Whats a cheap scuba diving video camera I could buy?
I want to film the kelp forests for a movie whats a cheap under water video camera $60-$200
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There’s nothing in that price range for what you plan on doing. The cheapest you’ll manage is about $400 and that breaks down this way:
1/ $150 for a camera similar to a canon powershot. It takes both stills and has a good movie mode that also includes an underwater auto mode. You can put a 4 gig hcdc in it ( 40 bucks more) that will shoot at the cameras highest res on vid for about 38 minutes. It’s decent quality vid, especially for the money.
2/ Canon makes their own underwater housing for these cameras.$250, but they don’t take as much abuse as a housing from Ike Lite that also costs twice as much. Your choice here.
There are amphibious cameras out there from Sea&Sea, Sea Life and Bonica, but their shooting modes are limited. They range from $350-$500. You won’t have the same amount of control of the shoot with these cameras as you would from putting a decent land digital camera in a housing
You’ll also have to think about lighting, no matter which route you take. You’ll need a light set in that forest. The camera and housing you choose has to accommodate a tray to fix the lighting set to.
What you can do, if those prices have scared you off, is to hit a dive shop. Many will have shop rentals that you can have for a weekend for a reasonable price. You’ll have to put down a sizable deposit is all.