Disposable Underwater Cameras Junk?

[ralphie16]

Lots of stores sell disposable cameras that are good up to 50ft underwater. Do they give decent pics of fish I might see snorkeling? Are they a pain to use while snorkeling and trying to see everything?

 

[billsreef]

They are not as good as a proper UW camera set up, but for snorkeling they are fairly decent. I would certainly consider them better than no camera

 

[Mcubed]

We had pretty good success with some UW disposables on our last trip to Mexico. We brought a few Fuji's and one kodak. The fuji's seemed to come out slighty better although It mostly has to do with available light and water clarity at the time. The pics that came out the clearest were in less than 10ft. of water and with the sun shining brightly overhead. I didn't take any pics below 15ft.

They have a large "rubber band" hand strap that I just put my arm through when I'm swimming out to different areas. They weren't much of a problem at all. Even when I upgrade to a digital UW camera; I'll probably still bring along of couple disposables for back up.

 

[snorvich]

Definitely better than no camera. The reason they work better in shallow water is that is what they are designed for. You lose color without flash unless the sun is bright and lighting up the reef.

 

[dcombs44]

If you can get a small secondary dive flashlight. (Not expensive) and shine it on the targeted photo subject, it will help show more color. You start losing colors from the spectrum as you go deeper that's why the nice UW cameras have the lighting setups (at least to my knowledge) Many divers carry flashlights in order to see the true colors of deeper water fish and coral. If there is a small target that you'd like to photograph, try the flashlight.

 

[fishome25]

$150 includes
camera, housing, lenses, and other accessories.

 

[jcanute]

are you selling this camera? if you are i will take it. pm me.

if you are saying to buy a new one, they are discontinued.

 

[fishome25]

yea i'm selling mine

 

[jcanute]

pm sent

 

[mrferrit]

these were taken by disposable cameras
here at about 8 ft in alexander springs 2 weeks ago

im am in 25 ft

they also make a reloadable camera for 15 bucks that i picked up and walgreens that worked pretty well too

 

[jepuskar]

It all depends on what you want to take pictures of. The above photos were taken in fairly shallow water with alot of ambient light.

The general UW tip is to get as close as possible to your subject and shoot on a slight angle looking towards the surface...this is especially important for disposable cameras.

J