Sony MPK-WD Marine Pack for Select W Series Digital Camera (Clear)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Sony MPK-WD Marine Pack for Select W Series Digital Camera (Clear)
Customer Review: Awesome!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Great product for those who like to dive or just to take pictures under water. Good price and great product. I highly recommend it.Customer Review: Does job, with a major flaw
Summary: 2 Stars
Intent from the onset was to get a camera I could use diving. A point and shoot which if met with calamity, I wouldn't have to cry so much over. That said, Sony's latest and greatest 13 megapixel W300 with underwater mode caught my fancy, and after seeing that this marine pack was available for it, I got it.
I then ordered this Marine Pack, and was disappointed on my very first dive. So I'll cover the big con first, and then the pros.
THE CON: The fricken frackin 'wide lens' protective housing blocks the durned flash! What kind of design is that? When taking photos underwater, a flash is a must 90% of the time. You're in an enviornment where the surface and the water itself reflects light, so you need light to bring our color. See Flickr.com/photos/Wagnbat and go to my 'coral gardens at night' pictures to see the W300 with no flash in action at night. Pretty disappointing. I'm going to try and get some day shots... And while they'll be better than night shots of course, I'm sure I'll be lacking the definition I desire without buying an external flash... The cheapest of which is the Sea & Sea YS-17, with an MSRP of $400 before shipping. So if looking at this unit for SCUBA, don't buy it without being sure you're also interested in an underwater strobe kit. And no, it's not cheaper on Ebay (the strobe kits that is), I've been looking.
The pros & everything else:
This case does it's job. It keeps the water out. Took it to 50' on my first dive, for almost an hour and a half, and no issues.
Buttons are easy to get to. You can access ALL features, including spinning the wheel and going from picture to movie mode underwater. Buttons are glove friendly as well.
Movie mode is works well underwater but, as with the strobe, without some sort of bright external light source, don't expect your movies to look fantastic.
I'm giving the case 2 of 5 stars, because a design which would directly impact the quality of taking pictures underwater, exactly what the case was designed for, severely impairs the purpose of the case.
Customer Review: tried it and sent it back
Summary: 1 Stars
I got this very very heavy camera cover for my very light digital sony so that I would only need one camera. Well, this thing takes all the fun out of it, and seems to weigh about 5 lbs!! No way can you handle this underwater and still hope to have a good time. So, I sent it back. For the money, you can get either an olympus or fuji that is an underwater digital camera..that is very light.