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Does anyone know if there is a website or link to find information on cameras designed to be used underwater (or to repel water or UV rays from producing glare)....have an older 35mm Minolta I can't find much info on that is being funky.

I invested a few minutes into chatting with a local dealer, but they seem to think it might be a motherboard issue. It was purchased in the early 90's, so I'm not even sure it contains one. And of course, they wanted extreme $ just to send it away. I can't seem to find any date other than a product code on the underside, but would love to use it on an investigation.

If anyone has any tips or a useful site, that would be fantastic!

Let me get back to you, I'll look around for one. do you have a model # or camera manufacturer to go from?

Thanks for your help....it's a larger, yellow Minolta AF Dual 35 with underwater zoom.

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I haven't used it in about 5 years. It was working just fine over the weekend then went freaky. I believe they have a thermostat, so I'm not sure if it's a regulator or what the issue is. I'm just not hip on paying $150 to send it away....if it's deemed 'unrepairable, they just keep the dough and don't even send it back.



You're going to the Stanley, how cool!!!

at the price I've seen on one website just buy a whole new camera
http://shopping.superpages.com/minolta~erci_4703~ty_au
The most expensive camera that has all those bells and whistles is 32 bucks.

Thanks for the link for comparison.

I am not a S.C.U.B.A. enthusiast....it was used in containment units and underwater to provide documentation.

However, it takes (took) great photos and you can definitely tell the difference in clarity on land shots. I just haven't used it lately, but it was stored well.

I'm going to pop out the 800 film with the 4 shots I have and let someone local tinker. Nothing to lose at this point....just really bums me out. It powers up, takes a few shots, then shuts off, almost like a component isn't allowing it to power up.


I never really thought about it until a few weeks ago. I thought it might diffuse out dust particles from being labeled as orbs and provide more clairty/diffuse light in darker shots. Just a thought...we'll see.

I'm trying to get the dust orb problem worked out, too. At one point I had been told that cameras with megapixelage of 7 or higher prevented dust orbs from showing up. So, I got myself a lovely 10.2 megapixel camera. I'll be darned if I'm not still getting orbs in the shots I've taken at the haunted museum. That's OK, if they really are ghosts, but I was trying to get nice CLEAR pictures of the house itself.

Abbey have you looked into building a D.E.V.A. to fit onto your camera?

I know the original version of it was meant for Video cameras but I think you might be able to modify one to fit a digital camera.
(link:http://www.ghostgadgets.com/_howto/DEVA.html)