Comments on: INTOVA INWD-IC500 5.0 Megapixel Digital Sports Camera with Waterproof Housing -130FT

By: Jeneva

Jeneva — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:44:08 +0000

4.0 out of 5 stars
Pleasantly Surprised
My expectations were not that high based on the price and feature set of this little camera. I must say that I was quite surprised at how well it worked.

By: Andie

Andie — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:41:00 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars Great low cost waterproof camera I use this camera at the beach and while fishing from a kayak. It does everything it should for a <$100 camera. The pictures and video turned out very good.

By: Prisca

Prisca — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:49:46 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for the price
This camera is a great buy for the price that I paid. I was looking for a camera that I could take diving on a recent trip to cancun and it exceeded my expectations.

By: Ling

Ling — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:37:35 +0000

4.0 out of 5 stars
great
got this for a trip to the maldives. it does take a bit of getting used to for underwater pics. once you get the hang of it, i got some real keepers.

By: Emeric

Emeric — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:22:29 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Camera
I bought this camera to use on a recent trip to Hawaii, and everyone is amazed with the pictures I took while snorkeling. The quality of the pictures is very good.

By: Oded

Oded — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:48:45 +0000

4.0 out of 5 stars
Intova Digital Sports camera
Great little camera for the price. We planned a trip to the Bahamas to do some snorkeling and I wanted to record our underwater experience.

By: Luyu

Luyu — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:13:28 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Gift
I had gotten this camera as a gift for my husband.
The camera arrived about three days after I had ordered. It arrived safely and undamaged.

By: Winaugusconey

Winaugusconey — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:20:44 +0000

Just used this extensively snorkling in Hawaii. Not perfect, but ended up with some great results. I shopped around a lot, and I think this is probably the best-working underwater digital solution for under $100.

Pros -
-Housing is the best thing about it - great quality, very well-made and easy to use, no hint of leakage during multiple uses.
-Camera floats while in housing
-Under ideal conditions (Sunny Weather, clear water, used near the surface) the image results can be superb for such a cheap camera
-Considering most of the cost is probably in the housing, it does better than expected as a general purpose cheap land camera

Cons -
- Flash is useless in housing. Need expensive off-camera flash for good results in less than ideal conditions (without direct sunlight, or at any significant depth)
- Shutter delay is substantial and can be tricky to use - you have to lead moving subjects a little which takes practice

Overall a bargain and would definitely recommend for casual underwater use in good lighting.

By: Xipil

Xipil — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:09:04 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Great value
Unbeatable for the price. I checked out a lot of possibilities, but this is by far the best in this range.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:39:38 +0000

I bought this camera because I’d always wanted an underwater camera to take snorkeling, but didn’t want to pay hundreds of dollars. When I found this one for $90, I jumped on it. I tried it out on land, and was pretty happy with the photos. Easy to use, etc. The waterproof housing being included for no cost is a nice bonus to what was already a good deal. I popped the camera into the housing, and spent an hour or so taking photos of some kids swimming around in the pool to see how it worked. I was basically shooting pics as fast as I could (no film, no cost) and really every one of the photos came out great. No leakage at all. I did buy a memory card for it for about $10 also. The built in memory is good for a few photos, but you’ll want the extra storage for sure. Batteries have lasted several hours so far. I use a Macitosh computer and didn’t have any trouble transferring the pictures to it. For a good cheap camera to take underwater photos, I think it will be hard to beat this one. The small size of the camera alone allows it to easily fit into your shirt pocket too.