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I'm off to the Maldives in May , got my Canon 550d for my "land" shots but i'm considering buying a camera for my snorkelling and hopefully scuba diving , i've noticed that there is a new camera coming out , the " Sealife Mini II " , i was wondering anyone got the previous incarnation and has anybody got any other suggestions :)
 
The trouble with dedicated underwater housings is they are big, heavy , complicated and take over your dive. If you're serious about getting fantastic underwater photos then a housing, a couple of strobes and dedicated ports is the only way to do it.As above Paul at cameras underwater is a great source of advice, but expect to drop a couple of grand on the set ups linked to above

However if its the first time you've dived (sorry it does sound like its a first time, or very early dive numbers though) you'll be worrying about the diving and not want too take an SLR and housing. I'd go as far as to say that taking one would be a really bad idea from a dive point of view, and having dived in the Maldives I know its one of the most challenging places in the world to dive (recreationally at least)

You'd be far better off with one of the excellent P & S cameras and dedicated housings for it produced by Canon or Fuji. Ideally make sure it can shoot in RAW. Something like this would be great http://www.amazon.co.uk/FujiFilm-F1...G6/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=1298535401&sr=8-20
 
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platty said:
Got it in one..:thumbs: ...this is the one i'm looking at released in March


http://www.sealife-cameras.com/cameras/mini2.html
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looks capable enough, but I can see a couple of issues with it. You'd be much better off with something that can record in RAW. Underwater play havoc with your WB and you probably want max lee way to adjust afterwards

More worryingly the onboard flash looks to be right above the lens. You need to be able to diffuse and underwater flash, and get it as far away as possible from the lens. As that stands any photos you use the flash, and you will want to, will give you an underwater photo that looks as though it was taken in a snow storm because the back scatter will be awful. (Even the clearest water has a large amount of suspended matter, your brain filters this out, but it will reflect an onboard flash badly, and that flash is so close to the lens as to be silly)
 
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