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Haven't seen much info on the TS2, but I was looking for a new P&S camera I could take into semi-dangerous environments without fear - lots of snowboarding, pools/snorkeling, some scuba obviously, and just peace of mind for bad weather (I've vacationed in Vietnam amidst monsoon rains, **** happens that's hard to prepare for). Despite the very 2006 video mode, I really liked the S90+housing, but it's really not that hardy for what I might subject it too and costs a fair bit more to get water ready.
That basically boiled it down to the Panny or an Olympus Stylus Tough 8010. I've had Oly cameras in the past (like 6-8 years ago), and while I liked them, most of the reviews of the past several Tough models have suffered from soft image quality. Other gripes I've had seemed fixed in the 8010 (video mode, reliance on godforsaken XD cards), but I didn't want to guinea pig it with it's historic IQ issues. I have friends with the TS1, and they like it for lighter duty (beach), so I figured I'd give the tougher version 2 a chance.
Anywho, last week my wife and I went on her first/my second ever dives while we were vacationing on the Big Island Hawaii. We did 2-dive Discover Scuba with Jack's Dive Locker and had a blast. I didn't use the camera a lot as I really wanted to make sure I could get a handle on my buoyancy, but did get a few chances after I got comfy to pull it out for some pictures/video. We went down to about 40', and I dove with the camera without a housing.
Links to samples after my fifth post (this one!).
Haven't seen much info on the TS2, but I was looking for a new P&S camera I could take into semi-dangerous environments without fear - lots of snowboarding, pools/snorkeling, some scuba obviously, and just peace of mind for bad weather (I've vacationed in Vietnam amidst monsoon rains, **** happens that's hard to prepare for). Despite the very 2006 video mode, I really liked the S90+housing, but it's really not that hardy for what I might subject it too and costs a fair bit more to get water ready.
That basically boiled it down to the Panny or an Olympus Stylus Tough 8010. I've had Oly cameras in the past (like 6-8 years ago), and while I liked them, most of the reviews of the past several Tough models have suffered from soft image quality. Other gripes I've had seemed fixed in the 8010 (video mode, reliance on godforsaken XD cards), but I didn't want to guinea pig it with it's historic IQ issues. I have friends with the TS1, and they like it for lighter duty (beach), so I figured I'd give the tougher version 2 a chance.
Anywho, last week my wife and I went on her first/my second ever dives while we were vacationing on the Big Island Hawaii. We did 2-dive Discover Scuba with Jack's Dive Locker and had a blast. I didn't use the camera a lot as I really wanted to make sure I could get a handle on my buoyancy, but did get a few chances after I got comfy to pull it out for some pictures/video. We went down to about 40', and I dove with the camera without a housing.
Links to samples after my fifth post (this one!).