Superb image quality - slow Raw

Press Correspondent wrote:

It is quite remarkable that among so many camera brands and models flooding the consumer market SeaLife DC2000 remains the only available option with a large sensor, fast lens, waterproof without an enclosure. It works great on snorkeling trips both above and under water where a zoom is virtually useless while the 31mm focal length is ideal A 5-second lag between frames would not work for sports, but is not a showstopper for snorkeling.

I'm having a hard time believing you've actually taken a camera into the water, and your screen name only tends to reinforce that suspicion.  "A zoom is virtually useless."   Seriously?   The fixed lens has its advantages, but the market voted for zooms decades ago.  Snorkelers can't "move with their feet" very effectively.

Sealife has a habit of moving, so I'd rather be able to get 40-100 frames in 5 seconds rather than 1.

The DC2000 is a 4 year old model.   Sealife's subsequent models use 1/2.3" sensors.   It's a unicorn because Sony, Canon, Olympus, Panasonic and others meet the UW needs better.   If you go to any reputable Uw photography shop and see their recommendations for compact camera rigs, guess which one you will not see?   In a decade of liveaboards, I've seen a Sealife model once....in 2008.

> My second camera for travel is Panasonic LX100 II.

That would be an immensely preferable choice with its 4/3rds sensor.   The only knock against this model is the zoom being limited to 75mm, so weaker for macro.   But not nearly as weak as 31mm would be, and the 24mm on the wide also beats it.