Bonica underwater cameras?

Laurence wrote on 8/20/2009, 9:18 AM

Bonica makes some relatively inexpensive underwater camcorders:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=526217&is=REG

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=526216&is=REG

For somebody who would love to have an underwater shot from time to time, but doesn't want to extend his debt over something that will only be used once in a while, it seems like a good investment. Any opinions?

Here's some footage from one on Youtube:

Comments

Tech Diver wrote on 8/20/2009, 10:27 AM

Surprisingly affordable and suitable for many divers. Unfortunately it won't work for me. Being a technical diver who goes to depths of 300 feet, the 180 ft rating is not good enough. The housing alone that I would need is about $2500, plus another $2000 for some HID lights (it's very dark down at 300 feet and pitch black inside the shipwrecks that I dive). It will be a few more years before I can afford to take videos on my dives.

PerroneFord wrote on 8/20/2009, 11:02 AM

Nothing to see down that deeo anyway! But I've not heard of any serious video people being happy with these cameras at shallow depths.