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Surfnh, it's not that the D10 photos are blurry, they are just not as sharp. No matter what camera you use underwater, it seems that at least 95% are unusable for various reasons. But the D10 photos definitely have a fuziness about them that I didn't have with my other camera. Here is an example. Two photos of a queen triggerfish taken at the same time by John and I snorkeling side by side: one taken with the Canon sd800, and one with the D10. I don't know if you can see the difference on the forum, but if you click through to the photos on flickr it is very evident:

Canon sd800:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/4858648578/" title="turtle triggerfish by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/485 ... a8b5f5.jpg" width="500" height="281" alt="turtle triggerfish"></a>

d10:


<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/4858026467/" title="turtle triggerfish 10 by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/485 ... 03fb16.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="turtle triggerfish 10"></a>

Surfnh, I didn't mean the "normal" challenges there are when you take photos underwater. I know that you can only use 1 of 10-20 pictures you take. I might have used the wrong word (blurry) but I mean not sharp. Sometimes it's hard when English is not your native language, to try and explain. But, it's very obvious when I compare the D10 to basically all of our other cameras we have used under water (three cameras).

I meant exactly just what Liamsaunt showed in her pictures.

And I also think it's not an underwater issue, as the same occurs with pictures taken on land.

But of course I have seen very good pictures taken with the D10. Here are two of our better D10 pics. And beware of the last guy !

Liam, hard to see the difference on my iPad unless I drag "expand" the shot, then it looks sort of like the water isn't totally clear with the D10? I understand what you and Maggie are explaining, guess my expectation of the underwater compacts isn't really high. Let's face it, whenever we want really perfect pics above water, we use my wife's Nikon SLR, not one of our various compacts. I would expect the same situation under water, the manufacturers are marketing convenience, not quality. Bottom line, it's not bad to have high standards, someone needs to these days!

By the way Maggie, your English is so good I figured you were an expat American living in Sweden? What's that last fish?

Like SurnH we have the Olympus (we too are working on the 2nd) as the first one bit the dust after quiet a few underwater adventures, from STJ to cruises and here at home. It was the 770 and we didnt purchase the underwater housing for it. The new one we bought (Tough 8000) at Royal Caribbean at Mongoose and also purchased the housing at the same time. We have pleased with the pictures it takes and of course we miss shots as well. But I love this camera, in the water as well as out. Our last trip pics are here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jnjshaw/se ... 223595222/

Just about all of them were taken with it..and of course all the underwater ones. Not all of them have been color corrected some still have the blue tint..

Oh, thank you surfnh No, I'm born here in Sweden and I have never lived anywhere else. Just happens to love to travel.

I think you are right, how happy you are with the camera has a lot to do with expectations. Maybe my husband should get a good camera for other situations except underwater and keep the D10 for snorkeling.

The fish is a Títan Triggerfish and they can be really nasty and attack divers and snorkelers if they nest and you enter their territory. But they only can be found in the Pacific and not in the Caribbean. This picture was taken in the Maldives in February.

BTW Maggy...I love the first pic..You should have it framed and matted..

Wow, great english, and cool fish!

Yep, my wife's Nikon is the go to camera, but it's really a pain to carry around on vacation with the telephoto lens and all the stuff in the bag, so the compromise is carrying around compacts, though we brought the Nikon to STJ last month also. The compacts are fine ultimately, but we always use the Nikon for high speed stuff like surfing shots for sure!

Thank you JJShaw, I did a lot of croping on that one. It's my husband who took both pics. But I do really like the first one too.

Yes surfnh, it's really a pain to carry around a large camera with different lenses, and that's why I decided for myself to get the best compact camera Canon had. At that time it was G11 (now G12) + uw case and so far it lives up to my expectations both above and under water.

But I guess we kind of hijacked this thread (sorry), as BRY never found anyone with first experience of the TS3 camera. Maybe later.

Maggy wrote:But I guess we kind of hijacked this thread (sorry), as BRY never found anyone with first experience of the TS3 camera. Maybe later.

Lol, no worries. I always enjoy camera talk.

we use a seavision dc1200 and are very happy with it.