Which Camera?

[jwmachon]

Hi,

Sorry if this as been spoke about before.

Before I start me and my partner are visiting egypt in may and will be going diving a couple of times and we are wanting a camera for underwater pictures.

I have done a search around and it looks like the Fuji F30 is the best camera for all round use and underwater however im no an expert so perhaps you guys could point me in the right direction if there is a better camera out there at around the same price.

Also where is a really good place to buy underwater cameras from.

Many thanks in advance.

Jonny

[the goat]

Yup,
Cant agree more that a Fuji point n shoot is the way to go.
Dabbled before with 2 Olympus cameras and while they were exceptional I felt that they were geared towards people who have more than a basic grasp on photography.
Fuji, however, were clearly designed for halfwits like me. You point, You shoot You have piccies.
There endeth the lesson.........Tomorrow.........how the planet was formed and splitting the atom.

[big_si]

Hi Jonny,

I've heard lots of great things about the F30 and F31. Especially good for low light. I'm not sure how easy they are to get hold of these days though as they're a pretty old model. :-/ If you can find them then grab them.

One place to look for underwater cameras is Cameras Underwater Homepage: Underwater housings, digital stills and video cameras, accessories. Gates, Ikelite, Epoque, SLR, DSLR, Sealife, Sea&Sea.

[Mike Ward]

IMO, a compact's a compact's a compact. Not dissing the Fuji's, people love 'em, just saying I've an old Oly C5000 I wouldn't swap for anything on the market today and my sister has an old Canon that turns out superb pics. Buy one, any one, it'll do t'job.

Second vote for Cameras Underwater from me. Alan James seem to be nice people as well.

Oh, and if you want some more detailed musings, take a look at my website, there's lots of basic photo advice on there.

[Bardo]

Definately the Fuji F31fd. As others have said, it's quite an old model now but there still isn't another compact digicam that can touch it for underwater photography. If it weren't for the fact that it uses xD memory cards, I would have bought one in a flash as a 'backup'...

Buy in confidence - the Fuji F31fd is a superb camera!

[String]

Canon G9 does RAW though which is an absolute godsend underwater.

[jwmachon]

Many thanks for the replies looking at it then for quality and price nothing compares to the f30 and the f31fd.

Many Thanks

[mark pallister]

ive got the fuji f40
dont know what the difference is but its real easy to use and pics are ok
you need to be quite close in uk waters prob due to low light levels
but it was outstanding in the red sea
just point and shoot!!

[Colin Marriott]

Originally Posted by jwmachon

Many thanks for the replies looking at it then for quality and price nothing compares to the f30 and the f31fd.

Many Thanks

Take a long, hard look at the F40fd (it takes SD cards as well )


ColinM

[jwmachon]

Thanks i will do i was told tho its not as good as the f30 or f31 due to iso not going as high in dark, However thats the reason im on here getting as much advice as poss

Thanjks