Sealife DC1200 12.0 Megapixel Underwater Camera and Housing

Customer Reviews for Sealife DC1200 12.0 Megapixel Underwater Camera and Housing:

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Average Customer Review: based on 26 reviews.

Rating: Underwater Camera
Reviewer: Cheryl C.,
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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33 out of 61 people found this review helpful.

Rating: Great Camera for Beginners
Reviewer: Heather H.,  - 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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84 out of 151 people found this review helpful.

Rating: Great Camera
Reviewer: Laura A.,
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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42 out of 86 people found this review helpful.

Rating: Works Gr8
Reviewer: Shawn M.,  - View all my reviews
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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77 out of 152 people found this review helpful.

Rating: Steve
Reviewer: Stephen Bush,  - 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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62 out of 130 people found this review helpful.

Rating: Fantastic!
Reviewer: Darlene O.,
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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48 out of 100 people found this review helpful.

Rating: Decent camera
Reviewer: Julia R.,
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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82 out of 162 people found this review helpful.

Rating: Must have
Reviewer: Nancy Castro,  - 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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118 out of 244 people found this review helpful.

Rating: Camera functions very well.
Reviewer: JOHN W.,   
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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92 out of 179 people found this review helpful.

Rating: Never got a chance
Reviewer: Nancy H.,
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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103 out of 203 people found this review helpful.

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Timothy:

Does the Sealife float if I let it go in the water? Just wondering if it got away from me if it would go to the bottom or to the surface. Thanks. -Tim

Darrick (Certified Scuba Instructor at Scuba.com) :

Hello Timothy, yes the float strap will float the camera to the surface if the strap would get away from you. If you would like to place an order or have any other questions please feel free to give us a call at 1.800.347.2822.

Karen:

What happens if this camera floods even when housing and moisture munchers are used? Is there a warranty plan that covers full replacement at no cost?

Darrick (Certified Scuba Instructor at Scuba.com) :

Hello Karen, if that type of error does happen you would need to sent your camera directly back to the manufacture for all warranty work. If you have any other questions or would like to place an order please feel free to give us a call at 1.800.347.2822.

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