Whether you’re capturing stills or movies, shooting with the Micro 3.0 and ReefMaster RM-4K is simplicity itselfĪlthough the Micro 3.0 is small enough to fit easily in the palm of your hand, the permanently sealed camera body has a very robust feel to it with its fully rubber-armored and impact-resistant design.
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Since the cameras do just about everything else for the user, selecting the color correction setting is really the only thing to worry about, aside from choosing whether or not you want to shoot 4K video or Full HD and in the case of the Micro 3.0, deciding if you want your images saved as RAW+JPEG or just JPEG. In this case, we mostly used the “Underwater Shallow” mode, so as not to oversaturate the images with too much red. For both cameras, in just a couple of button presses, they could select the underwater color correction mode best suited for this particular environment. SeaLife couldn't have made this easier with their simple yet intuitive menu system. On this particular trip, many of the guests were very new to underwater photography and really just wanted to be able to point and shoot without having to deal with a bunch of complicated settings. The shallow reefs and clear water around Belize provide an ideal destination for testing out an underwater camera, and as many of our guests didn’t bring their own camera, they were thrilled to find that they would be able to use two different models as they pleased. So, not only did I finally get to lead a trip after a year of global travel restrictions, but I got to do so with a bag full of new cameras for my guests and me to try out. Why so many? Well, since I would be leading a group snorkeling safari through the amazing Belize barrier reef for Snorkel Venture-a travel company that caters exclusively to snorkelers-we thought it would be a great opportunity to let our guests have a go with different cameras. I recently had the pleasure of being able to get my hands on both of these cameras-and the even greater pleasure of being able to dive with them! In fact, I received a box with three of the Micro 3.0 cameras and two ReefMaster RM-4K cameras. The photo-oriented Micro 3.0 (left) and the video-centric ReefMaster RM-4K are both capable of taking pictures and capturing movies Some of the top features of this camera include a 140-degree fisheye lens, 4K video, time lapse function, and electronic image stabilization. As opposed to the Micro 3.0, which is a more photography oriented camera, the ReefMaster RM-4K is geared towards those who prefer to shoot underwater video, but would still like the option to shoot photos-though, take note, not in RAW format. Unlike the Micro 3.0’s fully sealed designed, the ReefMaster features a small rectangular camera that fits snugly inside a dedicated housing, which includes a clear back door so the shooter can view the camera’s two-inch LCD. The ReefMaster RM-4K is an entirely new line of camera for SeaLife: a camera more closely aligned to the action-cam profile. The Micro 3.0-successor to the Micro 2.0-features a nearly identical permanently sealed camera body but now comes with some updated features, including 4K video frame rates up to 120fps in Full HD for smooth slow-motion video a new, sharper lens and the option to capture images in RAW format. Two of the more recent additions to their extensive line of simple yet effective products are the Micro 3.0, and the ReefMaster RM-4K cameras. While there are now a number of camera manufacturers that offer compact underwater cameras with a nice shallow learning curve, nobody has catered exclusively to this market longer than SeaLife.įor over 25 years, SeaLife has devoted their entire line of products-from photo/video lights, to mounting options, and of course cameras-to being as user friendly as possible. On the other hand, there is also a market for people who want quite the opposite from an underwater rig: palm-sized compact cameras that are ready to shoot vibrant underwater scenes by doing little more than pulling the camera from the box and charging the battery. There is clearly a market for people who want big cameras and even bigger underwater housings, upon which every available lens, port, and lighting accessory can be mounted. Snorkeling Belize’s beautiful reefs offers the ideal conditions to test SeaLife’s latest cameras-the Micro 3.0 and ReefMaster RM-4K-straight out of the box DPG would like to thank SeaLife Cameras for supplying the Micro 3.0 and ReefMaster RM-4K underwater cameras, and accessories used in this review.