Underwater camera suggestions?

[MarcumPro]

I'm looking to buy a camera this year, I don't want to spend top dollar for one, but was wondering what you guys use around here? What cam is the best bang for the buck? I've looked at the aqua vu and marcum, any suggestions would be great!  I understand water clarity is big, but does one perform better than another in this aspect

[coopason]

Hope you get some responses.
What price range you looking for?

I am looking also.

Coop

[first sergeant]

Well I've been using aqua vu since the beginning of time. Lol. The micro 5 is great for all around use. Small enough to fit in pocket yet five inch screen is plenty big especially setting on top of a vycjet   I personally have just switched to the new marcum recon and i must say um in live with it. Picture quality is 3 times better and the new directional feature will be a game changer when chasing crappie , perch and walleye. It is also cheaper than an aqua vu.

[wsj_outdoorsman]

Have used for many years the VS380 Marcum with great results.  I don't think I would spend more for bells and whistle's on the more costly units as that does not change picture quality at all, just adds depth/direction.  As for a color unit.......really if you cant tell what kind of fish it is by looking at it,  color is not going to help you identify it. Plus the new color units go to black/white in low light conditions anyway so save the dollars.  Look for the lux rating and you get better picture quality with the sony supper HAD CCD unit than a CSMO camera.  Not quite sure I typed the names right on the cameras but you will know when you read the specs on them.

Just my 2 cents.
wsj

[Fishslayer81]

Note you can go on Aqua Views website and get a refurb Micro for 169.00 or a Micro 5c for 269.00.

[MarcumPro]

Wow, thanks guys, I'm looking to stay under 350 probably, I just don't want to buy a 500-600 for my first, I fish mostly in 20' or less water. Do any of these record or is that at $500 bell and whistle?

[bighornrmk]

MarcumPro you have a PM

[ice ice baby]

I've had an aqua view, switched to marcum pro... What a huge difference! Love it

[MarcumPro]

So what I'm getting out of this is marcum is a better camera from your experiences?

[esox_xtm]

Wow, thanks guys, I'm looking to stay under 350 probably, I just don't want to buy a 500-600 for my first, I fish mostly in 20' or less water. Do any of these record or is that at $500 bell and whistle?

I got my Marcum Recon5+ for 400 out the door. I heard there were some even better deals than that. It's got temp, depth, direction and integrated DVR for that price.

[walleyedmike]

I got my Marcum Recon5+ for 400 out the door. I heard there were some even better deals than that. It's got temp, depth, direction and integrated DVR for that price.

Yup, Macum Recon 5+ is the way to go. Great picture, great features, and you can use up to a 32 GB chip to record video.......that's a LOT of video.