CRmeansCeilingReached said:
Does anybody in the diving fraternity know of a decent underwater digital camera for under £200?
There are many digital cameras made as Underwater cameras. As well, as digital cameras that have cases for that particular camera. Some Canon cameras fit into cases made for them. I have a Canon Digital Elph S 400 and the Canon case made for it. It's rated down to 100 Ft. or so. It also works with the case, on land in bad weather, or on a beach, etc. where one might get sand in the works.
The one thing that I have noticed about digital cameras UW, is the lag time between pressing the shutter button and the picture being taken, at times leaves the background there and the fish gone! This can happen with film as well, but not as likely.
There are some fairly inexpensive UW cameras both in digital and film on the market, to include throw-away UW cameras. A lot depends on the depth, you plan to be using the camera at. The type of diving, SCUBA, snorkle, cold water, warm water, etc.
Here's a good website:
http://www.joediveramerica.com/page/JDA/CTGY/camdig
http://www.ikelite.com/web_pages/1cat_index.html
This is me trying to take a picture of a pilot type fish that must need a home! He bothered the hell out of a bunch of us, trying to make our De-comp stop at 10 Ft. The pic was taken by my Canon S-400 in a case. I'm using a Ikelite film film camera in a case. (Also fairly inexpensive.) Actually, I was also using it to push the fish away too!