Olympus X560WP Digital Camera

I am new to this forum so if this isn't the right section let me know please. Does anyone have any experience with Olympus X560WP digital camera? I am planning for a trip to Hawaii and looking at buying a waterproof digital camera. I found it at MacMall for $159.99 through http://www.dealrocker.com discount deal. I don't know much about cameras, so I thought it would be good to know experts' opinions. I want to make sure about the image quality before buying it. Just wondering how does it perform underwater?

I appreciate any assistance you experts can provide.

Hi Alice,

Although I'm not familiar with this camera, I did google it and found out some information on it by looking at user reviews.

It is marketed as being good to 10 feet underwater, which is not very deep. If you are going to use it for snorkeling, it will probably be OK, but I would be very hesitant to use it for diving. One review I looked at said there were water drops in the LCD at 13 feet underwater.

Another user said he noticed a strong yellow tint on the images. I'm not sure if this means the auto white balance doesn't work, but you'll have to set it for the proper white balance for the colors to come out right.

I wish I could provide more information about the image quality and how it performs underwater, but don't have any direct experience using the camera. Perhaps others can jump in.

Hope that helps,

Ellen

After breaking 2 I have moved on to the Panasonic TS1 (TS2 is now available and rated to 30') which has been a great little camera with some great features and awesome video quality.

After breaking 2 I have moved on to the Panasonic TS1 (TS2 is now available and rated to 30') which has been a great little camera with some great features and awesome video quality.

TS1 & TS2 (FT1 & FT2) are the best (naked) compact UW cameras on the market at the moment. Some of my UW images/movies taken with this great little cameras:

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My (mostly underwater) photos and videos taken during

freediving with compact UW cameras (Pentax & Panasonic):

photos @ http://public.fotki.com/Primoz/

video footage @ http://www.youtube.com/user/PrimozP#g/p