Customer Reviews:
 Better than Alternatives July 28, 2005
yonatan ben-simhon (Ithaca, NY)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Like others I have compared it in a SCUBA diving trip to the Kodak Max Sport and this one had a few advantages:
1. Film winded at greater depth.
2. The pictures came out clearer - not grainy and with better colors.
Don't expect too much of it at depths below 8 meters since light won't be enough (I used it on a bright summer day in the red sea). Even at shallower depths colors turn blue/green without use of flash.
I have taken it down to depth of 35 meters and the camera was fine, but wouldn't take pictures at depths below 20 meters.
The pictures I took at shallow depth came out excellent.
 Excellent for SCUBA March 18, 2006
Lars Barlow-Hansen (Brookfield, CT)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
If you are reluctant to invest $$$ in a 'real' underwater camera, this will do fine as a temporary solution.
I realize it's not rated to go beyond 17 feet but I took two of them to 90 feet and had no problems whatsoever - all seals held and I could wind the film just fine.
Only slight critizism is that the pictures come out more blue compared to the Kodak MAX (which I used at the same dive site a year earlier). But hey, if you're going way beyond the manufacturers specs, you're not really allowed to complain...
For snorkeling (down to 30 feet), the pictures come out real nice.
 Can't take the heat December 18, 2001
11 out of 16 found this review helpful
Though it's waterproof, I had troubles with this camera while whitewater rafting in Utah during the summer. The plastic housing clouded in the heat, ~94 Fahrenheit (34 Celsius) at maximum. I had to punch out the plastic housing in the lens area with a leatherman tool to make it workable but still couldn't see through the viewfinder. Then it wasn't waterproof!!. We took six along for a weeklong trek and all suffered the same fate. Others on our trip with this model Fuji had the same problem so it wasn't an isolated batch problem. People using a couple of Kodak waterproof models had no problems. The Fuji had no problems in cooler conditions but then again, Fuji engineers should take all conditions into consideration when making such a camera.
re blue underwater shots August 31, 2001
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
_all_ underwater shots are blue-ish, the deeper you go, the more pronounced the effect. Water absorbs shorter (ie reds) light rays faster. That's why tropical water is .... blue. This is not the fault of this camera.
A good photo processing store can do some color correction. Good underwater photography is done with a flash; the close proximity of the light source allows red light to illuminate the object. I haven't had the opportunity to use this camera but blue underwater shots is not a fault of the product at all.
price is right September 27, 2005
Charlie Higgens (Oceanside, California)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I am very happy with the resulting prints from this camera. I've used other brands in the past and never have had such bright colors and in focus shots. The winding mechanism is easy to use. Finally I have pictures of my diving expeditions to remember.
It's even suited for kids over ten to use. Mine had lots of fun with their own Quick Snap.
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