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This new digi cam from SeaLife isn’t just for underwater use, it will work on land as well and is good for up to a six foot drop. It has a 6MP CMOS sensor and rubberized grips which helps all the way around.
The rubber helps to both keep water out, and keep your hands on the device, underwater, on land, it serves as shock protection mostly. To keep things going along easily, you can use simple AA batteries instead of relying on some rechargeable battery.
It will work down to 75 feet underwater and it has a spy mode that will allow you to set an interval at which it will automatically take pictures anywhere from 5 seconds to five minutes. The only downside is the meager 14MB of integrated memory and most importantly the 1GB size limitation for the SD card it will take, however, if you still want one, it will only cost you $230, which is a lot for such a weak spec’d camera, but not for one that will go underwater.
SeaLife ships ruggedized ECOshot camera [via electronista]
Nice little camera.
I’ve shot video for 30 years and know how whether moving picture or still, the cameras eat batteries like crazy. One reason because the demands of the device. Secondly because once a photographer gets going they want to continue until their finished.
It sounds like perhaps you’ve had some problems with batteries, and you are not alone. Some people do not want to have to recharge batteries, so they pay out of their pockets. I have a small 4 station charger that charges both NiMH rechargeables and NiCD rechargeables. I use NiMH 2700 mAh batteries and C204W Intelligent charger by Maha Energy. They are fantastic.
Alkalines batteries bought at the store generally do not last long in digital cameras and other ‘high drain’ devices. The NiMH AA Rechargeables last longer than the primary alkaline batteries, plus I don’t have to buy new ones for at least a couple of years. Well worth it to me.