Vivitar VIVICAM-6200W 6.0 MegaPixel Underwater Camera with 4x Digital Zoom 2.0" LCD | 
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| Brand: Vivitar
Category: Photography
List Price: $199.95
Buy New: $119.99
You Save: $79.96 (40%)
New (1) Used (1) from $99.99
Rating:  35 reviews
Sales Rank: 1361
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: Yes
Optical Zoom: 0
Display Size: 2
Battery: 2 AA
Maximum Focal Length: 6.9
Minimum Focal Length: 6.9
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 6 x 8.3 x 3
MPN: VIVICAM-6200W
Model: VIVICAM-6200W
UPC: 019643604865
EAN: 0019643604865
ASIN: B000QCI65I
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Image resolution up to 2816 x 2112 with 4x digital zoom | | • | Specifically designed for divers to take brighter, colorful pictures underwater up to 30' | | • | Records movies up to 320 x 240 at 24fps | | • | Uses 2 AA alkaline or NiMH batteries and SD memory up to 1GB | | • | Includes 2 AA alkaline batteries, hand strap, USB cable and software |
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Product Description
Image resolution up to 2816 x 21124x digital zoomSpecifically designed for divers to take brighter, colorful pictures underwater up to 30'Rubber armored and waterproof up to 30'Focus free lensRecords movies up to 320 x 240 at 24fps4 5/8ö W x 2 13/16 H x 1 7/16ö DUses 2 AA alkaline or NiMH batteriesUses SDÖ memory up to 1GBIncludes 2 AA alkaline batteries, hand strap, USB cable and software
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| Customer Reviews: Read 30 more reviews...
 Great little number for the price August 2, 2008
LA
We go snorkeling on vacation just about every year and I was sick of the underwater film cameras and wanted to go digital this year. We could not find a housing for our little Canon so my husband got me this for my birthday and overall we are really pleased with the job it did for the money spent! I LOVE being able to auto-correct the pictures in Photoshop. I always hated that with film pics you were stuck with whatever you got printed. This is awesome to be able to snap away and then edit them. I also love that I can upload them into our online albums along with all of our other pics. We got a lot of great shots and used the video feature on a dolphin swim which was AWESOME!
The only negative things I have to say really is that there's no viewfinder and the LCD display screen can be hard to see in the sun / water if there's a lot of glare and the buttons are a bit close together. But I give it 2 thumbs up for the pictures it took!
WATCH OUT! August 1, 2008
Mrs. Connie Bell (austin Tx)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Watch out! Amazon is trying to sell a 2GB card with this camera and it only supports a 1GB card, as is stated in the description!
 Not Bad For The $ July 26, 2008
Mike M (Rockton, IL USA)
This is the first underwater digital camera that I would consider affordable for causal users. We go snorkeling every summer and have used disposable film cameras for our underwater photography, with mixed results. I took this camera to Mexico this year and was generally pleased with the results. I did have trouble composing my shots, as the LCD viewfinder was useless underwater. The controls need improvement as well and there needs to be some kind of a bright indicator light telling you the camera is on and ready to shoot.
Good, Functional Waterproof Camera July 25, 2008
Jared Handspicker (Nashua, NH, United States)
I bought this camera, not for its underwater capabilities, but because I was going on a whale watch, and didn't wish to damage my primary camera with salt water. It did quite well. I even used it for some "dry" shots and the camera performed fairly well. It's not the easiest to grasp in terms of operation, but once you realize how the zoom function works, and realize its settings are a bit more basic than other cameras, it functions quite well. I can only imagine its underwater capabilities, if they are near equal to the uses I explored, it should do rather well.
decent camera for the price July 9, 2008
Rachel Cox (Missouri)
I bought this camera to take pictures of my girls at the swimming pool this summer. They love to swim, and I really like underwater pictures. There have been several things that I have noticed that this camera does, or doesn't do well, but overall it has been ok.
Cons:
The first thing I noticed it the time it takes to take a picture. I also have a Canon Digital Rebel and it is fast on taking action pictures, so switching to this camera has been difficult for me. It takes 2 or 3 seconds to take a picture, so have have missed some action shots of my kids.
Second, you can't see what you are taking a picture of underwater, even with goggles, it is just a black screen, so you are just guessing where you are taking the picture, also causing missed pictures.
Third, it doesn't preview the picture right after you take it, so it takes even more effort to see if you got your picture or not. You have to go to review your pictures in order to see what you took.
Finally, if you delete all your pictures off of your card, it starts taking counting pictures back at 1. I like to save my swimming pictures in one folder to be able to find them quickly, and if you have 3 or 4 file named PICT001, you run into a problem. I even contacted vivitar to see if I had a setting wrong or something, but they told me that is how the camera counts pictures.
Pros:
Its waterproof. It takes decent pictures underwater, when you actually get it pointed at the subject.
Overall, I think that this camera has done what I wanted it for, and was a reasonable price. I think I am expecting this camera to work like my other more expensive, digital cameras, and it is designed for that. It is made for underwater pictures or videos.
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