Hello All,
I am about to buy the new camera, need an advice. I consider myself an advanced amateur in photography, but very little underwater experience. Diving mostly tropics. SLRs with custom housing are out of my range and I had bad experience with fairly good for land mode Canon point-and-shoot camera. So, I narrowed down my selection to two cameras: SeaLife DC1200 and Sea&Sea DX-2G.
Looking at specs they are in the same niche. Both have some pros and contras. Both are 12 Megapixels. One has wider angle lens, another wider zoom (though it is not very useful underwater as I understand). One has RAW format available and some manual control, another features four underwater modes (are these really useful?). Can you list most important, decisive points for the underwater camera?
SeaLife DC1200 looks to be more popular among users of this forum. Sea&Sea DX-2G seems to be somewhat better on the paper. I need to justify to myself much higher price of the DX-2G.
I would appreciate those who have experience with either of two cameras or both of them to share it and express their thoughts. Opinions of beginners, advanced users and professionals all do matter. Post sample pictures with brief description of conditions and camera setup, if you can.
Thank you All responding to this.
I am about to buy the new camera, need an advice. I consider myself an advanced amateur in photography, but very little underwater experience. Diving mostly tropics. SLRs with custom housing are out of my range and I had bad experience with fairly good for land mode Canon point-and-shoot camera. So, I narrowed down my selection to two cameras: SeaLife DC1200 and Sea&Sea DX-2G.
Looking at specs they are in the same niche. Both have some pros and contras. Both are 12 Megapixels. One has wider angle lens, another wider zoom (though it is not very useful underwater as I understand). One has RAW format available and some manual control, another features four underwater modes (are these really useful?). Can you list most important, decisive points for the underwater camera?
SeaLife DC1200 looks to be more popular among users of this forum. Sea&Sea DX-2G seems to be somewhat better on the paper. I need to justify to myself much higher price of the DX-2G.
I would appreciate those who have experience with either of two cameras or both of them to share it and express their thoughts. Opinions of beginners, advanced users and professionals all do matter. Post sample pictures with brief description of conditions and camera setup, if you can.
Thank you All responding to this.