Budget underwater camera?

[mikey123]

Going on holiday soon so thinking it would be cool to take one along. Nothing over £30! Just a disposable would do.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000J4GPN8/?tag=cliospnet01-21
This looked ok and has some decent reviews.

Anyone used this/any underwater disposables?

 

[Andy.]

I used one when I was diving in Mexico. I have no idea which one though, I just bought a cheap waterproof disposible. It was the first time in years that I had taken a film in to be developed!

 

[mikey123]

Was it any good?

 

[Andy.]

It did the job. The light underwater is pretty s**t so colours and grain are not great but it's better than nothing and beats paying £100's for a case which could leak.

 

[Nick_P]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UK-NEW-DSLR-SLR-Underwater-Housing-Waterproof-Case-Bag_W0QQitemZ370283941949QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=&rvr_id=&cguid=3ca8e2a21260a0e203d39843fdf4181e

 

[mr.valver]

I couldn't bring myself to put my SLR into a bag then go swimming with it lol

 

[Nick_P]

Ditto, shudder. Unless there was a guarantee...

 

[SamP]

Guarantee covers damage to bag?

 

[katg]

was at a local agricultural show last weekend, and a camera stall had a cheap cheerful fuji compact on sale down to £75 but with a free waterproof housing worth £70 iirc

if you want something like that, that could be used many times, and have a cheep compact to have handy at other times then it might be worth looking out an offer like it other places

 

[MattT]

I've seen some good reviews of some of the disposable ones on Flickr.
Sometimes the results are hit and miss, but I wouldn't be happy dunking my DSLR.

I'm hoping to get one of those Lomography Fisheye 2 cameras for about £30 and then there's a waterproof casing you can get for it too, which is about £30 on the bay.
That way I can get some interesting fisheye shots both above and below water!

 

[mikey123]

I think i'll just go for a disposable one now. F*ck putting my SLR in a bag then dunking it into the water!!

 

[SamP]

Get a Go Pro HD camera. Awesome video camera/still camera and theyre waterproof.

2 birds with 1 stone and all that.

 

[MattT]

^^ Some of those sample vids are superb.
Not cheap, but tempting!