[Coral-List] working uw digital camera advice

[Doc Radawski]

I've just switched over to an Olympus TG1 iHS and am getting good pictures.

It has an F2 lense, GPS and is water proof out of the box, as is, to 40ft.

A waterproof housing (135 ft ), fisheye and teleconverter lenses are
available or will be available soon.

The outside dimensions are:

111.5mm W x 66.5mm H x 29.1mm D
4.4" W x 2.6" H x 1.1" D

Weight 230 g, 8.1 ounces

Specifications:
http://olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1621&page=specs





Sincerely,

Doc Radawski
CCV DiveOps
www.cocoviewresort.com



On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 7:32 AM, Bill Allison <allison.billiam at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm looking for advice about a simple, compact digital camera and housing
> for day to day work surveying reef?
> Desirable features:
> - fit in bcd pocket
> - built in flash good for macro to .75 m or a bit more in clear water.
> - simple controls preferably with auto-macro detect
> - 10 - 12 megapixel photos
> - immediate shutter response (I have enough fish tail shots)
> - rapid processing to memory
> - 2 - 3 hr battery life
> - HD video
> - 16 or 32 Gig memory (for vid)
>
> I suspect one of the smaller Canons or Sonys will do the job - but if so,
> which one?
>
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