Pictures in or near water

[taminator]

I have had so many people ask me how our pictures turned out so nice in the water so I thought I'd post what we used.

 

I bought an aquapac. It is a waterproof bag that you can work any digital camera inside of. They cost around $30 online.

I was a little skeptical when I bought it and was scared to put my camera in it in the water.

 

It really worked great. It was completely watertight, took clear, great pictures and floated.

 

This last feature really came in handy while cave tubing in Belize. I actually went over a few small rapids and didn't have the strap around my neck. I didn't even realize it was gone for about a minute..but it floated right to my husband who was behind me. He rather enjoyed watching me freak out while he hid the camera..LOL.

 

Anyway..almost ALL my pictures were taken through this bag. I only took it out while on the ship. Other than that I used my camera in the bag. Feel free to take a look at them

 

www. dotphoto.com

user: ourcruise

password: carnival

 

I will never travel without it again. I hate disposable water camera.

 

I loved your photos and thanks for the tip about the Aquapac... I will definitely pick one up for our next cruise. It was a shame on our last cruise that I had two nice digital cameras with me but wound up taking a crappy disposable underwater camera with me on our snorkel and snuba trips instead.

 

Like others said, the picture quality is seldom good. Our photos came out very grainy and I wish I had a better camera. I checked on underwater housings for our cameras and the prices were outrageous. I can't believe how affordable the Aquapac is.

 

Thanks again! :)

[alynn]

These Aquapaks were mentioned on our roll call last year, 4 of us from both sides of the atlantic bought them on the web, £19.99 uk $30.

 

They are totally waterproof but none of us managed to get good results with them, problems were you have great difficulty in fact impossible to see what you are photographing through the viewfinder when wearing snorkel gear, you cant feel the shutter button so you dont know if youve taken a picture or not.

 

We all decided after a couple of attempts in Bonaire & Tortola not to bother. They are a nice concept but not very good

[Past it]

I used one of these on my last cruise.I ordered it from america.Worked great, check out my pics

http://community.webshots.com/user/cruisediva

[bling19572010]

If I missed it I'm sorry, but what brand and style of digital camera did you use to take your underwater pictures?

[jetlady]

Just ordered 3 bags can't wait to use them in October on cococay

[imatarb]

WOW...great pics! Is there a website to order?

[jetlady]

I googled aquapac. but I think they said you can buy them at LL Bean too.