Are waterproof cameras really waterproof?

Every aquatic veterinarian needs to have one of these. But for me, I’ve had three of these and am soon onto my fourth! I’ve had two Olympus tough cameras with specs for being waterproof to 10m and it drowned at a max depth of 4m when doing a shark dive at AQWA when examining the fishes in the aquarium. So I moved on to Pansonic’s Lumix a couple of years ago. This one is apparently shock proof to 1.5m, but the casing has given way and I’m afraid that it’s no longer waterproof. I guess I’ve yet to try Canon, Nikon, Sony and Fuji. What are your experiences with them?

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