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Budget Underwater Camera

Started Dec 13, 2018 | Questions thread
RetCapt Contributing Member • Posts: 712
Re: Budget Underwater Camera

Another vote for the TG series, in my case the TG-4.   I am neither a diver nor a snorkeler, but I live in the mountains and am a fly fisherman.    So I am on and in the water, even a couple of times upside down in it (unintentionally).    The usual bushwhacking one does in the mountains creates a dusty environment and the camera sometimes gets banged around.   I don't want to risk my other cameras to the level of risk I encounter, but I still want great pictures, so a tough type camera is ideal.    K-dub is right in that you will have to do post processing to get the best results, but that modest amount of work is well worth it.    Despite any negative comments you may read regarding small sensors,   I find that if I do my job right with camera settings and post processing I can get 11X14" prints indistinguishable from my APS-C system.      FWIW, since I am hiking and bushwhacking over uneven terrain in the dust, I carry my TG-4 in a Pelican micro-case.    It is an additional level of protection, perhaps redundant, but still allows instant access to the camera.

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