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Budget Underwater Camera

Started Dec 13, 2018 | Questions thread
koweb Contributing Member • Posts: 874
Re: Is this the new standard for cheap ($300) underwater cameras?

PHXAZCRAIG wrote:

Since the demise of affordable point-n-shoots with matching dive housings, there is a need for entry-level underwater camera gear.

What killed the point-n-shoot market? Cell phones. What might replace the cheap underwater point-n-shoot in a dive housing? A cell phone in a dive housing.

The Kraken Universal Smart Phone diving housing! $300

https://www.bluewaterphotostore.com/kraken-smart-phone-housing?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxamTv5rT4gIVlaDsCh2a6gD-EAQYASABEgJ49PD_BwE

How can a housing be universal? By using Bluetooth to interface between the dive housing buttons and the cell phone features.

Completely agree; I posted a review, with photos, here... https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61994163

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