Binding: Electronics
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Label: ShopTronics.com
Manufacturer: ShopTronics.com
Model: PX2
Optical Zoom: 1
Publisher: ShopTronics.com
Studio: ShopTronics.com

Customer Rating:
Summary: Pixtreme Underwater Digital Still and Video
Comment: I bought this camera for a snorkeling trip on Maui last year. I put rechargable batteries in it and it took some nice stills, relative to the silt level in the water. It has some shutter lag, and as with any underwater camera the flash lit up the silt when it was present. To my amazement, the video setting turned out to be the strong point of the camera. I ran into some areas that were heavily populated with fast moving fish and the video was incredible. There is no audio, but it is not needed. The colors are clear and the resolution is very good. Several times a turtle or fish nearly hits the lens, but the camera keeps it in focus to a very close range. I got nearly ten minutes of green sea turtle video and it was spectacular. I put them on DVD and the resolution is very good. The manual says it can only handle 512 mb SD cards, but mine took a 2 gig SD without problems. The recahrgable batteries are a necessity as the AAA heavy duties don't cut it. I used 2 900 mah rechargable AAAs, and brought along backups if needed. I never had to change on the fly, but the battery monitor showed low levels frequently. It worked much better than any of the $60 35 mm underwater camers I've used. I'd go take photos and come back and load them on my laptop and go back and take more. It was a lot of fun.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Pix-treme Disappointment
Comment: I bought this camera specifically to take on a dive trip to remote divesites in the Bahamas earlier this month. Although the camera worked fine on land, it malfunctioned almost completely underwater(three dive companions checked and rechecked my operation, both on land and underwater), Consequently we lost almost all photo records of the spectacular dives (since the camera worked fine on the surface, we had brought along only one additional disposable underwater camera).

Here are the main problems:

1. I purchased an SD Memory Card to increase the limited memory. The card fits, but then the rubber cap does not close (or if you force it in, the card pops out)

2. the control button on the housing that is most raised is the crucial "set" button. Works fine on land with bare fingers, but when wearing gloves underwater, every time you grab the camera to take a shot, you hit the set button and go who-knows-where and lose photo capability.

3. the battery case kept popping halfway open when underwater. A red light went on, and the only way to reset was to remove and reload) the batteries on the surface.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Pretty Good Camera for the LOW Price.
Comment: I purchased this camera last year to use for diving in Cancun. (The year before, somehow my Canon camera w/ housing leaked and ruined the camera. I had paid $400 for the camera & $175 for housing, and my warranty had expired 5 days before the leakage. I will NEVER take my good camera diving w/ a housing again !! But at this price for a camera just for diving, I couldn't go wrong.
DISAPPOINTED must have gotten a defective camera. My experience with batteries was more like REBEKAH'S. I had to change the batteries after every dive, but I got a lot of pictures (and movies) with that use. And for the cost of a few AAA batteries, that's nothing compared to the cost of (1) Margarita after the dive !! I think I got a good deal. Got some great pictures of a large shark, too.
I only paid $99 for this camera on eBay (new). That includes the underwater housing. What do you expect for that price? You get what you pay for, so be fair to Pixtreme.
I would recommend this camera to any of my friends who wanted a decent camera for occasional diving / snorkeling at a low price. If you dive a lot, then you would certainly want to invest a few hundred dollars for a better camera. But for $99 bucks, this ain't bad !!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Disappointed!
Comment: Other reviews did indicate the fact that this camera is hard on batteries, but I did not realize how hard. With the included batteries I was able to take 3 pictures without flash. New NiCads gave me about the same result. New rechargable (fully charged) Nickel Metal Hydride batteries did somewhat better, but still gave me only about 1 hour of use (still with no flash).

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Spend an extra 100 bucks for something decent
Comment: This camera sucks! The quality is so so soooooooooo bad. IF your just looking to save some money by buying this dont! It is just a waste you will wish you spent an extra 100 bucks for something way way better. The camera is cheapo plastic the quality sucks.....EVERYTHING ABOUT IT SUCKS...

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