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Superb image quality - slow Raw

Started Apr 19, 2020 | User reviews thread
Barmaglot_07 Contributing Member • Posts: 633
Re: Superb image quality - slow Raw
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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.

The problem with waterproofing on DC2000 is that being limited to 18m, it's mostly useless for scuba divers. Most common recreational certification is to 30m, and dive sites all over the world are mapped accordingly. Therefore, if you want to take your DC2000 on a dive trip, you need to house it... and then you basically have a bulky, slow, overpriced RX100 III with a severely limited control set and a fixed focal length lens. The only situations where the waterproofing will come into play are:

  1. The housing leaks. An RX100 will almost certainly die in a housing flood, whereas a DC2000 will almost certainly survive. However, the proliferation of vacuum test systems in even entry-level compact housings these days makes floods much less likely than they used to be.
  2. The user is limited to snorkeling rather than scuba diving. In this case, they're unlikely to exceed the DC2000's depth limits, while the relatively compact dimensions of a bare DC2000 vs a housed RX100 provide a certain advantage.
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