SeaLife DC1200

Peter Rowlands · Issue 56, Sep/Oct 2010 · pp. 41–42

Products mentioned: SeaLife DC1200, SL961 strobe set, SeaLife wide angle lens, SeaLife lens dock

I think it’s fair to say that SeaLife have, in the past, produced cameras to a price to cater for the entry level photographer and as such they have introduced thousands of divers to a new hobby. For most of them their first camera will be all they need but for a significant number their photographic requirements will expand as they get keener and they will move on. With the SeaLife DC1200 however you have an inexpensive basic camera which has some system accessories including external strobe and wide angle lens which can be added later to make it much more versatile and as such it could be all the camera you ever need. In terms of specification the DC1200 is a 12 megapixel stills and 640x480 video camera. It has a 34- 170mm lens (in 35mm terms) which can focus, in wide macro mode, from 4 inches to infinity and, in tele macro mode, from 2 feet to infinity. It takes SD and SDHC memory car…