Vivitar VIVICAM-6200W 6.0 MegaPixel Underwater Camera with 4x Digital Zoom 2.0" LCD

works under water, great price for digital camera (GILLY, 2008-12-06)

Used an under water camera for the first time during my trip to Hawaii for snorkeling at Hanuma bay... It was cloudy with a bit of rain and so visibility was not so great. However, I got some decent images with this camera under water... but got great images of our group outside water. Next day we snorkled at lanikai beach, a sunny day and good visiblity resulted in some great under water images and average above the water images. Bottom line this camera is great under water if the visibility is good. The buttons are a bit hard on this camera and also you can not look at the picture on screen immediately after acquiring, there is a play button on the camera that lets you look at the pics on its lcd screen but that is not as convenient as instant replay that we are used to having on our canon digital camera. I find transferring images from my canon much more simpler so i simply switch the SD card from this camera into my canon to transfer files. Over all a good product for this price...

perfect! (C. Prevosto, 2008-11-05)

This camera is perfect for underwater pictures AND regular pictures! Last time we went snorkeling we made the mistake of purchasing disposable cameras - FAIL. Terrible and no depth. This one has zoom and the clarity is amazing. The colors also came out really well. It's pretty industrial - everything is easy to access underwater. It comes with an extra water proof seal ( so 2 water proof seals in case the 1st breaks). 5 stars, easy to use (actually had to read the manual, but it comes with a manual for a reason) and produced great results.

Great Camera for the price (D. Lyman, Fl USA, 2008-09-18)

For the price this is an excellent little camera. It takes good pictures and is easy to use and yes it works underwater just follow the instructions. The wrist strap that comes with it is pretty poor, but these are inexpensive and easy to find. As with many digital cameras it is difficult to see the view screen in bright sunlight, but it does a great job of point and shoot so get a memory card and take several shots to be on the safe side; always a good idea anyway.

Great little number for the price (LA, 2008-08-02)

We go snorkeling on vacation just about every year and I was sick of the underwater film cameras and wanted to go digital this year. We could not find a housing for our little Canon so my husband got me this for my birthday and overall we are really pleased with the job it did for the money spent! I LOVE being able to auto-correct the pictures in Photoshop. I always hated that with film pics you were stuck with whatever you got printed. This is awesome to be able to snap away and then edit them. I also love that I can upload them into our online albums along with all of our other pics. We got a lot of great shots and used the video feature on a dolphin swim which was AWESOME!

The only negative things I have to say really is that there's no viewfinder and the LCD display screen can be hard to see in the sun / water if there's a lot of glare and the buttons are a bit close together. But I give it 2 thumbs up for the pictures it took!

Edited to add: I see a previous poster said it only supports a 1 GB card but I used a 2 GB card with no problems.

WATCH OUT! (Mrs. Connie Bell, austin Tx, 2008-08-01)

Watch out! Amazon is trying to sell a 2GB card with this camera and it only supports a 1GB card, as is stated in the description!