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Superb image quality - slow Raw

Started Apr 19, 2020 | User reviews thread
kelpdiver Veteran Member • Posts: 5,564
Re: Superb image quality - slow Raw

Press Correspondent wrote:

The models you mention are not waterproof and don’t compete with SeaLife. Sony RX0 is waterproof with a 1” sensor, but has a 4 times smaller screen (by area) and its lens is nowhere as bright plus too wide. Among waterproof cameras (without an enclosure) SeaLife DC2000 has no competition considering the lens and sensor combination.

you got it backwards - the Sealife doesn't compete with the Sony or the Canon or even the Olympus TG with its smaller sensor.

You said it yourself - it takes 5s per raw shot, and compact cameras generally need RAW to correct the WB.    My wife's G7X II takes 8 raw frame per second for several seconds, which she used to good avail when white sharks were doing swim bys.   It also has a far more useful 24-100mm range.    The DC2000 has a narrow 31mm as the only option - not good for wide, not good for macro.    And it's offerings for a light or a strobe are too close to the lens.  Hello, backscatter.

And it does have an enclosure which you would want to use past 30ft, nevermind its 60 ft promise.   So what's the gain, in reality?    The big loss is after the dive when you have a camera that is severely limited for topside photography-  you'll need to pack two cameras.

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