Sony P100

Will anybody admit to some experience with the Sony P100 in it's marine case?

I have used the P9 and the P1, and find them convenient little cameras. They make real nice BC pocket cameras, and when you get a good picture they are outstanding.

The P9 suffers from severe shutter lag, slow start up and a finicky auto focus.

They both suffer under reduced lighting as mild as a rainy day. The images get noisey real fast as the natural light falls off.

Well nobody replied, but I bought one anyway.

The Sony Cybershot P100, using the Sony Housing, works very well underwater. This is a small BC pocketable device, with the option for a URPro color correction filters. The focus and shutter lag is very low, and the camera and housing as they stand will take absolutely beautiful nearfield (4' to 4")pictures, even using the on board strobe.

As the field moves out to (4' to 20') in cold green Pacific waters, you need a strong strobe, or as I have done, adapt my video light bar. The camera does not have much exposure latitude, but with adequate lighting it takes a fine photo.

The battery has more than sufficient power to run thru a days shooting and then some. With a 1GB memeory stick there is plenty of photo room. The movie mode is nearly useless unless you are in crystal clear well light waters, but then it does have some fun aspects, thou it cannot replace a good video cam.

I especially enjoy the focus feedback as compared to the previous Cybershot cameras. This is a nice easy to use snapshot package, much better than the more bulky equivalents