Advantages: Light, complete with carry strap.
Disadvantages: Button is just a little difficult to press

...I bought this product this summer, because in was in Sydney this summer and decided to go to the Great Barrier Reef too. So I got there and thought I'd better take an underwater camera, so I bought this Kodak one, as it was the only one in the store. The waterproof casing looked rather dubious, but dont be fooled, for this is one sound, good working camera. It comes with a strap, so you needn't carry it underwater. I processed it, and my coral pictures came out beautifully. And at £8 pounds, I think that it is an excellent product, for now my memories have been immortalised.... Read review

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Advantages: Watertight, Floats very easily, Safe
Disadvantages: Floats very easily, "The Scare Factor", space for the flash

...You buy a new camera, so what's the best way to try it out? That's right, take it underwater! We'd been planning a holiday to Egypt for some time, and you really cannot visit Egypt and not go diving or at very least snorkelling, so i decided to buy one of these. What is it? The UA is the entry level underwater camera housing from Ewa Marine, costing between £120 and £150 and made from a very tough double-laminated PVC sheet. There are many more available, which will accommodate different sized cameras, lenses and flash gun combinations. So what do you get for your money? The UA Underwater kit comes in a bright yellow carry case and the package contains the plastic housing with a sealed glass window for the lens, a lens extender / protector and a pre-cut foam pad to help support the camera. There is also a hand strap... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to use, lets you take great photos with little effort
Disadvantages: You can't feel the half way focus point on the shutter button

...I bought the WP DC800 to use with my Canon Ixus 500 on a marine expedition to Madagascar. It was a choice between a made-to-fit housing like this, which appeared to me to be quite expensive - I paid around £130 for the housing from Jessops, or the plastic bag type of underwater housing that will fit most cameras. I definitely made the right decision, the housing is worth every penny. From the first day in the water it was taking stunning pictures. I was a little aprehensive about taking my digital camera into the sea for the fisrt time but after a few test runs with the empty case I took the plunge. My Ixus 500 fits inside perfectly and all the buttons line up exactly, making use of the the camera and adjusting settings as easy as it is on dry land. From the first snorkel I was taking great, well focused pictures. I found the neck... Read review

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Advantages: A great camera for someone to just jump in the water and have a go with
Disadvantages: You will outgrow the camera especially if you move beyong the novice level

...This was the first underwater camera I bought, and I did so at a time when I actually knew nothing about underwater photography, but just had an urge to go and do it. The MX10 in my opinion turned out to be a great camera for someone like myself who knew very little about the subject. It's easy to use and the only thing you have to remember with the camera (like any other underwater photography is to get as close to your subject as possible), is to guess you distance and set the exposure setting accordingly. Then it's just a case of pointing and shooting. I took the MX10 with me to Eygpt, States and the far East, and it's light enough to keep in your hand luggage. The next great thing about the MX10 is that not only is it easy to use and light to carry around, but you can buy a variety of lenses for Macro and Micro photography... Read review

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Advantages: Small/ light, great screen
Disadvantages: Sometimes slow to focus

...I found this camera to be a great buy, though I don't think I've yet used it to its full potential. I bought the Ixus 75 mainly as a camera to take underwater - lightweight and simple to use, and with a housing available (which my previous compact did not have). One of the best features is the LCD screen - one of the largest available, at 3.0", still usable in bright sunlight and with good screen resolution. One hassle is the lack of optical viewfinder - this is not a problem for me as I rarely use this underwater, but on land I like the option! The small size of the camera means there simply isn't room for a viewfinder as well, the screen takes up the entire height of the camera's back. And that's actually one of the great advantages of the camera - it really is tiny. It actually measures up as similar to my previous compact... Read review

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Advantages: Cheaper than throwaways - and it goes deeper
Disadvantages: Rangefinding! Needs a strobe

...The Sea & Sea Motormarine II EX (also known as the Seamaster Pro) is a fairly simple underwater rangefinder camera. It is depth rated to 45m, has a maximum shutter speed of 1/125 and uses 35mm film (DX coded). It has a built in flash - which I have to say is of no use underwater (the flash is so close to the axis of the lens that it illuminates any suspended debris in the water, causing a snowstorm look...). However, it is useful on land & around pools (the ultimate party-proof camera?). I bought mine about 6 months ago to take to the Carribean for some snorkelling & diving, and found it excellent. The quality of some of the shots really astonished me - as a novice user, I didn't expect to get anything like the number of good shots (IMO) that I did. Trying to judge distances underwater is tricky at best, so I tended to work... Read review

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Advantages: Ease of use
Disadvantages: None

...This was the second Canon camera I have owned, the first being the A60. I picked up the A60 with the underwater housing after struggling to master a 35mm underwater camera. It paid for itself very quickly in the sense there were no developing costs involved. The A60 done the job well but I wanted a little more zoom and whatever so I started looking again. The A70 has the same button layout and is the identical size therefore fits the same underwater housing, this alone saved me about £150.00 on buying a new housing. I had the A70 for about two years and took thousands of photos both in air and under water. It has been compared to cameras of much higher value and with greater megapixals and came out on top for picture quality. Ease of use is paramount to me - I know very little about the tech. side of photography - using the Auto... Read review

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Advantages: great for underwater photos
Disadvantages: fogs up after 30 mins underwater.

...I bought this underwater case for my Cannon Ixus 400 (which i have also reviewed) from Camerasunderwater.com for £140 including postage in 2004 to be used to take photos of my son while he was learning to swim as my wife thought it would be cheaper to take our own photos rather than pay for the courses own ones. The housing came with an instrution manual, neck strap (never used it) a wrist strap, spare "O" ring seal and some grease. The case is made out of clear plastic, and a glass lens which is screwed to the case and neoprine rubber which is on the inside of the case where the cameras zoom lens fits into, there is also an opaque plastic just over the lens infront of where the flash is on the camera itself which is used to defuse the flash underwater at nighttime. All camera<