SeaLife DC1200 (part 1)
ktuli — Fri, 10/15/2010 - 08:34
So I mentioned this briefly earlier, but back in August, Anya and I purchased an SeaLife DC1200 underwater camera.
The camera is a point and shoot model, which obviously is not my preference, but we simply can't afford the extra $3000 it would cost to purchase the housing, strobe, and dome ports.
We're saving up for a trip to Wakatobi Resort in Southeast Sulawesi in Indonesia. I am sure there will be some incredibly awesome photo opportunities, and I hope I don't regret having to cut corners and take a point and shoot.
We've rented other cameras from SeaLife from our dive group - Divehards International - and gotten mixed results. You can see our best underwater photo which was taken with a DC600. Then last year, we rented a DC800 and came back with several sets of photos (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
The kit we purchased came with everything you see to the left:
So far, the camera has not been on a dive trip yet. I've used it to make a couple kayaking videos. I have also tried to get a few underwater shots of fish with it while kayaking, but haven't had enough luck to keep anything. But at least the housing is water-tight enough to be submerged.
Over the next couple posts, I'll go into some of the features of this camera, what makes it better than the predecessors we have rented in the past, and maybe talk a little more about the challenges of underwater photography.
Stay tuned! And if you feel like donating a housing and strobe so I can take my Canon 7D diving with me, drop me a line and let's talk... ;)
- Bill
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