Bonica Snapper XP S5, 5.0MP 8x Zoom Digital Still Camera with Skin & Underwater Housing & Water-Tight Hard Travel Case, Rated to 180'

2008-06-17T21:00:00

Bought camera to use on vacation in the Caribean. Camera is absolutely worthless in the water. You are unable to see what you are shooting with the LCD screen. The LCD is black. Pictures are simply point and shoot taking your chances of getting anything at all. The housing and skin did keep the camera dry, for what that is worth. Dont waste your money on this one.

Rebel

2008-04-08T21:00:00

The housing system works great. Unfortunately, the camera does not - specifically, the LCD viewfinder, which is very dark when the camera is used outside of the housing, and completely unviewable when used inside the housing. In daylight, underwater, there is NO way to see the LCD AT ALL! You cannot view any of the frames you've just shot, and are forced to shoot "blind", guess-timating what you're framing in the shot. On my dives, of the 100 or so photos taken in this manner, only about 40 were "good" - the rest all had terrible framing. Of the "good" frames, all were very wide shots. Only a few close up/detail pictures were ever framed properly. Using this camera is like trying to fire a rifle without a scope - you'll almost never hit what you aim at. The menu system for the camera is not well thought out, either. It's confusing to operate, and requires many button presses to review pictures... Assuming you could see them - which you can't. This camera would be acceptable if it had a useable LCD, but since it doesn't, it's junk. DO NOT BUY THIS CAMERA.

James v.