thanks for the feedback, the diffuser on the housing for the compact camera i've been using (SD 900 w/ the cannon housing) does take care of most of the problems if in clear water. since I'm the kind of guy who appreciates a good photo but does not want to be focussed on photography during the entire dive, I tend to lean in the direction of finding the best compact I can. quite a few folks have encouraged me to enter my photos in contests and begin selling them, which seems like a pipe dream to me but something I'm starting to consider seriously. The issue is that the camera I use now does not allow for RAW formatting, so the files end up below the minimum file size requirements for submission to stock houses, even though they are 10 MPG's and relatively high rez. If I could shoot in RAW and stay compact and stay with a Cannon I'd probably do that before going the 40D route, but since that doesn't seem feasable at this time and since we'd like a nice above water camera as well we're leaning more toward the "bigger/better" equipment.
I'll sure miss the ease and simplicity of having a small but relatively powerful camera on my wrist that I don't have to worry about.
g
Quote: (Originally Posted by
grunzster)
BTW I meant none of the SLR/dSLR housings. I do believe most of the housings for compact cameras do actually allow this.