eagleflyfisher Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Merry xmas all! Got a new underwater camera for xmas. Lumix TS1 Thought I'd post an option for a different brand of camera. I have had the Optio w20 for the past 4 years & previous to that the Canon {film style} They both were simple to use but never really clear crisp quality. the under water feature i felt was pretty much useless unless you were under 3ft away depending on clarity of water & light. Seems like the optio should have had a stronger flash perhaps. Sorry camera guy's my experience doesn't go any farther than point & shoot. Anyhow I thought I'd point out a new guy to consider. A Lumix {Panasonic} TS1. It has a Ziess lens so that probably good. A wider angle lense than others. Records in HD. Seems to have a massive range of options { I'm on pg 40 of about 160 in the manual, so still learning.} Face recognition ,Intelligent auto Blah Blah Blah... I was salt water fishing a couple of weeks ago with a friend and he had a non water proof Lumix and his picture quality was amazing. I was wanting an upgrade for awhile now, Nothing was really that improved in the basic line up to me. Considered the Canon but it's features & pic quality didn't even compare to the Lumix, also they made it quite large for some reason? Any how I'm not a dealer, don't sell them in my store, just passing on some friendly info. If any one else has one maybe they can give me few pointers... one to check out if your in the market , reviews on the net sure help. Tx Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 here you might find this very interesting.... http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/digital-ca...ew_roundup.html ...Wolfie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loviatt Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 I too got a Lumix TS1 at christmas - awesome HD video and good photo quality in the air, but haven't tested the underwater yet. Looking forward to the summer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonn Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Does anyone have an olympus 8000. I can't seem to take quality photos with it indoors, also the auto focus doesn't seem to work that great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reevesr1 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 I had an Olympus SW850 (or maybe a 750? Can't remember). Loved it for indoor, outdoor, underwater. I now have a SW1050. Don't like it nearly as much. It just does not seem to take as good a picture either outside or inside. Inside is worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipestoneflyguy Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Santa brought me a Pentax W80 rugged - can't wait to try it out Anyone else use one of these, R U happy with it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLeod Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 I have a Canon PowerShot D10 .. Works good..Nice underwater pics.. I will post a few shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agbff Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Santa brought me a Pentax W80 rugged - can't wait to try it out Anyone else use one of these, R U happy with it ? Yeah dude, got for for x-mas as well. Takes decent photo's, cant tell much difference between the w60 that previously crapped out on me... Got some cool video yesterday skiing Fernie with it taped to my helmet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayhad Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Santa brought me a Pentax W80 rugged - can't wait to try it out Anyone else use one of these, R U happy with it ? Christmas as well, and I know a few others that got it, it's deadly the underwater video is going to blow your mind. I tried it out on the 26 and 26 with some good video clips. I think i will just shoot video as you can just pull the frames from the video later. The batteries burn up pretty quick in the cold, so I am going to buy some off of ebay this week $15 can for 2 batteries, you can't go wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbowtrout Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 I have the Olympus 1030sw and it kicks ass indoors and out and the underwater pics rock. I think it's all user error in Rickr's case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipestoneflyguy Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Couldn't wait for spring so after leaving work yesterday I took a 10 second video of a small mechanical shark swimming around in our hot tub - from the full width of the tub inside, about 7 feet, you could see enough detail for a decent image despite it being overcast and snowing with low late afternoon flat light. Jayhad - I kinda have the same idea - I usually fish alone, I have a program called VLT which has a great "snapshot out of video" feature - I am hoping this allows me to share and document some of the fish I catch without having to take em out of the water - seems like it has a real potential as a way of creating a momento while minimzing impact of the fish themselves - not to mention some of the underwater video posted here is just plain amazing. - thanks for the tip on the batteries, I'll pick a couple up (no AA or AAA is the only feature I would change) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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