than image quality (around 5/6 minimum though). From spending the day looking around google I think I have narrowed it down to the below three, £300 is my absolute maximum budget and i would like to spend as little as possible but I know this isnt exactly a cheap thing to buy.
Canon PowerShot D10 - waterproof to 10m, better than the other waterproof cameras, 640*480 video, 3x optical zoom. Costs £200ish
Sony Cybershot w270 + MPK-WE housing - Waterproof to 40m, looks ok, but the IQ isnt the best, has the benefit of 720p video, 5x optical zoom. Costs £150 for the camera and £115 for the casing
Intovo IC800 - Waterproof to 40m, havent read a review on it yet, 640*480 video, 3x optical zoom. Costs £233 with casing
Anyone got opinions on these, or know of anything better/cheaper that I should be looking at? I will only be using them in point and shoot mode as im lazy etc.