Scuba Diving With the New SeaLife DC 2000 Underwater Camera

Cruising Along
The sandbar sharks gave us plenty of opportunities to try out SeaLife's newest underwater camera.

We recently got a chance to play with SeaLife's newest underwater camera, the DC 2000. We took it scuba diving at a local aquarium where our staff and the aquarium divers spent the day getting to know the camera and taking some great underwater photographs.

The DC 2000 is SeaLife's most advanced underwater camera. One thing that really stood out to us was the ability to shoot in manual mode and in RAW. This gives underwater photographers the ability to fine-tune their images, but doesn't sacrifice the user-friendly piano keys that SeaLife is known for. While none of our divers that day would profess to being professional underwater photographers, the ability to easily color-correct our RAW images made our images really pop! Check out some of our favorites down below.

Chely
Chely — short for Chelonia Mydas — is an Atlantic green sea turtle that was rescued after being struck by a boat. He was very interested in checking out the DC 2000.

Say Cheese
A sandbar shark smiles for the camera.

Catching Some Zs
A zebra shark rests on the bottom of the habitat.

Roll Film
The zebra shark plays in the sand during our brief photoshoot.

Swim On By
The sandbar sharks made excellent underwater models.

Angel Shark
The overhead lights cast a heavenly glow on this sandbar shark.

Snapping Pics
The emperor snapper investigates SeaLife's new digital camera, creating a great photo op.

Moray Colors
The DC 2000 did a great job capturing the colors of the "Indian Ocean" habitat.

Who Me?
An orange-spotted rabbit fish mugs the camera during a dive show.

Feeding The Fish
Divers feed fish nori seaweed during a dive show.

Lounging
A nurse shark relaxes on the bottom of the "Atlantic Ocean" habitat.

R-eely Colorful
The DC 2000 shoots in RAW format, which makes it easy to color correct photos later on.

From The Depths
Underside of one of three sandbar sharks in the habitat.

Hide-And-Seek
A moray eel watches from the safety of his coral hide-away.

Free Form Art
A green moray eel swims through open water.

Goliath Grouper
The goliath grouper is a bit camera shy, despite his enormous size.

Chely Returns
Chely the green sea turtle returns to investigate the SeaLife DC 2000 underwater camera.

Catching Some Rays
A female southern stingray passes us by in the "Atlantic Ocean" habitat.

Monochromatic
A black grouper rests on the sandy bottom.

Film School
Schools of fish surround us in the 300,000 gallon ocean habitat.