thanx so much for that and the pics underwater were taken with the FT3

Great photos and videos! I got mine 2 days ago and I can't wait to test it underwater.

Excellent Pictures

@PrimozP Thank you very much !

@PrimozP Thanks for appreciating our beaches here. I also recommend Talicud Island on IGACOS (Island Garden City of Samal). Its near Davao City, Mindanao. About 15-30 minute ride by speed boat. :)

nice sample.

Thanks

wow impressive quality

Due to this great video from you i decided to buy also a DMC-FT3. You can see in my video the results of this Camera

Great video !

Yes, in southern part (south of airport) of Sharm el Sheikh is always good time for snorkelling, but in northern part, from nevember to april, sometimes sea could be very rough.

Hallo Primozp! Your video is amazing, thank you for that! In October i will be back in Egypt with my FT3 and i hope i can make such fatiastic photos and videos as you have made! lg Tina

I'm going to sharm el sheikh on Sunday !

Amazing!!! You made a fantastic work!!! It is my dream to go to Sarm Elsheikh one day to do all you did in this video! I have to save a lot of money I guess....but I´ll definitely go one day....Congratulations!!!!!!

@Primozp; Thanks for your reaction again! It`s right that its a solid camera! you can do so much with it! But 15 mtrs deep..... i`ll believe it, but i won`t try it :) I go to Marsa Shagra in November this year for the second time.... I hope my panasonic will bring me great pleasure on holiday! But if i see your video,that won`t be any problem! :) Thanks!

super jakość zdjęć!!! mega szacun :)

welcome to egypt

Thank you, merlina78g. Hope that your dreams become reality in the future. But since Sharm is (only) 5 hours (by plane) away from my home, I will revisit its coral reefs again soon, in mid-June.

@PrimozP okey, thanks for your tips..been watching your previous vid in Sharm el Sheikh..i'll try your tips (especially #3) this weekend.. -regards-

@rfalpha Yes, of course. Autofocus work perfectly even when zooming and with function "continuous Auto Focus" set to ON is even faster and more accurate.

@92RABU Considering that animal was almost 2 meters wide I think (and also dive master in local dive club when he saw this movie) that it is Spotted Eagle Ray.

I lolled at 4:33 with the fish with its mouth open xD "Go away! No Paparazzi!" I was thinking of buying the Olympus underwater camera, but seeing this proof? Omg, you totally changed my mind dude!

TNX! I am using CyberLink PowerDirector.

@Tina, In october I will be back in Sharm again too, for 10th time.There is still an underwater oasis with beautiful coral reefs.Hope you will find a hotel with its own coral reef!With your FT3 you could do the best UW photos at a depth of 5 meters,where the sea is completely clean, but still bright enough. And use SCN Underwater mode both for photos and movies. In any case FT3 can sustain 15 deep waters without any problems. Deepest photo in my movie was taken 14 meters deep (07min11sec)

@ahmooy Absolutely Panasonic DMC-TS3 (FT3)!

@ahmooy Yes, it is an amazing camera. I wish you a lot of fun with it and I hope it will serve you well!

At depths up to 2, sometimes 4 meters (depends on other conditions), Beach & Snorkeling mode (10% of videos) , at depths from 3 to 15 meters, (usually) Underwater mode.

I love your video !! I'm heading to Sharm El Sheikh in a few weeks. Hope to see those fishes !! I'm curious, what's the name of the music in your vid ? It's awesome !

In Sharm jellyfish are very rare, but even if you are "lucky" to find them, they are harmless.

@ahmooy No, I did not visit Bora Bora. I've seen much of the world, but not (yet) all. Some places are just too expensive or too difficult to access.

@itsmekaiko In last 6 years I owned 10 UW cameras and all of them are still in excellent condition. Of course, I had zero problems with this new FT3 camera too. It is most rugged Panasonic camera and I am using it even 15 meters deep: 5 hours every day and at least 1 hour (per day) at depths between 5 and 15 meters. In this movie deepest photo is taken 14 meters deep (07minutes11seconds)

@makoygaara TNX! You will not have any problems with testing your new camera underwater: Philippines are beautiful country with tons of pristine coral reefs! I was there few years ago and best places there were Puerto Galera (Mindoro), Malapasqua, Bohol and Moalboal (Cebu).

Pryda-Niton (Original Mix) by Eric Prydz

Try going to Maldives or Fiji

@Cand3sco Hope you will see lots of fishes! All music in my videos are Prydas, "made" by DJ Eric Prydz. In this movie I used one of the latest Prydas, called Niton.

Jo lett! :) Nalam is van hasonlo video!

@PrimozP I am from the Philippines, you should also check out Bantayan Island in Cebu. :)

Wow! I'm going there one day before Christmas i can't wait It's in hurgada right?

go to wikipedia and search for ”Image stabilization"

@ahmooy No, I never changed rubber seals on any of my (11) UW cameras, despite every of my UW cameras survived 150+ hours in the water. Anyway, my FT3 (TS3) is too new (half year old), to to think about changing the seal.

amazing viz, great pictures .. loved the ray, what species is it?

