Camera help please

[Gazski66]

The current boxed case is only rated to 40m and the 60m dive housing is a separate purchase. Bear in mind that there's no in built screen with them so they're not fantastic as a stills camera but it kinda makes them like film cameras where you have to wait for developing (loading onto PC or whatever now) before you find out what you've got. If you go for the scree then it hammers the battery life too. I've got a 3+ Black and never noticed any focus issues and at work we've only ever had one customer who has. The batches we have now are apparently the "fixed" ones.

The Panasonic FT5 is an older, discontinued model now but it was pretty good when it was around. Nikon compacts are, in a word, crap. They're an embarrassment to the name. Canons generally have the best low-light performance and the best lenses but I've never used the D30. The previous models were always good. Pentax are brilliant at macro, if you're interested in that. The lens is in the centre of the body too which is a much better place if you're holding the camera with two hands. The older Olympus cameras are strong things. They take an absolute battering. I've not had chance to get my hands on the new model but I can't see it being any different.

Personally, I'd go Canon or Pentax but the Olympus is another good option too.

Thanks for the info, are you talking about the Olympus TG3? and how would you compare that to the FT5?

[THP]

Yeah, the 3. Just by the age of it, it should be quicker to focus and better in low light than the Panasonic but it's been a while since I've seen the Panasonic and I've not had chance to try the TG-3.

[Soran]

The older TG-2 beat the Panasonic in this test: