Has anyone used the Canon PowerShot SX20IS?

[Mike Waymire]

I'm thinking about buying one with the Ikelite housing. I'd like to go DSLR but can't afford to. If anyone out there has used one and can give me a review it would be appreciated. I mostly dive in coldwater environs- BC and Puget Sound. Leave strobe suggestions, too. I've been using the sealife DC 600 with dual strobes. The pictures are OK, but I'm looking for something more rugged and with more manual control. Thanks.

 

[diver 85]

A bump here needed, anyone using/used this camera UW???......Also, what housings are available for it??.......tia

 

[Mike Waymire]

I know Ikelite has one. Ikelite 6148.01 Digital Underwater Camera Housing for Canon Powershot SX10 IS Camera - Underwater Photo and Video

 

[Nemrod]

Just me but, look, if you want a (small) camera for underwater from Canon then there are two current choices, the G11 and the S90 (and the recently discontinued G10 and A590/A570).

If you want an SLR for surface shooting but cannot afford a 2,500 dollars housing or the size and weight restrictions eliminate it from your consideration (for travel) then there is the Canon Rebel T1s.

Consider the Canon T1S is around 750 to 800 dollars. The Canon S90 is 400 to 450. Purchase both for about 1,200 dollars. Get an extra zoom tele or whatever for your SLR and get a housing for your S90/G11 and you will have all bases covered for the price of a mid range dSLR without anything but the camera and kit lens--or very close. You will have a dSLR for surface and travel use and a Pro-sumer level P&S for underwater and pocket.

You have to quit thinking in terms of a one camera solution. The OPs question, me, I would not want that camera at all for anything. It is too big for the pocket and it is not a interchangeable lens SLR so it does nothing well.

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