Sea & Sea DX-2G

Peter Rowlands · Issue 49, Jul/Aug 2009 · pp. 32–34

Products mentioned: Sea & Sea DX-2G, Ricoh Caplio GX200, Canon G10, Panasonic LX3, Sea & Sea DX 1200HD, Noise Ninja

Compact digital cameras and their small underwater housings have revolutionised not just the underwater photography world but also even diving itself. They are available in almost every dive shop at a price and with a performance that make them hard to resist. However, not all combinations of camera and housing are perfect but when one comes along from Sea & Sea you have to take notice because they are an underwater housing producer rather than a camera manufacturer and that is an important difference. I think it’s fair to say that, for a while, during the evolution from film to digital, Sea & Sea lost the plot a little. I suspect they were caught out by the speed of change and for a manufacturer it’s a slow process to change production schedules and turn the ship around. Fortunately, for us, they did and their product range is right back on target with excellent housings for DSLR and vi…