We are already in summer practically and with him many of you will be on vacation. For image freaks like me, it is essential to get equipment or tools that adapt to our needs to capture high-quality, high-resolution scenes in any type of environment. June, July and August will be months that will bring us good temperatures and days of rest to enter the deep sea. Have you ever practiced aquatic photography?
If you are interested in introducing yourself to this world today I would like to present you a selection of five cameras that record and capture photos underwater and that have different prices and benefits (from 70 euros to 350), if you want to see what products I am talking about , keep reading!
SJ4000 WiFi: This camcorder provides high definition results and is designed for filming water sports with a resistance of up to 30 meters below the surface. Among its strengths it has a 12-pixel HD wide-angle lens, and an HMDI output also in HD. It also supports memory cards up to 32 Gb, records videos in .mov format and compressed in H.264. It also has the WIFI function as its name indicates and can be found in different colors. The price? You can easily find it for 70 euros. Here I leave you a video test so you can see what results it offers us.
SJCAM M10: This model stands out above all for its small size but without sacrificing very good performance in extreme conditions. It has an ultra-small and portable wide-angle lens (grade A, that is more than 170 degrees) with 12 megapixels and high definition. Like the previous model, it has a maximum depth of 30 meters, supports memory cards with a capacity of up to 32 gigabytes, HMDI output in high definition, AV video and also works as a webcam. Records at HD (720) or Full HS (1080) resolution. Its price is 97 euros and with it you can achieve good video images like the ones you can see below:
GoPro Hero 3: This submersible camera will offer us videos with a professional finish with different capture modes: From 960 pixels at 30 frames per second to 1080, although it also offers us the possibility of taking our images at 720 pixels and 60 frames per second. It is submersible up to 40 meters deep. In addition, it also stands out for the type of audio it captures and is that with this camera you can capture the most subtle sounds and you can also clean the sound captured with its noise reduction system. On the other hand, it also includes the integrated Wifi system that will allow you to control up to 50 cameras from distances of up to 180 meters or also control your camera remotely from the gopro application from your Smartphone or Tablet. What is its price? In Media Mark you can get it for 186 euros, quite a bargain. Here is a sample video so you can see the type of images it produces.
Nikon COOLPIX AW110: This camera is designed to capture images on land or underwater, withstands a depth of 18 meters and its battery offers a recording period of 60 minutes. It stands out for its resistant nature, shockproof and freeze, which will allow taking images in the most extreme circumstances. It contains a GPS system with a kind of electronic compass and different world maps to be able to label our images if we are doing a photographic route through different places or countries. It has a 16 megapixel CMOS sensor that has a high sensitivity which makes the camera adapt to both day and night scenarios. On the other hand, it has an image stabilizer to ensure the final quality of the images (very suitable for extreme sports) and also with a perfect Wi-Fi system to share your videos and images. Its price? Around 300 euros and you can see what kind of results it offers from the following video:
Olympus Stylus Tough TG-3: A true wonder and off-road. The quality of your images is quite professional. It has an ultra-bright maximum aperture of 1: 2: .0, and a very interesting optical zoom that will allow us to obtain four increases (which in 35 mm would be similar to 25-100 mm). It has four Super Macro capture modes (Microscope, Microscope Control, Focus Stacking and Focus Bracketing), which will allow us to capture even the smallest detail of our scenarios. In addition, like the rest of the cameras we have seen, it has an integrated Wi-Fi connection system that will allow us to use the Ol.Share application that will allow us to take our images wirelessly from our tablet or our smartphone as if they were a remote control. This machine is highly resistant to dust, low temperatures (up to 10 degrees below zero), immersions up to 15 meters deep, shocks up to 100 kilos and falls of up to 2 meters. Its price? Well, it is around 350 euros and well then I leave you a video sample of the type of images that it is capable of providing us, of course this is my favorite together with GoPro Hero 3.