- Optical Sensor Resolution: 3.1 MP
- Optical zoom: 1 x
- Display Size: 1.5 inches
- Viewfinder Type: Optical
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
For the price, it's a great deal!,
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This review is from: Pixtreme PX2 3.2 Megapixel Digital Sports Camera & Waterproof Underwater Scuba Housing (Electronics)
First off, know that I purchased this camera after tallying up the costs *last* year for about 5 disposable underwater cameras - the kind that only go 10 feet under water and you're lucky if you get anything that deep? I spent as much on those 5 disposables as I did on this digital camera and I can still *use* this camera!
Housing. The housing is really what you're paying for. Yes, it will actually go down to 125 feet just fine. It is rugged, locks easily, has a nice fingerhold on the front for better stability when taking a shot, and works as well as any other underwater housing I've seen. I really like the buttons and how they work. I've seen some housings with a flimsy spring that jogs out of place right in the middle of a great dive or snorkeling session, screwing up the rest of your dive, but these buttons have strong built-in springs enabling you to access the whole gammut of menu options without removing the camera from the case. Capacity. Get a card for it so you can snap as many pictures as you want to/need to. It will hold about 20-25 pictures at the "Super" quality without a card, but well over 300 *with* one (512mb), and I would recommend keeping it at Super for every picture you take. Be aware of one little issue however: when you put the card in, don't expect to be able to put the little rubber cover over top of it! If you attempt that, you'll push the card enough to make it think it's supposed to come out again. The rubber cover is only supposed to be pushed in if there is no card in the slot! So I just leave the camera in the housing for safe-keeping, even if I'm on land. It just seems easier that way. Flash. Don't expect to be able to use the flash. Pretty much at all, unfortunately. You'll be better off holding a flashlight at your subject because it has no power to it. I may get the add-on strobe attachment and see if that works any better. Batteries. This is one of two reasons why it only gets a "3" rating. It eats batteries for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and then a midnight snack. I got about 60 -70 pictures out of each set of batteries before needing to change them. Which basically meant, every dive, I had to change them. I had read reviews about the earlier version eating batteries as well, so I was prepared with a TON of batteries. It was okay, because I knew about it ahead of time, but the flash will eat your batteries faster and be worthless to boot. Shutter speed. This is the second reason why it only gets a "3" rating from me. The slow shutter time forces you to hold very still and hope the subject is still in the frame by the time it actually takes the picture! Be aware of the lag time between when you push the button and the shutter actually clicks. It's not much, but when you're chasing a fish, it's enough to torque you off! That's why I'm glad its digital: you can take as many pictures as you need to and then choose just one. I learned how to track my subject and then snap a picture. It worked okay, but there were some great shots I missed as a fish zoomed by me at top speed. Movies. Okay, wow. I was *seriously* impressed with the movie capabilities of this little thing! For it's price, and when its set on "Super" quality, it does really, really well! My neice got to swim with the dolphins for her birthday and I got a great video of her being pushed up and out of the water on a really cool ride by two dolphins pushing on her feet. One word of caution, however: don't try to zoom in. Zoom. One word: crappy. As long as you know this as don't try to use it (yes, even at "super" quality), you'll be fine. Yeah, it zooms, but it pixilates the photo making it unviewable to anyone who doesn't want to cross their eyes. So don't use it. That does mean that you have to be fairly close to your subject, however. But not too close! As with any older auto-focus/no-focus camera, you have to be at least three feet away from your subject to be sure it's in focus. But with the "super" quality setting, you can crop extraneous items out of the picture later. Overall? I was impressed and very happy with my purchase. It's small. It's light. It goes underwater. It's digital. It takes pictures and movies. Oh, and it has a timer on it that works just as well as any other timer I've seen, too, so you can get yourself into the shot! I took well over 500 shots while I was in Mexico this January and was able to use about 165 of them in the family slide show. Not bad! :)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty good and not too expensive!,
This review is from: Pixtreme PX2 3.2 Megapixel Digital Sports Camera & Waterproof Underwater Scuba Housing (Electronics)
I bought this camera to make sure that if I dropped it in a puddle or a river it wouldn't break. I also wanted it to be able to withstand minor shocks. It works pretty well but sometimes seems to want to flash and then will not, so it won't take a picture... It also seems to drain the battery too quickly!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Pix-treme Disappointment,
This review is from: Pixtreme PX2 3.2 Megapixel Digital Sports Camera & Waterproof Underwater Scuba Housing (Electronics)
I bought this camera specifically to take on a dive trip to remote divesites in the Bahamas earlier this month. Although the camera worked fine on land, it malfunctioned almost completely underwater(three dive companions checked and rechecked my operation, both on land and underwater), Consequently we lost almost all photo records of the spectacular dives (since the camera worked fine on the surface, we had brought along only one additional disposable underwater camera).
Here are the main problems: 1. I purchased an SD Memory Card to increase the limited memory. The card fits, but then the rubber cap does not close (or if you force it in, the card pops out) 2. the control button on the housing that is most raised is the crucial "set" button. Works fine on land with bare fingers, but when wearing gloves underwater, every time you grab the camera to take a shot, you hit the set button and go who-knows-where and lose photo capability. 3. the battery case kept popping halfway open when underwater. A red light went on, and the only way to reset was to remove and reload) the batteries on the surface.
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