What would be a good camera

[Fish Chris]

I cant imagine an average person spending $400 ish on a fancy camera and a waterproof case..and special case to house it...its crazy nor give two hoots about DSLR

But grundle, first off, I didn't suggest, nor would I, that somebody should spend $400 on a fancy camera and underwater housing. I spent maybe $200 on that combo, and "still" in retrospect, I wouldn't suggest it.

I don't quite understand your reference to DSLR's, but I certainly don't recommend those for fish photos either... especially, self taken ones.

Bottom line is, the fish photos I post here, which seem to get a lot of compliments, were all taken with point-and-shoot cameras, which, when I bought them, were anywhere from $125 to $189 each. Definately nothing fancy.

One thing I have to say though >

The OP did not ask about doing video.... and while I don't believe one needs some super high mega pixel camera, to take good, sharp shots, I do believe the photo quality of a still shot taken with a video camera, will not be as good, as a still shot taken with a regular digital camera. It might not be as apparent, with a small file size posted on the internet, but I think it would show in a print... especially, say an 8" x 10".

You want great video, get a video camera. You want great photos, get a regular digital camera. Granted, most do both nowadays, but a regular camera still takes better photos, and a video camera still does better video.

Peace,

Fish