By Belinda Z (BonaireTalker - Post #75) on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 12:52 pm: |
Hi all,
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By joe brannan (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #322) on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 1:25 pm: |
Belinda.....take a look at http://www.digideep.com/. It's about the best website for underwater camera stuff that I've found. Not knowing much about the C5050, i just quick looked and that sounds a bit high (digideep shows a much lower price for the camera, so maybe the housing really isn't free). I'm thinking that many of the olympus housing are 30 meter rated, which isn't a really bad thing, but you always need to remember that if your going to be doing more than 30 meter dives.
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By herman mowery (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #307) on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 1:42 pm: |
Hi Belinda,
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By Belinda Z (BonaireTalker - Post #76) on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 1:58 pm: |
Joe and Herman,
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By DARLENE ELLIS (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1003) on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 2:19 pm: |
We use the sony P8 for snorkeling and it takes great pictures. It has a bit of a delay but I do fine with it. It is nice and small and compact.
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By herman mowery (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #308) on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 5:41 pm: |
Oops, I missed Secure Digital media as well. Another huge benefit of the 5050 over some other (C5060 for example)cameras is that it uses standard AA size batteries. It comes with NiMh type rechargable and that's what you should get as spares but the key issue is that the camera does not use some expensive or hard to find custom battery. AA's will be around for a long time and are easy to find. It's a real bummer to have a perfectly good camera and can't find a replacement battery for it. This is esp true on the day before a big trip.
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By Anthony Cooper (BonaireTalker - Post #41) on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 6:41 pm: |
Belinda - Hate to bust a bubble, but if you go back to scuba.com and try to "checkout" with camera and housing, I think you will find that the camera AND housing is about $830...there IS no free lunch (or housing)...the ad is awkwardly worded, indeed. Nevertheless, while I have not shot with the 5050, I have been shooting with an Olympus housed 3040 for a couple years and think quite highly of it. Many of the folks who post regularly on wetpixel.com, scubadiving.com and other sites will speak very well of the 5050, especially for non-professional use. Olympus has been on the digital cutting edge since day 1 and their "in-house" housings are a reasonable buy when you compare them to housings like the Tetra and others which are more substantial, but which run $1000 +. There's lots of info out there and the hunt is fun...but if you end up with the Olympus as your choice, check www.pricescan.com for prices (you should be able to do the 5050 for under $500 including shipping) and the housing is pretty firm at about $260.
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By Cecil Berry (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3244) on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 6:55 pm: |
This is driving me crazy, I swear I saw a review of a new camera that was waterproof enough for snorkeling. Now I can't find it, I checked Sonys and Olympus and neither of their new cameras is anything more than splash proof.
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By Linnea Wijkhof-Wimberly (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #630) on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 9:23 pm: |
Check out www.diversdiscount.com and click on 'Cameras' and then on the kind of camera you are interested in.
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By Anthony Cooper (BonaireTalker - Post #42) on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 10:04 pm: |
Hi, Linnea - Hate to do this again, but DiversDiscount.com and Scuba.com are the same outfit...and the Oly 5050 and housing are still $840...maybe we can start a revolution and get them to drop their price?
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By Susanf (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #702) on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 11:33 pm: |
B&H Photo (www.bhphotovideo.com) has the housing (PT-015) for 160.00. They used to have the 5050 (we got it for $549 from them), but apparently not any more.
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By Anthony Cooper (BonaireTalker - Post #43) on Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 11:56 pm: |
Belinda - One more suggestion...go to wetpixel.com, click on "Forums" on the banner at the top of the page, then go to "Consumer digicams". About 3 posts down you will find a thread with the question "What camera should I buy". There is probably as much info there to help you out with a camera/housing selection as there is info on Bonaire on this incredible site. If you drill down a bit you can't help but find all the info you're looking for.
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By seb schulherr (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1439) on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 6:46 am: |
SusanF, B&H they may show they have th P015, but a co worker could not get one from them last Wednesday.
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By Belinda Z (BonaireTalker - Post #77) on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 9:52 am: |
Anthony,
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By Anthony Cooper (BonaireTalker - Post #44) on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 6:02 pm: |
Belinda - It sounds as though you ended up with a great camera at a great price. I'm sure you'll find the 5050 very servicable and with just a little care the PT-015 housing should do equally well. Enjoy...your pix will be the envy of the block...to say nothing of the great time you'll have taking them. One of the real beauties of digital is the ability to "shot everything that moves" (...or doesn't as the case may be) and simply delete the shots that don't satisfy your "aesthetic sensibilities".
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By Belinda Z (BonaireTalker - Post #79) on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 6:48 pm: |
Anthony,
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By herman mowery (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #311) on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 10:32 pm: |
Belinda,
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By Daniel L Crawford (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #1) on Sunday, March 7, 2004 - 1:08 am: |
The C5050 is a very popular camera with some of the photo folks that hang out on the Rodales Scubadiving dot com bulletin board at:
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By Belinda Z (BonaireTalker - Post #81) on Sunday, March 7, 2004 - 10:48 am: |
Herman,
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By Belinda Z (BonaireTalker - Post #82) on Sunday, March 7, 2004 - 10:52 am: |
To everyone,
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By seb schulherr (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1445) on Sunday, March 7, 2004 - 12:00 pm: |
Belinda, I'm surprised Oceanbrite didn't manage to sell you an orange filter you can screw on the font of the housing, you must have ordered on the web. Not a bad thing to have in your pocket, he convinced me when I phoned to get one, and I've been glad I did. I also ended up with a 2x lens I can also add on the front of the housing. I'm still avoiding getting a strobe, but I have been known to put a little flashlight on things at night for a shot.
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By Daniel L Crawford (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #2) on Sunday, March 7, 2004 - 3:01 pm: |
OOPS.... in my previous post I referenced www.digitaldive.net
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