"The housing system works great. Unfortunately, the camera does not - specifically, the LCD viewfinder, which is very dark when the camera is used outside of the housing, and completely unviewable when used inside the housing. In daylight, underwater, there is NO way to see the LCD AT ALL! You cannot view any of the frames you've just shot, and are forced to shoot "blind", guess-timating what you're framing in the shot. On my dives, of the 100 or so photos taken in this manner, only about 40 were "good" - the rest all had terrible framing.

Of the "good" frames, all were very wide shots. Only a few close up/detail pictures were ever framed properly. Using this camera is like trying to fire a rifle without a scope - you'll almost never hit what you aim at.

The menu system for the camera is not well thought out, either. It's confusing to operate, and requires many button presses to review pictures... Assuming you could see them - which you can't.

This camera would be acceptable if it had a useable LCD, but since it doesn't, it's junk.

DO NOT BUY THIS CAMERA."

Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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Bonica Snapper XP S5, 5.0MP 8x Zoom Digital Still Camera with Skin & Underwater Housing & Water-Tight Hard Travel Case, Rated to 180'

Good waterproof housing, bad camera

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