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INTOVA INWD-IC600 6.0 Megapixel Digital Camera with Waterproof Housing -180FT |  | Brand: INTOVA
Category: Photography
Rating:  reviews
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 3
Display Size: 2.4
Maximum Focal Length: 16.5
Minimum Focal Length: 5.5
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 14 x 16 x 18
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: IC600
Model: IC600
UPC: 855712000608
EAN: 0855712000608
ASIN: B000O1AVLS
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| Features:
| • | Waterproof to 180 feet, 54 meters. | | • | Double O-Ring design for added leak protection. | | • | Full function button control. | | • | Removable 46mm lens thread adapter. | | • | 2.4" color LCD display, 12 X zoom (3x optical, 4x digital) and SD card capacity up to 2 gig. |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
The new standard in affordable Sports Photography. This full featured 6 MP camera, with a rugged and compact housing, fills all your photographic needs. Use the camera by itself for safe, protected environments or put it in the housing for Wet and Wild photo occasions. The polycarbonite housing has full button feature controls and is waterproof to 180 feet (54 meters). Other features include a 2.4" color LCD display, 12 X zoom (3x optical, 4x digital) and SD card capacity up to 2 gig.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Intova IC 6600 August 20, 2010
Marty Overson
This camera is fantastic for it's size, quality of pictures, ease of use and price. Originally bought a the smaller Intova and it had great video. Up graded to the IC 600, love the water prof case. The macro picture taking is very good but you have to find the right settings and have a lot of patients. The video I found wasn't as good as the smaller Intova. All of my dive buddies have these elaborate cameras with strobes... sure they take better pictures but they are awkward and very expensive and rarely used because of there bulkiness. We have enjoyed my pictures 10 times as much because it's so compact I take it with me on every dive and as a result have taken some amazing pictures which have been sent to the local paper and TV stations who have broadcast them. Last week end the great Ocean stoled my IC600 so I purchased an IC 12, can't wait t use this one.
Marty
Impressive Camera July 21, 2010
V. Dave Kruppa (Tucson, Arizona)
When I originally purchased this camera to replace an aged 35mm for a trip to the Philipines all I was trying to do was get some souvineer shots for my vacation. I was impressed with the quality of the images and the construction of the case with no leaks to 120 feet. Some things that I do not like are Very slow response time between taking the picture and the actual capture, the relatively poor battery life, and the high cost of the red filter.
This is what I did for my next Dive in Belize. I purchased rechargeable batteries and memory cards and change them after each dive, and purchased the Red Filter which dropped in price. I Thought I either lost the filter adapter or was not included in the package and CALLED Intova and they sent another immediately (I paid for Postage)- Customer service is very good. I did eventually find the original so I now have an extra.
I also run the camera in movie mode with the red filter on below about 20 feet and the images are good - not great! but good enough to run on my 58" plasma to show the land lubbers what it looks like down below. The movie mode gets rid of the lag time in taking still pictures. I find that if I turn the camera on and set it to movie mode before I go under it is easier to take the video, just hit the shutter release button. The 2Gb flash memory card will last about 2 hours, almost about the same as a good set of batteries. The sound is also a bit of a bonus - even though I am hearing a bit of a background Buzzing noise.
After seeing some fellow divers with Professional camera setups and knowing that my camera cost was less that half the cost of one of their strobes and seeing them struggling with their bulky gear, I feel that I made a good choice. It enabled me to enjoy my dive without the cumbersome equipment that others use. Granted my picture quality was not as good as more expensive camera systems but enjoyed my dive and have a great memory of my dive. I do highly recommend the camera to novice photographers like myself. I couldn't help notice that that the price almost doubled since I bought mine - but still worth it. Hmm, I wonder how well the 8 Mega Pixel Camera works?? and if it will drop into my housing?
Great Buy for the Money June 26, 2010
D. Leichtenschlag (South Florida, USA)
I bought this camera over a year ago and have photographed over 10 dives, probably 500 pictures. It was one of the cheapest cameras I saw for fairly deep underwater photos so I thought I'd give it a shot as a first underwater camera. Overall, this camera has exceeded my expectations. Couple of specific points:
1. I read reviews of terrible battery performance, but while worse than a typical point and shoot, I've taken 100 shots and 10 minutes of video with Energizer rechargable 2450 Ma Nickel Metal Hydride batteries, more than enough for a two dive outing. I carry a backup set and have never used them.
2. Only real complaint is that bootup and picture taking are a little slow. You have to click the pic and hold for a good "One 1 thousand" before moving. A little annoying, but you get used to it.
3. Simple to use, but you'll have to memorize the buttons because it's impossible to read once inside the housing and underwater. I assume any camera in a housing is going to be the same.
4. Picture quality doesn't seem that great when you initially review on the camera or view once pics are on your computer, BUT, if you get into photoshop (or some pic editing SW) and play with the contrast and tone, they look AWESOME! E.g., I get into photoshop and batch autotone, autocontrast, and autocolor (set up a script for all 3) and the difference is simply astounding. The originals that are somewhat washed out green/grey come to life with perfect color as I recall seeing it underwater, and look absolutely beautiful, 1000% better. I don't know if this is the case with other cameras, but since the picture/color quality is NOT a problem with pics taken with this camera out of water, I'm thinking that almost any underwater photography will need editing. I tend to modify all the pics I'm going to keep/post, so it's no big deal for me. I wish I could post a pic here of a before/after of a 2 second tone/color/contrast change.
5. Note I bought this in June 1999 and paid only $99 for it here on Amazon. That was a GREAT deal.
Intova Waterproof Camera April 22, 2010
Kathie W. W. (Bremerton, Washington)
I read all the reviews of the camera on Amazon before purchasing it. Some reviews weren't as enthusiastic as others but overall they were mostly good, which encouraged me to purchase this camera. What an incredible surprise! We took photos in and out of the water in Maui and Oahu and everyone turned out very well. The photos were clear, great color, and in focus. We just wanted a little camera to take some underwater shots with but were thrilled with every photo we got. The underwater housing never leaked like one of our older VERY expensive, well-known brand names did, it stayed dry and it was great to download the photos onto the computer to see before we left the islands. You do have to get closer to underwater items you want to photograph as the light source isn't strong enough to photograph farther away, but that was okay with us--we snorkeled and photographed on very sunny days and the camera performed very well! We were extremely pleased with this purchase!
WOW, nice camera March 26, 2010
Steven Levin (Plymouth Meeting, PA USA)
Takes great pictures, PERFECT for vacations! Waterproof housing works great, took it to Belize and Costa Maya snorkeled for many days and the pictured came out great, and when on the beach I left it in the case and didn't wory about sand getting in it, just rinsed real well in fresh water before I opened the case. I used upgraded rechargeables and used a fast SD card. Great for what I intended it for. The only draw back is the slight hesitation when you push the shutter to the actual capture of view, but within a few shots you know what to expect and it's no big deal.
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