My dad told me there were oceanic whitetip sharks :P

Nikon AW100, Pentax WG and Olympus 820 are acceptable underwater cameras, but at the moment Panasonic TS3/FT3 and TS4/FT4 are the best compact underwater cameras. Maybe the newest Olympus TG-1 will be better (I doubt!). Pentax cameras are the only underwater cameras without optical image stabilisation.

@DaSoggyRiceCake Panasonic DMC-FT3(TS3) is the best compact UW camera at the moment, therefore all the movies (from the surface to 15 meters deep) has correct white balance. Other movies were recorded with (my wives) Pentax WS80, which is much cheaper camera and WB does not work so well, and consequently movies has emphasized blue color. No, all the movies are without any post processing. They are just trimmed and the merged together with photos.

what setting did you have the camera on for the underwater photos coz they look so clear and the color is wow

now I have FT3 too but I have problem taking picture of fish down there..they all run away before I could take their pic..can you share how to get close to them without freaking them out..I do breathhold dive (freediving) too..

Great video PrimozP! I really enjoyed it. Did you do your editing with the software that came with the camera (Super LoiloScope)? I just bought a DMC-TS3 also : )

Oh, how I envy you!

@PrimozP Thanks for your reaction!, I`ve bought last week also a Panasonic ft3, but is it still in a great/good condition? No water leak of something strange on the camera? And what is the max depth that you`ve been in Egypt with the panasonic?

Yes, in this movie more than 90% of all material was recorded with FT3 and only small part with my wives Pentax WS80. But at the moment I already have newest UW camera, Panasonic FT4 (TS4), which is even better than FT3. Check also my other underwater movies on my channel.

nice! do you use an underwater case for the panasonic FT3, or just bare ? Do you press buttons while underwter?

what program did you use to edit your movies? I like this movie, very nice!!

Im soooo jealous, i envy you.. i should plan a trip soon. would next month be good time for snorkeling there?

just one question did you buy it from Egypt, if yes from where? Thanks

I am using naked FT3 (in fact, at the moment I have FT4, but I am already waiting for FT5), without additional underwater case. Of course I am pressing the buttons while underwater!!! And I am using my UW cameras (FT3 & FT4) up to 18 meters deep without any problems. Check also my other UW movies on my YT channel (primozp) and photos on my Fotki channel (primoz)

Only 2 days and i will be there :)

Is is possible to you to explain what is ist better on the FT4 than the FT3. They changed only 2 Things. Panaoramamode and Time Shutter mode. the rest must be the same.Movie or Picture quality? Maybe they improved the horrible Stabilizer?

Primozp I'm gona buy a waterproof camera what do you recommend

primo i was asking did you change the rubber seal on the door of the camera if u know the part number can u let me

Did u try bora bora

@ahmooy No, all my photos and movies were recorded during freediving and snorkeling with naked (no waterproof case) cameras Panasonic DMC-FT3 (TS3) & Pentax WS80, at depths up to 14 meters. In my other video "Sharm el Sheikh (Red Sea, Egypt) 2011 - how we take underwater photos & movies (FT3 & WS80)" you can see how we (me and my wife) recorded photos and videos! - deepest photo, 14 meters deep (video at 07minutes 11seconds)

ok, good news as I was afraid to put it in the water. The case is over 200 euros, so now I think I will try it naked. The quality is very good !!

@luck002 1. take a look to my movie "Sharm el Sheikh 2010 - how we take underwater photos & movies (FT2 & WS80)" to see how in reality I record this movies 2. take a time, I need 1 week and 35 hours of inwater (7 hours of net underwater freedive) work 3. try to be very quite, very still and fish will slowly get used to your presence (sometimes I need several days and 20 dives, each 50 seconds long, to take only one good photo) 4. I recorded best movies/photos at depths arround 5 to 6 m deep

did u need a waterproof case for the depth

Song?

guys, which one is better, FT3/TS3 or Nikon AW100??

some photos look heavily edited especially 6:14

Primo just got the ts3 u can see my video on my chanel the camera is just amazing thanx

@tennisraindelay I do no video/audio enhancing and no WB correcting on my videos. I just trim them and merge them with photos. For this purposes I do not using software that came with the camera, I prefer CyberLink PowerDirector 9 program, which is cheap, !intuitive! and powerfull tool.

@myla041089 Not true! Check original, unedited photo on my Fotki page (last pic in Trash directory)!

Wow !!! Good video, photos and great editing. This camera is amazing. Thanks for your video, now i go to checkout in NewEgg.com, before i am not sure, but now i am.

horrible Stabilizer?????? You must be joking, image stabilizer on Panasonic FT(TS) cameras is the best ever IS on this kind of cameras!

Buy what? Camera FT3? No, I bought it in Europe!

@ahmooy Been there! Check my videos here, and my photos on fotki (check my profile data!)

Got the same camera as you. Check my channel to see a related video as this. Love the DMC FT 3

check my photos on fotki dot com/primoz