Recommendation: compact camera for moving images? Options

[wobbler]

Until recently, I always thought that I needed to buy a housing for my (old) Sony PC-5, get a couple of extra lights plus a wide angle lens to be able to shoot video underwater. But, then I went out on a dive trip in Norway with some finnish divers using a small compact camera with a simple uw-housing. And, the result was just great. I then had to rethink the whole thing about what gear I need to be able to shoot video.

First of all: I do not need full DV-PAL resolution. I just want to shoot clips underwater, chuck them onto my powerbook and edit the video in Final Cut Express for further publishing on the web. That is, I probably only need a small 320x240 res (640x480 would do better of course).

Now, what compact camera + housing can you guys recommend? My dream-camera would shoot 640x480 in 24 fps, with the length of the video clips only limited by the size of the memory card in the camera. A pretty wide angle lens built in would be handy, and the ability to set the ISO to at least 800 would be great.

Does this camera exist? Or, can anyone point me in the direction of anything that actually do work when in the hunt for cheap uw-shooting? =)

This post has been edited by wobbler: Dec 11 2006, 04:30 AM

[n de d]

i'd go with the INON adapter as mentioned by taxgeek, especially since the inon adapter for the oem housing is not 67mm. it just was not available back then and 67mm adapters are so easy to make ... and my lenses were 67mm.