micahjt:
Sure don't trust anything bad said about SeaLife, trust desiredbard's opinion only.
too funny
My personal opinion : SeaLife blows chunks big time. Not only are their products inferior but their customer service stinks just as bad. I've been doing photography since 1982, have my own B&W dark room and feel pretty confident in my observations about SeaLife and their products. Everyone else is certainly entitled to their own opinion......live and learn!
Well I hope youve seen the two pics above
Regarding their customer service its excellent.
The wife accidentelly got rid of the driver CD I use the cam as a still as well.
Dealers are a bit iffy about providing a CD and regretfully you cannot download the driver from their website. However 1 mail to their support + a couple of aditional questions and I received a new CD and some fresh moisture munchers (The ones i got from leisure pro were slightly discolloured) free of charge. And this is before I took the bother of registering my puchase.
Now try that with SONY.
:lol:
(Camera's discontinued after 6-9 months and having a hard time replacing o-rings getting a diffuser, let alone a external flash.....and service.....If sony would install carbrakes I would sure as what not drive that car)
True the battery life could be a lot better, I have not taken macro yet cause i do not have a diffuser. But it boils down to RTFM , its a point and shoot camera but if conditions are not ideal you must know how to adjust an compensate)
Again the pics in my previous post are made with the so called
Leaking, fogging unsharp yugo of a camera called the Sealife DC500
The second photo is made with an Olympus which was without the housing more expensive than my PRO set.
I can imagine that some people would be annoyed with the fact they overspend on a camera and only get soso results. But that is no reason to advise people against a good deal, and sure if your big time into it go for an SLR, but stay away from SONY KODAK the Small olympusses cause they are overprised and overrated on their name: in that case do it right and spen 2.5-3k on a camera and periphials.
Now your own album looks nice enough but there is loads of comments of people that barely seem to be able to handle a camera.
Again there will be better out there but your going to pay for it.
I regret my sony, i know people who regret their medium ranges kodak and canon, sure if you have 2-3 thousand to spare there is of course better to get than the sealife
Its not a bad camera.
BTW the pictuires above are scaled down my buddies one is cropped
Now he is new to underwater photography wheras I had practice with my sony. but still .....