My New Waterproof Camera Works!

[christine]

I was as surprised as this guy:

taken with this Olympus Stylus 790:

[Darrin Terry]

Christine, tell me, how did you feel putting a camera in the water the first time? I had a hell of a time putting my Pentax in the water the first time ;). Too many years of conditioning against such things I guess.

Darrin

PS – Cool blog, Loved the entry on your girls first fish. 🙂 Too cool. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[christine]

thanks a million darrin! cool, I really appreciate your comments

so funny you mention that about your pentax. yesterday my friend stumbled and went completely down for the count. totally soaked. and unfortunately ruined his pentax (non waterproof version!) and he leaves for a 21 day float trip on the grand canyon tomorrow. yikes. think he’s in the market for waterproof now. I lent him mine for his trip

and you’re totally spot on. I could not wrap my mind around the fact that you could put it UNDER water. I got the camera thinking it would be good on a boat. little splashing here/there. but you can actually submerge it. kinda crazy. then I had that weird oppty to hover over that fish so I really had to go for it. in the sunlight I couldn’t see the picture in the display. so it was kinda funny to get off the river and discover that I actually got some pics of the fish!!

[Jack Cummings]

I keep my trusty, old water resistant Pentax WR-33 in my vest and at the tying desk for good macro shots of bugs… both alive and man made!

Being the generous sort, I bought my bride the Oly Sty 790 for Christmas with no ulterior motive in mind… kind of!

[Zach Matthews]

That is a funny picture and a funny caption, Christine.

[Neal Osborn]

Christine, you will love the underwater camera.

[stiles]

I got the same camera a month or so ago. Did you use the underwater setting or just leave it in auto?
Cheers, Pete

[christine]

there’s an underwater setting?

hey Pete! uuuuum. no I did not use the underwater setting. I haven’t exactly read through the manual yet. am just getting started with this camera and had some fun on the river the other day with it. now I’m ready to read about the features and see what I can do with it. when/if it comes back from the grand canyon…I lent it to my buddy who lost his in the river the other day (thx again for the passes btw, we had a ball)

neal — your pics are AWESOME. Pete, I should redirect all Qs about this camera to Neal. his scuba diving pictures are inspiring. am going to take the camera to the bahamas in april and hopefully will have more cool pics to share

zach — thx for the link to the video. very cool, I’m definitly going to order one. my daughter was so intrigued with the underwater trout pic. she said it helps understand what she’s doing when she’s casting…can’t beat that for an extra dose of education!

[Bob Riggins]

Nice picture.

[mike j]

I had a pretty bad exp with the little waterproof and crush proof O’s… First one developed bad pixels on the sensor after about 2 days…

Second one made it 3 months.. and then filled with water (in 3ft of water)….

I think the WP housing for the G9 will be my

[Mike McKeown]

I got the 790… bn LOV’IN it… just clip it on my belt and go, dont worry about falling, swimming, etc… but it take great pics, and the best thing is just whipping it out and shooting…

[stiles]

there’s an underwater setting?

hey Pete! uuuuum. no I did not use the underwater setting. I haven’t exactly read through the manual yet. am just getting started with this camera and had some fun on the river the other day with it. now I’m ready to read about the features and see what I can do with it. when/if it comes back from the grand canyon…I lent it to my buddy who lost his in the river the other day (thx again for the passes btw, we had a ball)

neal — your pics are AWESOME. Pete, I should redirect all Qs about this camera to Neal. his scuba diving pictures are inspiring. am going to take the camera to the bahamas in april and hopefully will have more cool pics to share

zach — thx for the link to the video. very cool, I’m definitly going to order one. my daughter was so intrigued with the underwater trout pic. she said it helps understand what she’s doing when she’s casting…can’t beat that for an extra dose of education!

Just put it in “scene” mode and flip through until you find it. I think there are a couple of underwater options. I assume its a bullshit feature, but, hey, you never know…

[jeff s]

I have the 790SW and like it very much.

[christine]

JS – thanks so much! the blog is fun to do, but also nice to know people are out there enjoying it

and thanks for all the good commentary on the underwater camera. This discussion thread is proving more useful than reading the manual

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