sad day for my W300

[baggins_69]

after over 100 dives and thousands of photos, My W300 died in early december due to being owned by an idiot.

I jumped in on the one deep dive of the trip without thinking about the 100' depth rating of the camera. hit 115 and it flooded when I came up to about 95. I guess there was no wiggle room in that rating.

it was a great camera, so easy to use. I will miss it. going to transition to a TG-7, but will always have fond memories of my W300.

 

[happy-diver]

It was time it was meant to be enjoy your new camera

Maybe you could take up diving instead of cameraing

 

[baggins_69]

Maybe you could take up diving instead of cameraing

you joke, but I've found in the 8 or so dives I've done since I flooded the camera that my critter spotting has improved greatly. I've also had more time to pay attention to what my fellow divers are doing and just the whole dive experience in general.

I assume because I am less focused on my own camera and more on finding things for others to photograph....

 

[tridacna]

you joke, but I've found in the 8 or so dives I've done since I flooded the camera that my critter spotting has improved greatly. I've also had more time to pay attention to what my fellow divers are doing and just the whole dive experience in general.

I assume because I am less focused on my own camera and more on finding things for others to photograph....

Well…your field of vision has increased from a teeny viewfinder to almost 180 degrees. Amazing how much more you see.

 

[happy-diver]

No joke!

 

[Nemrod]

My mom was an OR nurse. Back circa 1966 she brought home some heavy vinyl bags that were usually thrown away that carried surgical supplies. I found that I could secure them between the mask and mask lens band on the old round Sea Hunt masks and within hours I had put my Argus 35mm camera underwater! The pictures were horrible and barely recognizable. Dive without a camera, pfffft, right, sure, I will do that, not!