Digital Point & Shoot

Digital Point & Shoot
A cheaper alternative to a D-SLR is to use a digital compact camera (also known as a point and shoot digital camera or a prosumer digital camera. These cameras are entry level cameras and they do not provide as much flexibility or control over your images as the D-SLR provide. But excellent pictures can be taken using these digital compact cameras.


Digital Compact and Housing: A Canon digital compact in its Canon housing.

Housings for these digital compacts are usually made by the camera manufacturer and are relatively good quality as well as a good price. The housing that is developed by the manufacturer usually can accommodate the on-camera flash. But the flash is very close to the lens and when there is a lot of particulate in the water this can result in backscatter. These flashes are usually not very powerful underwater and need to be pretty close to the subject to restore all of the lost color.