I lost my underwater camera. I went out last weekend to the bars and left it somewhere. To give you an idea of what I’m feeling, I’ve related the price of the camera to similarly valued things:
- 50 burritos
- 2 1/2 round trips on Southwest from San Diego to the Bay Area
- 5 Disneyland tickets
- over 425 Tacos at taco bell (assuming they are 70 cents each)
- $300 in cash.
I sold all my old electronics on Craigslist to fund this really cool Olympus camera. The Stylus 790 SW is a shockproof, waterproof digital camera with a 3x optical zoom that can store photos up to 7.1 megapixels in resolution. After seeing the photos by Neal Miyake here, I was sold.
My main concern at first was how to hold the thing while paddling around on a surfboard. I’ve used other bulky, semi-disposable underwater cameras and they typically have a velcro strap that wraps around your wrist. I never really liked this for obvious reasons, and luckily Brian pointed me in a different direction to surfcamera.com. Their camera pouch attaches just below the collarbone on any wetsuit.
I tried the camera out yesterday and it was a blast. Both the pouch and the camera are incredible. It’s roughly $325 for both (camera + pouch) and you can’t beat the quality and convenience.
Unfortunately, the camera can only store ten seconds of high quality footage, but that’s usually enough to get some good surfing footage. Lower quality settings let you record up to thirty seconds.
Here’s the footage from Yesterday.