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Dig. Camera opinions
10-30-2006, 07:34 PM,
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That's what I was thinking as well.  The Canon housings are all about $150-200 and they've got decent cameras from $120-400.  So you're in for about $270-$600, depending on which setup you get.  The Sea and Sea is more or less an auto-only camera, while the Canons A-series offer a full complement of manual modes (which will help immensely underwater).  If you'd rather not have manual modes (i.e. just planning to shoot shallow natural light stuff in the carribean), the Canon SD-series cameras would be another option (but that's what I'm moving away from).

The Sea and Sea does offer a wide-angle mount, which isn't available for the newer Canon housings with rectangular ports, but there are some aftermarket vendors which sell them for the Canons.  All the accessories they're tossing in at Amazon are only worth another $50-75 or so.

I'm looking at buying an A710 with the housing for about $325 + $150 = $475, plus another ~$30 for batteries and a charger and $30 for memory, so it'll come to about $535.  I guarantee that it's a way better camera than the DX750G unit you posted. 

Ethan
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Dig. Camera opinions - by scubagrrl - 10-29-2006, 06:11 PM
Re: Dig. Camera opinions - by Swimjim - 10-30-2006, 05:50 PM
Re: Dig. Camera opinions - by ethanb - 10-30-2006, 07:34 PM
Re: Dig. Camera opinions - by Swimjim - 10-30-2006, 08:30 PM
Re: Dig. Camera opinions - by ethanb - 11-01-2006, 01:11 AM
Re: Dig. Camera opinions - by Swimjim - 11-01-2006, 05:47 AM
Re: Dig. Camera opinions - by Bubbles - 11-01-2006, 03:49 PM



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