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A handful of fat, seven foot white-tip sharks lay dormant at the foot of the rock pinnacle, digesting their last meal. An unfortunate adolescent hawksbill turtle was probably the latest fare for these menacing beasts. As I quietly approached the biggest one I thought of all the things I’d miss being able to do without my right arm, as I extended it out toward the shark’s nose and prepared to shoot it. The turned its gaze upon me, as if daring me to pull the trigger.
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The 7.1 megapixel Canon SD500 digital Elph is a great camera with quick and accurate image processing. Its loaded with features and takes vibrant sharp photos. The interface is easy enough to use and is an evolving model used by all previous Elph/Ixus cameras. The biggest complaint I have with the unit is that its very heavy, weighing in at 200g. This results in it being a pretty dense brick in your pocket and lessens the likelihood that I’ll bring it out to the bar with me to catch that killer shot of my buddy falling flat on his ass. As an underwater camera, I think this thing takes incredibly clear photos and has an terrific variable flash. There are several serious shortcomings though I must admit. One is battery life. The SD500 has good batter life, however….
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The Pentax Optio S5i comes on the heels of what has been one of my favorite lines of digital cameras for underwater photography. The S5i is the third Optio I’ve had in a row, and that’s saying a lot since I am a fair weather fan when it comes to digital technology. At an impressive 5 megapixels, the camera is still small enough to fit in a tin of altoids, is very light and all of its controls are amazingly intuitive and easy to use. Its only weakness is in low light situations when shooting a subject at distance, its internal flash has its limits. However, this minor shortcoming is more than made up for by the fact that the Pentax Optio S5i is superb at imaging small subjects using its macro setting at 6mm.
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