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Average Customer Review:
 based on 26 reviews.
Rating: Great Camera for Beginners
Reviewer: Heather H., Friday, December 02, 2011 - View all my reviews
this is my first underwater camera & sealife has made it easy. the large piano keys make it easy the change settings even underwater (for when, like me, you forget to change from the land settings). the "easy set up" option is just that. you just have to answer the questions, are you on land or underwater? snorkeling or diving? are you using a flash?. the built in filters for diving and the big keys allowed me to take pictures on par with more experienced underwater photographers
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34 out of 49 people found this review helpful.
Rating: Underwater Camera
Reviewer: Cheryl C., Wednesday, February 15, 2012
I bought this camera to replace the DC800 model I previously owned. This camera is infinity easier to use, cant wait to get it underwater. The piano keys and easier to read button displays make it childs play to operate.
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Rating: Great Camera
Reviewer: Laura A., Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Bought this to replace an Epoque camera for a trip to BVI. Although the housing seemed less substantial than the Epoque we used the camera twice a day for 10 days with fabulous results. The moisture munchers did the job eliminating condensation ( there is a spot built into the housing for the munchers- each lasted 3 days) and the high pixels gave us great shots that we were able to enlarge. Underwater setting helped keep colors true ( just remember to return to regular setting if using out of water or the photo will be orange/brown). Movies were a little disappointing, they seem to stutter when played back. Might improve if we had upgraded the stick to the 10. Wish that we had sprung for the flash! The camera is now headed to a marine biologist cavern diver for the real test.
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16 out of 30 people found this review helpful.
Rating: Works Gr8
Reviewer: Shawn M., Tuesday, November 15, 2011
could not be much easier to use. big buttons are easy to manipulate with gloves. camera has menu able settings for various underwater (and surface) conditions and lighting. covers all your recreational diving possibilities. the only feature i would like is to extend the auto off time to beyond 3 minutes. quite often i would take a picture, swim a bit, see another possibility, set up for the shot (e.g. angle/orient myself, position myself to compensate for current, wait for another diver to swim out of the shot) and by the time i was ready to shoot the camera had turned itself off. i know this conserves battery time but i would rather carry a spare battery and have the extended auto off time.
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23 out of 45 people found this review helpful.
Rating:  Steve
Reviewer: Stephen Bush, Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - View all my reviews
Took very good pictures with the LED video light for a non-SLR camera. I was not expecting great pics, but got several which I can print and frame. Probably had a 30% success on pictures. Kept hitting video mode button and not realizing. Camera turns off too quickly to conserve power.
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19 out of 44 people found this review helpful.
Rating: Fantastic!
Reviewer: Darlene O., Wednesday, November 02, 2011
We took this camera to St. Thomas and St. Maarten and thoroughly enjoyed taking pictures underwater. Some of the coral reef and fish pictures are amazing! Were glad we spent the extra money and bought a camera that worked perfectly and captured some of our best vacation memories.
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22 out of 45 people found this review helpful.
Rating:  Decent camera
Reviewer: Julia R., Tuesday, August 30, 2011
The camera has a long delay so you have to make sure you hold the camera steady so your pictures arent blurry. This is difficult to do if you are in any kind of current. Im sure this will improve with practice. Otherwise, it is really easy to use.
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45 out of 90 people found this review helpful.
Rating: Must have
Reviewer: Nancy Castro, Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - View all my reviews
I love this camera. I had no problems and it took great pictures. The battery life was much longer than the last camera. Overall easy to use and piano keys are just a great feature especially with dive gloves on.
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58 out of 119 people found this review helpful.
Rating: Never got a chance
Reviewer: Nancy H., Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Well, Id like to say this camera took good pictures. I was able to get a few as I experimented with settings. However, not sure why, but this camera flooded on my second dive. I thought I was certain the seal was in correctly but Im not really sure why it happened. Really kind of made me sick. The pictures I did get with it seems pretty good.
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68 out of 130 people found this review helpful.
Rating: Camera functions very well.
Reviewer: JOHN W., Monday, June 27, 2011 
I purchased the DC1200 in March 2011 for a trip to Bonaire. Acknowledging a learning curve, it took very acceptable pictures with the integral flash. However, the camera really needs an external strobe which I will purchase before another trip in August.
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55 out of 110 people found this review helpful.
Rating: Good Basic Camera
Reviewer: Douglas C., Saturday, January 22, 2011
After several dives and a chance to try out this camera, it meets all my expectations for one in this price range. Easy to use underwater with large buttons and pre-programed exposure settings and good quality optics for snap and shoot and video. Only drawback was inability to zoom in or out during video taking and as usual with all cameras the need for optional flash attachments to get really good photos at depth. Audio recording during video is a nice touch also.
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83 out of 159 people found this review helpful.
Rating: Sealife DC1200
Reviewer: Stephen Dicicco, Saturday, August 28, 2010
I have never used a camera before. Just returned form a week at Grand Cayman with the DC1200. Easy, reliable, fun and took some great pictures and videos. I urge you to have two batteries as I tended to use one per two-tank boat dive and one shore dive day. I dont have the attached flash but the pics are better than good. So far, the camera is great. I took over 1/5 minutes of video of an eagle ray (two feet away). Clarity and overall quality is excellent.
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118 out of 205 people found this review helpful.
