Having founded Digital Camera Magazine in 1998 as the first print magazine dedicated entirely to digital cameras, I am quite familiar with the technology and what digital cameras could, and can, do. This was reaffirmed when Carol shot several hundred underwater pictures on Little Cayman with her SeaLife, with spectacular results. I initially wrote it off as being unfamiliar with our test cameras, and that certainly contributed as our results improved quite a bit once we got to know the cameras, but the DC500 still did better. I was intrigued and wondered how the fairly basic SeaLife hardware could do so well when we struggled with cameras that, at least based on their spec sheets, should have produced superior results. We came up with decent underwater shots, but they were nowhere near as good as those that my dive buddy took with her SeaLife DC500 camera. That quickly changed last year when we tested some very competent underwater cameras from major manufacturers. I must admit that before my diving days, I had never heard of SeaLife myself. Today, they pride themselves in offering a whole array of underwater cameras and accessories, with all the strobes and lenses interchangeable with any SeaLife camera. SeaLife cameras have been around since 1993, and the company introduced the first underwater digital camera in 2000. So these guys are into optics and outdoors equipment, and thus wholly dedicated to the outdoor and sports experience. SeaLife is part of Pioneer Research, which is the North American headquarters of Steiner binoculars, and also the worldwide headquarters for Vero Vellini hunting slings and straps, and, of course, SeaLife cameras. Who is SeaLife? It's a name quite popular in the scuba diving community, but less so among regular photographers. The ECOshot currently lists for US$279.95, barely more than you'd expect to pay for an underwater case alone. You can take it anywhere and it can handle more abuse than you'd think any camera could, and especially one that doesn't cost a fortune. It's a true outdoors camera in every respect. This a review of the SeaLife ECOshot digital camera that you can use both under and above water. It's a (Sea)Life: Waterproof and Shockproof Scuba Diver Info - Camera review: SeaLife ECOShot
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