Randy and I tried out our new underwater digital camera (Vivitar ViviCam 6200W) this week while snorkeling at Blackrock at Kaanapali Resort on Maui. After years of wrestling with disposable or even refillable 35mm underwater cameras, it was soooo nice to have the luxury of taking digital photos and video and having an inkling if we got a good shot or not.
We encountered three green sea turtles who couldn’t have cared less about the swarms of snorkelers surrounding them. It was like a little bit of magic being able to swim along side them (keeping our distance because 1) they are endangered and 2) turtles can bite).
I’m loving this camera so far and it seems to be just a good back up digital camera so Randy and I don’t have to fight over the Kodak.
In a cool twist of fate, flickr.com is now allowing pro users to upload short videos. I’m loving it!
Cool camera & great photos and videos. Where did you buy the camera cause I haven’t seen it anywhere around here.
Actually we found the camera at buy.com. It takes up to 2GB SD card but we are using a couple of 1GB cards as they are so cheap and we can just exchange them out. The 1GB card holds almost 30 minutes of video. Since we mostly take stills and just short video clips, the 1GB has been plenty for us so far. Now if we ever make it to the Bahamas or the Virgin Islands, we might need a bigger cards.