The snaps of my two-year-old's first splashy moments in our neighborhood swimming pool failed to replicate the vibrant colors of the real scene, and worse, were slightly blurry ( $380).Īt first glance, this 7.1-megapixel camerawith its cutesy icons and simple, frill-free designdoesn't seem to be anything more than a fun little toy. My biggest gripe, however, is the quality of the images. At 2.5 inches, the LCD screen is large for the camera's size but virtually unreadable in bright light (i.e., at the beach). Unadorned, the 7-megapixel camera is as small as they come (3 x 2 x 0.8 inches) and has loads of handy settingsthree for underwater shots and a movie option, although the playback is a sluggish 15 frames per second. Waterproof up to 33 feet, dust-proof, and durable enough to survive several serious drops, this Olympus is one tough cookie (the nifty housing makes it even tougher). The upside of using the ReefMaster Mini on land? The muscles you'll build lugging it around ( $300). Above water, the camera lumbers like a stubby-finned coelacanth, and the image quality is mediocre at best (all the rich colors of the seaside sunset washed out).
Better yet, the photos turned out amazingly vibrant. The chunky buttons that look like they belong on a mountain bike are designed for divers wearing gloves, and sure enough, the camera was incredibly easy to use while I was diving. From dive camera specialist SeaLife, the Mini combines heavy-duty engineering with 6-megapixel technology to turn out a solid brick that's waterproof to 130 feet.
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