Sea&Sea 8000G

[DiveMaven]

I'm wondering what exactly makes this compact "as close to DSLR as you can get"? It seems a strange claim to me and I think it is something that we need to nail down a bit for people who are researching for a new camera.

It's nice to see such a positive review on a new system What other systems have you and your husband used?

I believe that it's the manual adjustability of this compact camera that prompts Sea&Sea to say that. You can not only attach a wide angle conversion lens to the camera, but you can adjust the aperture, shutter speed, exposure compensation, white balance, and ISO. Plus you can actually use manual focus on it and shoot in a variety of formats, including RAW. It also alllows you to get as close at 2cm from a subject to shoot macro, and the camera offers regular and digital telephoto.

Since I haven't checked every compact digital camera on the market, I wouldn't profess to say that it's the only compact digital with these features, however it certainly doesn't matter to our experience with it. We're very pleased with the 8000G and find it to meet our needs and do an excellent job with both wide angle and macro shots, which is what I wanted to share with folks who might want an excellent compact digital with a lot of the features of an SLR.

Our only other experience with underwater photography has been with our Pentax camera in a housing. Nice wide angle shots, but since you can only put it about 18 inches from a subject to get a shot, the macro capabilities are nil. Additionally, the housing for the Pentax is rated to only 130 feet, but realistically the buttons begin to have problems at 120 feet, which was slightly limiting. The Sea&Sea is rated to 180 feet so no worries at 130' that it'll lock up. This is what basically prompted us to hunt for a new camera and led us to the 8000G.

 

[diver 85]

for any one considering the dx-8000 they might want to check out the new version of the camera the sea and sea Dx-1g it is 10 mp camera. it look like it is a fast better built camera, seems like it is getting good reviews. here is a couple web site for it
http://www.seaandsea.com/DX-1G/release.pdf
http://imaginginsider.com/?p=37944

and here it is on B&H were ells
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/503463-REG/Sea_Sea_SS_06581_DX_1G_UW_Digital_Camera.html

Look @ the price...I paid $400 for Canon 570 & UW case.......No thanks, I'll stick with what I have for now......

 

[bigfrog23]

i would not buy the Dx-1g or the dx-8000 personal. i think that it is over priced for what you get not saying that they are bad cameras but it would be nice to see a nikonos connection for TTL and a dome port it might be tempting then as a backup camera. if i was in the market for a point shoot camera i would go out find one and then put the camera in a housing i still think this is the best solution for most people. both the Dx-1g and the Dx-8000 are much better than the sea life cameras.

 

[alcina]

Dive_Maven - thanks! Exactly the information that others can use