Camera Revolution
underwater cameras are heads above the digital camera revolution. Most consumers will point out that underwater cameras can’t compete with the capabilities of mainstream digital cameras today; lacking the latter’s optical zoom strength and greater pixel size, not to mention so many other graphics applications built in to the cameras. This argument is, at best, a half-truth progressing to a full lie. The truth is any type of application or augmentation accomplished on a standard digital camera can be replicated by an underwater camera with computer software; additionally, underwater cameras already sport 2 gigabyte cards (check out the Vivitar 8400 Underwater Camera) that can achieve the results desired by any recreational photographer. Think about how often you actually exploit those extra bells and whistles on your digital camera: just because it offers so many novel applications, doesn’t necessarily mean you use them, or even want them, or ever need them (though the price you pay for them is a nice premium). Consider this however; you can never take your digital camera for scuba diving, nor snorkeling, nor water skiing. Already, you say that you don’t care for water sports. How about land sports then? Underwater digital cameras offer you something your conventional digital camera can’t: the ability to take pictures in the rain. The versatility of the underwater camera comes without sacrifice to the quality of pictures for the average enthusiast who just wants to capture the memories of that perfect rainbow, the fish that didn’t get away, the perfect sunset, or your goofy kid’s impersonation of singing in the rain.