SeaLife SharkDiver SD 301 Underwater Pre-loaded Camera

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Summary: Horrible
Review: For my honeymoon, I purchased this camera for scuba diving photos (because of its flash) and 2 cheaper Kodak disposables without flash for beach and snorkeling pictures. The SharkDiver camera was horrible. The film advance was difficult to turn, the shutter was hard to push down, the flash didn't always function, and on and on. Then, worst of all, the casing apparently leaked and after going to all that trouble to take a full roll of pictures, we ended up with 4 discolored, double exposed pictures and none of the others came out at all. On the pictures we did get, the use of the flash didn't seem to matter at all -- they were still pretty dark.
The Kodak cameras by comparison were great. They were easy to use and produced good pictures in spite of not having a flash. I used them on several pictures at ~20-25 feet under and had plenty of natural light for a good picture.


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Summary: Don't Buy it.....Ruined our Tahiti Vacation
Review: Film did not advance and there were vertical stripes on the one roll that did advance and take pics. Don't risk your vacation snorkeling or suba on this camera.

Rating:
Summary: Superb for underwater shots
Review: I bought this camera on a whim - knowing that I would be doing a great deal of swimming on vacation.
It worked perfectly and was simple and carefree to use.
Just as well that I did not read the previous reviews before I purchased it.

Rating:
Summary: complete loss
Review: I bought two of these cameras for my wife and me to take on our holiday scuba trip to the western caribbean. Followed all of the directions and felt like we got some great shots in areas we may not see again. Got home and took the cameras to the photo lab, and not ONE of the photos on either camera came out. Rolls from other underwater cameras came out nicely, but wanted to use the 'shark divers' for our deeper dives...

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Summary: Don't waste your money
Review: I was looking for an inexpensive camera with a flash for SCUBA diving. Believe it or not a $9 camera from kodak that you can get at walmart but doesnot have a flash is BETTER than this one.
First, instructions are horrible. they do not exist. The package doesn't tell you to turn in the whole camera (minus the plastic shell) to the developer. the inside camera is a "disposable" and you are required to buy another one. Ritz camera had the refills for 9.99.
Second, the flash only worked part of the time and the shutter button sometime pressed easily and sometimes it didn't.
My only roll of film I took was a complete waste.
Sorry, spend some extra cash and get something better.

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Summary: Bloody Thing Leaked
Review: Try a Kodak or Fuji disposable underwater camera.

I particularly like the Fuji. They don't have flashes, so everything looks blue in the pictures, but at least they don't leak.