Cheap underwater P and S digi??

[Werewolf]

Hi guys/girls............haven't posted for ages. Computers upgraded and broadband connected! YAY

Can anyone recommend a cheap, good quality, underwater point & shoot digi? I'm doing a PADI Open Water Course over the next 2 weekends (another expensive hobby ), and I'd like to experiment with underwater pics. Can't afford an underwater housing for my beautiful D70, hence my question.

Anyone?

Thanks in advance,

Steve

[sirhc55]

Steve - not much knowledge on this subject but you could try http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-locale=en_AU&pq-path=1036

[Werewolf]

Thanks Chris............that could be an option initially, even if it does mean using film!!

Daddy, what's film??

[gstark]

Isn't there an inexpensive housing that suits the Nikon PHDs ?

And do Ewa still make their Marine Bag?

[Onyx]

Werewolf, enjoy getting diver certified...
The cheapest P&S option would be to get a single use underwater cam, about $20 plus cost of processing. That is by far cheaper than trying to source a decent P&S model and find a housing for it (typically underwater housings cost as much as the camera it's made for).

It'll make you appreciate free air when you have to pay $20 to fill your air tank.

[MHD]

I know Canon make a housing for their IXUS...

ISTR that it was ~$300 for the housing

[MCWB]

Bit of a weird offer I know, but if you can beg/borrow/steal/buy a housing for a Canon Powershot A80 you're more than welcome to borrow my A80 for the 2 week course.

[SteveGriffin]

You will drive yourself nuts with a point and shoot underwater unless you shoot natural light only. Backscatter from the built in flash is a killer on most of the cheaper UW housings even in water with 50m vis.

D70 is great under water but you need to spend the $5k+ to accessorise it first.

Lucky she doesn't know

[Eunosdriver]

If you can find a Fuji F700, then the underwater housing can be had for sensible money on Ebay;

Camera
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 05152&rd=1

Case
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... eName=WD2V

[Werewolf]

Thanks folks for advice/offers (MCBW).........think I'll start with the film disposable, though it must be 3 years or more since I've had to have film developed

Then again there's always that Canon underwater rig on eBay for a cool $30,000!!!!

Chicken feed eh??