December 26, 2009
Intova IC10 10MP 3X Sports Digital Camera With
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The Intova IC-10 10.0MP Digital Camera comes with underwater housing. This easy to use camera is good to depths of up to 180' (54.86 m). The camera features a 3 LCD display. The camera incorporates a high quality 3x optical zoom lens and a capture resolution of 10 megapixels to provide beautiful images. Plus it is loaded with features to make shooting easy and fun. more info
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Great underwater camera for that price
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Its very good in taking video shoots underwater, BUT There is a lack of time between your finger click And the camera shutter in the still camera mode.
But overall its a great camera if you consider the price. 250$ for the camera and the housing. you barely will get the housing only for some other (sealife, olympus, … etc) camera with this price.
highly recommended if mainly used as an underwater video camera.
Poor Camera
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
The price is great, but the camera is poor. The major drawbacks of the camera are:
1. That it does not allow you to automatically download pictures without removing the SD card. There is a USB port on the camera, but this is for using it as a webcam.
2. The camera does not have the facility to charge batteries. This is an expected feature on digital cameras today.
3. The camera uses the 2 AA batteries extremely quickly – you get about 15 pictures out of the camera before you need to replace the batteries. This is a major issue if you are using the camera as a dive camera.
Bottom line – I cannot recommend the camera and would rate it as poor.
Good Budget Underwater Snapper
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I bought this camera a few weeks ago, and I’ll have to admit, I didn’t expect much. Boy was I surprised!
Pros:
-Great Pictures for the cost, and very compact. I actually “lost” it a couple times down on the first couple dives with it because it was so small compared to my old Olympus camera. I found myself tracking it with the lanyard.
-The camera has a small amount of buoyancy, but not enough to throw your control off (it’s nice to know that if it comes loose, it’ll bob around at the surface until I find it)
-The pictures it took on good visibility dives were outstanding and after a little photoshoping, I got some real WOW reactions from other divers.
-The camera has lots of options and bells and whistles. There are also a few accessories available for this that make a more complete package.
-1 set of standard AA Batteries lasted 3 dives, and over 170 photos for me, and that was with the LCD at default brightness and lots of button pressing. I even had plenty of juice left to review photos on the way home. I put a set of Lithium batteries in it and after over 100 shots, it still shows full batteries.
Cons: It’s not a $1K DSLR with a $2K underwater housing
Actually, I would have been happier if I didn’t have to buy the flash diffuser and/or red filter seperately. These two omissions lose the camera a star in my review.
Other Thoughts: The LCD isn’t the best out there, so don’t delete photos because they look bad on it, wait until you get a look on a better screen. I’d rather have the good battery life over a power hungry screen anyway.
I would definitely recommend this camera for anyone wanting an underwater camera on a budget. The picture quality was surprisingly good and there are lots of options to tweak. I can’t wait to try this thing with the Wide Angle Lens and a strobe!