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Sealife DC2000 or Sony RX0 II ?

Started May 28, 2019 | Discussions thread
JanMarten New Member • Posts: 9
Re: Sealife DC2000 or Sony RX0 II ?
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NMPh wrote:

Hi everybody,

I am looking for a robust and compact camera for underwater / beach photos that supports RAW format and has a good picture quality (i.e. makes for good prints). I would not need to go deep underwater, though.

I was considering the Sealife DC2000 as it has 1 inch sensor (I am leaving away cameras with smaller sensor), and then found out that the brand new Sony RX0 II (also 1 inch sensor) would be also OK for the task, as it withstands water depts up to 10 meters.

Any of you having experience with any of them?

Thank you in advance,

Nico

I have the DC2000 for two  years and haven’t had a better camera for the purposes you mention. Don’t go for the Olympus TG-5; I have bought the camera twice, but always sold it again. It is a far more streamlined camera with very nice options, but the image quality just isn’t as good as the DC2000. You really can tell the difference between the 1” and the smaller Olympus sensor. If you can live with a fixed 31mm and quirky handling (menu-wise), you have a camera that delivers very good IQ, under water and on land.

I haven’t used the RX0, but it seems to limited to me. Of course this is just my opinion 😉.

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