5MP underwater camera

Hi,

saw one of these in a diveshop down in Mossie Park. They're pretty cheap and apparently a few people have them mounted as speargun cam.

http://www.goprocamera.com

http://www.vsport.com.au/gopro_camera/gopro_camera.php

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would still prefer a olympas

Sat, 2008-11-29 19:38

would still prefer a olympas 1030 as that one wont state a depth rating ... and the card can only go to 2gig ... much prefer the new 8gig high capacity cards

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Its a video camera, the

Sat, 2008-11-29 19:47

Its a video camera, the olympus is primarily a still camera.

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not having a dig but the

Sat, 2008-11-29 21:19

not having a dig but the olympus 1030do have a fairly good video built in as well as stills,we have used ours a fair bit and works well

RUSS

 

"A family that fishes together stays together"

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Yup, next to whitworths, he

Sun, 2008-11-30 04:21

Yup, next to whitworths, he said $350, other places in aus seem to have them for a bit less online.



Its actually even smaller than the very compact 1030, something you would want for a spear cam!

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New King of the Hill

Sun, 2008-11-30 14:31

for automatic compacts in the Olymup's class, the Pentax Optio W60 is the new king imo, films at  1280 x 720 HD resolution in 16:9 aspect ratio at 15 frames per second.

 

Velly nice! 

 

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