Casio Exilim EX-G1 Underwater Camera Pics

17 Aug

It’s summer, and in Austin that means a lot of boating and river floating.

Generally this by default means “put all your electronics away because they might get wet”…which sucks because you can get cool pictures while hanging out in the water.

On a recent boating trip I saw a friend had this camera….the first thing I did was go back to my hotel and order it on Amazon.

It was of the Exilim family which I go WAY back with.  I’ve had like 3 different versions of the Casio Exilim in the past, so I didn’t mind buying another (even though I have a fantastic Cannon camera).

The camera is the Casio Exilim EX-G1 and soon as I saw it was waterproof….I was sold.  I’ve been wanting to get a waterproof camera for a while, but the ones I’ve seen look too dorky and clunky.  This is the first one I’ve seen that looks cool, PLUS is waterproof (and shockproof…which is good because I DO NOT treat my electronics well):

So the first step was to take a few pictures with it.  Keep in mind I almost ALWAYS slightly tweak the colors of my photos using Photoshop, other than that, these are close to the originals:

Me showing off and taunting the driver of the boat by STANDING UP whilst tubing:

Wake boarding on Lake Austin:

Blowing underwater ring bubbles (are there such things as ABOVE water ring bubbles)??

This is the VERY FIRST picture I took underwater!

Finding Nirvana….underwater (let’s hope they have oxygen in Nirvana):

And finally here’s the first underwater test footage I did.  This was compressed with Windows Media Maker then uploaded to YouTube, so it looks pretty crappy….but otherwise the quality of video is surprisingly high:

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    8 Responses to “Casio Exilim EX-G1 Underwater Camera Pics”

    1. Mark August 17, 2010 at 12:12 pm #

      Three things:
      1. Footage was suprisingly good.
      2. Who was the hot babe in the pool before you jumped in?
      3. Dude, you need to get your eyebrows done.

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      • Neville August 17, 2010 at 2:15 pm #

        1.) The original non-compressed footage looks even better
        2.) I pre-wrote this post, and honestly didn’t know YouTube used that screenshot for the video!
        3.) Meh.

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    2. linda August 17, 2010 at 1:02 pm #

      what a FUN toy!
      what a beautiful pool…

      Reply
    3. Dale August 17, 2010 at 10:14 pm #

      All right Neville, you’ve inspired me to do a goal complete with reward and punishment of my own…

      http://corporatepreneur.blogspot.com/2010/08/5-hours-week-iphone-4.html

      Reply
      • Neville August 18, 2010 at 7:03 pm #

        Awesome!

        So far mine is working. I’m thinking about getting a business coach to keep me on track. Might be worth it actually.

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    4. Paul Jackson August 18, 2010 at 2:54 pm #

      I want one……

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      • Neville August 18, 2010 at 7:03 pm #

        I’ve used it many times now, TOTALLY worth it. I carry it with me everywhere.

        Reply

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