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I am just about to walk out the door for a two week trip to Tucson (non diving) but am still having a dilemma about what video camera and housing to purchase.

I have been reading posts here for a while and formulated some parameters -

The camera does not have to be high definition


- I do not intend to sell my work. It is the family video type of shooting that I prefer to do

- I dive mostly ocean diving at dive resorts (last 3 trips Fiji, Grand Turk, Cabo San Lucas, next trip South Africa) where the ambient light is pretty good.

- I would like to have one that works well without artificial light.

- Small is better than big.

- say $2 grand more or less.

I have done about 80 hours of diving as described above without a camera. I remember when I was in Fiji, a divemaster said he preferred non photographer divers, because the photographers would get mad, if they didn't get good shots. I hope to still be happy and feel fortunate if I get something good.