Bonica Snapper 1080P HD Video System
Nearly a year ago, Tim from Bonica Precision Inc. contacted me and asked whether I would be interested in borrowing some underwater camera equipment in exchange for video footage of my adventures. “Damn,” I thought “if only he had e-mailed a few months ago — this would’ve been perfect for my kayaking trips” (I had used a disposable Kodak camera and the pictures are teeeerrrrribble). And then of course I left for Australia! 
A couple of weeks ago while Trish was in Panama, some sneaky dribbles of water snuck into her camera and wreaked havoc on its techy innards. That got me thinking… What if my camera goes bust on my Peru trip? Come to think of it, there’s no way I’ll be able to film even half of the footage I want on this trip with my little Canon (bless it’s little wired soul) even if I avoid water like the plague. I don’t have enough memory cards and the batteries will probably be shot before the end of the four day Inca Trail hike. And there’s a whole day of whitewater rafting that I won’t be able to take pictures of with the little guy. And no, the suggestion to carry it in a zip-lock is not an option.
What to do, what to do… And then I remembered Tim’s offer! I didn’t know if he’d still remember me since it’s been so long, but I figured I might as well write him and see. He remembered me!! 
Thanks Tim!
Tim totally came through in a spectacular way. He came by to Burnaby tonight with all the gear you see in the picture above and spent a good hour teaching me how to use the Bonica Snapper 1080P HD Video System and all its accessories.
The camera is uber-light and comes with a watertight inner silicon skin. It’s even easier to use than my Canon point and shoot digital camera, and its accessories include a bar mount that can be attached to a bike, a surfing handle (I didn’t even know these existed — it makes the camera look like a gun), a suction mount for use on a kayak or in a car, a super heavy duty polycarbonate outer case for dives down to 180 ft, and a REMOTE CONTROL! LOL I thought the remote control was a bit of an overkill, but Tim explained that it can be used to replace the control within the polycarbonate shell if it runs out of battery. He also provided not one, not two, but THREE batteries (THANK YOU!!), camera case, wires for anything I could possibly think of hooking up to this thing, charger, a clip handle, and an extra 2 GB SD card. I walked home with a big geeky smile on my face! I can’t wait to try it out!
~ Thank you Tim! ~
OMG. It’s me again. I just finished writing my reply from your peru blog, and here comes another. You know Tim from Bonica? Me too! In fact, I used to work in Bonica, as a graphics guy couple of years ago. I also had the chance to play with the snapper too. I was also considering of buying one too, but eventually my dslr would have 1080p video once I upgrade, so I didn’t go for it. The snapper does have good video quality, all in a small package. But don’t forget though, it can’t replace your snapshot camera. Well, as a photographer, video cameras just doesn’t have the best sensors to capture still images.
Before you leave on your trip though, I can do a big favor. Since my snapshot camera was stolen in peru, I’m left with an extra 16 gig SD card. Plenty for photos, and lots of video footage. Since I wasn’t able to capture any video on my lost snapshot camera, please do me a favor, and give the SD card a purpose. Let me know if your interested.
Cheers
Omigosh YES, of course I’m interested!! I’m sending you an e-mail now.