SeaLife SL 320 Reef Master Mini Digital Camera

"I write, I write again, and they have no reply. The item did not arrive to me in a good condition. The photo looked like almost new, but it was tattered and torn, looked beat-up. Items missing was the memory card and case, there was none sent to me."

I don't understand why some people have a problem with this camera. It's a great little "point and shoot" for the money and it takes great photos down to 130 feet! Just have a look at the shots I was able to take of the reef in Florida to get an example of what this camera can do. I do recommend teaming the camera up with a good photo editor such as Photoshop or The GIMP (the one I use). I highly recommend this camera if you Scuba Dive or Snorkel.

As a beginner scuba diver, This is a must. For the majority, this camera took very good pictures in and out of the water. I think the bad ones were from the operator not being quite stable under the water. An I mean really not stable. Even some of the pics from me not being in control of myself still turned out pretty good. This was a very good buy. My daughter and I wanted a few memories of our learning and we got them. We didn't have to worry about not getting enough pictures. It is digital and we were able to save them to the computer right away. This is a real good buy

after using this camera 2 times, the shutter button got stuck down and wouldnt pop back up. 2 AA batteries would only last about 30 minutes and then the camera would turn off when the shutter was pressed.

OK, this seems to be the cheapest digital underwater camera there is but you get what you pay for. You will want to get this one instead of the version rated to 45ft only because you do not know how deep you may get. Someone in our dive group had the 45ft model and it flooded while mine was fine. Also, it is definitely NOT a replacement for your standard camera on dry land or even on the beach - there are several waterproof/sandproof models out there that make way better pictures but they cannot go diving.
The camera has two fixed focus settings and so it often makes fuzzy/shaken pictures esp. under low light. Switching between the two settings is hard, esp. underwater, and it would be impossible with gloves on or for someone with soft nails. Underwater pictures are washed-out bluish and lack color even with the "sea" setting. Do not expect anything close to the vivid colors you see in corral reef pictures and movies. The flash does not seem to do anything useful under water (tried on a night dive). The manual says do not jump with it in have someone hand it to you but that is not always an option. The strap is short had to extend it so that I could make pictures with the camera safely clipped to the BCD. It goes through batteries very fast esp. in movie mode and usually did not last through 2 dives, yet it is hard to change the batteries on the boat and keep the o-ring and around clean (used compressed air from empty tank). The rubbery cover is soft and weak, it got quite worn out after just one week of diving when I kept it in the pocket of the BCD (so that it would not get in the way and would not dangle either).