Rating: so far so goodon land...
Reviewer: Susan Morton, Friday, August 27, 2010 - View all my reviews
bought this camera for a dive trip that got postponed, but have been using the camera on land (minus the housing of course).
it takes great pix, in all kinds of light and conditions. cant wait to use it on a dive..... it also passed its "dunking" test that is the housing seems water-tight and ready to go.
the button to actually take the picture is a little stiff for my small hands since holding the housing (larger than its predecessor) stretches my hand and makes the application of finger pressure on the top button a bit awkward takes getting used to, but most divers hand are bigger than mine and so you all wont have any problem.... aorat from that im ready to go.
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106 out of 217 people found this review helpful.
Rating: Sealife DC1200
Reviewer: Kirk Shastid, Saturday, July 24, 2010
This was our fourth underwater camera purchase and I think the best so far. My wife has only used it once but she was very happy with it. I put some slideshows and videos on youtube if you want to see what it can do. She was using the wide angle lens for most of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToAX-PteeI8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7b4aEj6xz4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GpdoJEiZNQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i9NBlFpX-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8jwflILbEI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1r37OlOk0U
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102 out of 191 people found this review helpful.
Rating: Best for me
Reviewer: Ronald Agee, Sunday, July 18, 2010 - View all my reviews
Camera was the best buy for my Grand Cayman Trip.
My pictures were better than any 35mm from the past.
The option to create videos with just one button was priceless. Bought two batteries and this ended up being a good decision. One battery did not last three dives.
Also bought a class 6 (8gb) flash card and also purchased (locally) a class 4 (8gb) card. I used both but could not tell the difference. Piano keys are preferred for me but I have never used a camera with 20 buttons.
Micro pictures were great although the best pictures were from 6 to 10 inches. NOTE: when using the AUTO focus, remember to press halfway so the camera can focus, then finish pressing the key. IF you dont do this, you will get the standard blue picture.
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152 out of 293 people found this review helpful.
Rating: Sealife DC1200 12.0 Megapixel Underwater Camera and Housing
Reviewer: Dave Mascarenas, Saturday, July 17, 2010 - View all my reviews
I bought this camera to use on a trip of a lifetime to Fiji. I did allot of research on the dive cameras available today looking for one that was easy to use, didnt take allot of time to learn and was of good quality. I have used the equivilent camera from Sea and Sea and find this Sealife camera to be the best all around. In 5 minutes I was up and running as the dive settings are a push of a button away. The piano style buttons were very easy to use and labeled in large print. Not having allot of experience, I was very impressed with the quality of pictures without having to adjust everything. I would recommend this camera to both experts and novices alike.
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153 out of 304 people found this review helpful.
Rating: Sealife DC1200 12.0 Megapixel Underwater Camera and Housing:
Reviewer: James YOUNG, Monday, June 28, 2010
Very easy to use
but you have to have the right settings before you dive.
I think a light will be my next purchase.
user friendly hooked to computor and dowm loaded picture with no problems
Very good starter camera
Jim
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80 out of 180 people found this review helpful.
Rating: An excellent starter camera
Reviewer: Paul Schmieder, Wednesday, November 09, 2011
For the entry level underwater photographer, this camera is perfect. Easy to use, durable and an excellent overall buy!
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6 out of 15 people found this review helpful.
Rating: Camera
Reviewer: Mari H., Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - View all my reviews
I am just learning to use this camera. I like it and use the automatic water v. land settings to advantage. The housing is easy to assemble and the buttons are getting easier to push.
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42 out of 79 people found this review helpful.
Rating: Ok camera.
Reviewer: Thomas S., Saturday, July 30, 2011
Pixels. Not great picture quality. Ended up returning camera.
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13 out of 28 people found this review helpful.
Rating: Sealife Underwater Camera
Reviewer: joanna b., Tuesday, August 02, 2011
This camera is easy to use and takes great pictures. The instructions are easily understood. It works well both above and under water. We are looking forward to using it on our honeymoon.
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12 out of 27 people found this review helpful.
Rating: Great Camera
Reviewer: Pamela Talento, Thursday, June 02, 2011 - View all my reviews
This camera is great took it on a week long trip to Bonaire last week and got some great pictures, get it with at least one strobe it makes a big difference in lighting.
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34 out of 66 people found this review helpful.
Rating: SeaLife Camera
Reviewer: S Harrison H., Monday, January 17, 2011
Very cool camera! I am very satisfied with my purchase. I have not gotten to use all the features of the camera as yet, but I am excited to try it out on our next trip.
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48 out of 96 people found this review helpful.
Rating: Good Choice
Reviewer: CHARLES MANN, Monday, December 06, 2010
Very easy camera to use underwater. No leakage to 120ft. Great picture quality. Good battery life.
Chuck
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53 out of 99 people found this review helpful.
Rating: DC1200 Underwater Camera and Housing
Reviewer: Jeffrey K., Friday, August 20, 2010 - View all my reviews
Used it in Florida and Caribbean. Its easy to use and takes great pictures and videos.
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96 out of 182 people found this review helpful.
Rating: Nice Camera
Reviewer: Daniel G., Monday, July 19, 2010
This camera is very nice and easy to use
The picture quality is very good.
I do recommend the camara.
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46 out of 93 people found this review helpful.
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