underwater movie camera help

[brrbear]

My young bloke has been working diveing up north for a couple of months,and he wants me to get a small quality movie camera and case, He keeps telling me about all this exciteing stuff he is seeing and wants to show me some ,
As I know nothing about the subject I would like to know a quality fairly robust camera that would be good to around 40 meters.

requirements
I guess easy to use, (point and shoot)
robust ( he is tough on gear)
small size (easy to carry while working)
value for money
ta guys

[Blythy]

Hey Mate,
heaps of options, just depends on the money you want to spend, if you want good Q, photos and vid, the canon G11 is worth a look, deffinatly shop around, you can pick one up with a housing for around the $700 mark, very easy to use, and a good all round camera. The housing is rated to 40m.
Just one point, any underwater housing you need to be carefull with, there are not many bullet proof ones around

[Skippy_]

I've got a G11 myself and while it's a great stills camera it has very poor video capability. It is regarded as the best reasonably priced underwater camera so if video isn't a must it'd have to be at the top of your list.

[Russta]

check out the company "sea optics" They are the bast for digital u/w video and still sales. If you want a second hand one I have a sony digital 8 camera with and ikelite housing and ir pro lens (for true picture colour). Good for beginners as you can see through the housing for any leaks. I think the depth range is either 40 or 60 meters. email me if you are interested.

[devocean]

What you want is the ContourHD 1080p - it is the worlds smallerst and wearabilist video camera it slides and locks on a series of mounts on your goggles- down to 30 metres. Distribuotr is Black Pheonix Films - 0249330428 camera retails fr 499 and the housing in 70 bucks- great camera

[Jabiru658]

Most recent tests have said that the video quality of the GoPro HD Hero series is hard to beat.

I've got the HD Motorsports kit and I was simply shocked by how good the video actually is compared to my earlier camera, I'd suggest the diving case for your usage (comes with the surf kit). I bought one for use in the boat as well.

The casing is rated to 60 metres and is often used in very full on environments like commercial photography of surfing/offshore racing competitions.

With the HD GoPro Hero you don't just get one camera, you get a whole system of accessories that enable it to be used for just about any mobile video photography you want or need.

http://www.goprocamera.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO2k-l4yRz8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE052VYQSKE&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G5vCCwsoM0&feature=channel

[vertico]

those cameras look the goods iam thinking of getting a GoPro soon.