I also preserved battery life by putting my hand over the lens while swimming - keeping it black is easier than rendering colors. This means it has to boot up before I take a picture (about 2 seconds). But I turn off the camera when I'm not using it. Some reviews have mentioned the battery life. That makes sense, but in shallow water where you still see those colors you end up with oversaturated red and orange in your images. This setting overbalances the reds and oranges to compensate for refraction at lower water levels. This may be useful on dives, but not in shallow water.

You point-and-shoot-and-hope a bit more than might be expected.Ģ. This can be tough to see underwater if you get water droplets on the inside of your mask, and if you're holding the camera at distance while moving around it can be difficult to resolve the image. No viewfinder, which means you need to use the LCD.

If you need optical zoom on an above-water camera this may not be the best for you. No optical zoom, but I didn't need it for these shots. The above water pictures were comparable to my Canon SureShot. The pictures both underwater and above-water were excellent. Didn't dive due to timing restrictions but did snorkel a lot - used the camera every day.

I bought this camera for a snorkeling/diving trip to Tahiti.

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