Underwater Video

First came the camera. Then there was the underwater camera. Then came the digital camera - and we now have in digital cameras. Digital underwater cameras are ideal for capturing the beauty of the underwater world (or the bottom of your pool if you have that special artistic eye!). They are used by scientists and divers. Digital cameras come in many brands such as Kodak, Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Olympus. Surprisingly, the cheapest brands cost less than $ 200, although prices rise quite sharply for the cameras of the highest quality.

Some of the advantages of underwater digital cameras include:

- You can connect to a TV.

- They are smaller and lighter than the cameras

- Bad shots can be easily removed

- They can change the resolution, which is useful for wide-angle photography in low light conditions underwater

- They produce better images in high resolution

- They are never short film (because they do not use film!)

- They have a better depth of field (up to 4 times higher than that of film cameras)

- They have shutter speeds faster than 1/800th of a second flash, much faster than even the best film cameras

- Applications include sea mode, land transport mode, and external flash mode

Here are some examples of the best underwater digital devices:

1. The Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z1000

It has a 2. 8 inch LCD screen and 10 megapixels. The accommodation is necessary. Up to ISO 3.2000. 3x optical zoom, and it even includes an anti-shake.

2. The Pentax Optio

It features a 2.5 inch LCD screen and 7 megapixels. It does not require additional housing. Usable up to half an hour at depths up to 5 feet. It can even be used for shooting underwater videos. Up to 1600 ISO.

3. Fuji Film FinePix A400

Complete with waterproof housing, 4.2 megapixels. Moreover, it's cheap - less than $ 200 at the time of this writing).

4. SeaLife DC500

Includes land and flash modes Wed 5 megapixels, 3X optical zoom. Characteristics of an anti-shake function that compensates for movement by either the photographer or the subject.

The above is a small smaple of the range of brands, cameras and features available for photographers of almost every budget and level of sophistication.