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I got my last one from a seller in the UK, which sold cheap enough to offset shipping since she'd lost the charger but it they are both old models - hard to find anymore. Well, when you do see a DC500 on ebay, it's less than $200 now complete.I wish there was a cheap replacement camera for the housing...
The Vivitar 5340 is almost impossible to find.
The odds against any of us having owned both are really great. The weak point on the DC500 is the battery life, but you can get 900 mAh Nikon batteries that work well on ebay.
Arrrg! I need those now. After my last trip, changing cameras between dives, changing batteries in AC room for third, I bought 2 - 900 mAh batteries, but hadn't tested them well. It's hard to shoot 100+ pics in a day if you don't have much to shoot at. Now in Coz, I am getting 60. Makes me suspect the validity of the 900 mAh claim.I've been using 1200 mAh batteries from Battery Wholesale.
Can you give me a link to the one you like? There are several companies by that name.I've been using 1200 mAh batteries from Battery Wholesale.