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SVP Acqua DC-1231R Digital Still Camera with waterproof case | 
| Brand: SVP
List Price: $114.99
Buy New: $79.99
as of 3/12/2010 17:42 CST details
You Save: $35.00 (30%)
New (2) Used (1) from $65.00
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 6306
Media: Electronics
Display Size: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 6.2 x 3.1
MPN: Acqua DC-1231R
UPC: 859108002689
EAN: 0859108002689
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Dont be afraid to take this Acqua camera to the watereven underwater. The waterproof case will protect this camera to depths of 50 feet. | | • | Extremely water-tight and durable waterproof enclosure. (removeable with an easy to use latch) | | • | Takes Pictures, Video, and Audio Clips with it's built in microphone. | | • | Resolution sensor gives you the option of taking: 5 MP, 3.1 MP, 1.3 MP, and 300K Resolution Images. | | • | 2.0" LCD screen: This compact color screen has plenty of room to help you compose your shots. |
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Product Description
The new standard in affordable Sports Photography. This full featured 12 MP Max. camera, with a rugged and compact housing, fills all your photographic needs. Use the camera without the housing for shooting standard point and shoot photography; or place it in the protective housing for underwater, snow and rugged photography outings. The polycarbonate housing has full button feature controls and is waterproof to 50 feet (15 meters). Other features include a large 2.0" color LCD display, 8x digital zoom, double 'O' ring design for added leak protection, full function button control while using the housing, and a detachable 46mm underwater filter adapter. This camera was designed to work both in and out of the water. Enjoy the SUPERIOR QUALITY of this camera and MAXIMIZE the memories your life has to offer!!
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| Customer Reviews:
Meh - and not 12mp! January 22, 2009
Lara Adkins (Omaha, NE)
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
I got this camera for an upcoming trip to Aruba. I was actually pleasantly surprised by the build quality - it's cheap and feels and looks like it, don't get me wrong...but it's not as bad as I thought it would be. The underwater casing is actually probably the best part about the camera - I really wish it fit one of my nicer cameras!
Now, the extremely misleading - even outright wrong - parts of this listing.
"This full featured 12 MP Max. camera..."
The camera is not 12MP. It's 5MP. And it says 5MP right on the top of the camera body. You can digitally size up to 12MP, but that will be crap picture quality.
"8x digital zoom"
It says 8x zoom on the camera, and when you've zoomed in all the way it says you're zoomed in 8x, BUT...I compared the supposed 8x zoom on this to the 5x zoom on my Canon W150, and the 5X zoom is much closer. There's no way it's actually 8x.
"Detachable 46mm underwater filter adapter"
I looked all over the camera, the housing, and the included accessories, and there was no detachable filter.
When you turn the camera's flash settings from auto flash to flash off, it takes about three seconds for the flash to come on (or turn off). The camera's LCD screen is pretty bad...I pointed it at a dim corner of the room and the screen was black - didn't pick up anything. The Canon, by comparison, saw everything. The pictures aren't great either - a little better than a good cell phone pic, but nowhere near the quality of the Canon. Since it's 1/3 of the price of the Canon, and I'm debating whether the quality is 1/3 as good....
The best part about this camera is without a doubt the underwater housing. I didn't want to buy a disposable underwater camera, because I'm kind of lazy and probably would never get the film developed and because you're limited to the number of pictures you could take and, in the long run, getting four or five disposable cameras is probably close to the price of this one.
I don't know if it's worth it, honestly. I'm leaning towards yes since it's reusable and digital, but it's pretty crap quality. If I didn't need it this weekend, I would probably send it back due to the claims made (12mp, etc) that it didn't fulfill and try to get a replacement that WAS 12MP...if they even exist.
So why the three stars? Because it did work, decently - surprisingly! You can see a couple example pics it took here (note: Aruba is not known for snorkeling - these reefs were really pretty green and not very colorful):
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