Very poor camera

I was given the DC500 as a retirement gift (at my recommendation, unfortunatly) and used it on dive trips to Little Cayman, Roatan, Mykonos, and twice to Hawai'i; I recently used it in Alaska to protect my "good" camera from the weather. I should have known better. Underwater, it is worthless without a strobe (I purchased the SeaLife SL960D), but the pictures were poorly exposed, even after fidgeting with the flash intensity (fish don't wait!): colors were not representative and washed out, shutter lag was unacceptable, battery life was abysmal, focusing was poor, and options for manual control were limited to non-existent. I previously owned a Sea & Sea film camera which was far superior than this misbegotten wreck. I was lucky enough to sell this thing, and am in the market for a good underwater camera, but I don't want to be bothered with the hassle and bulk of an SLR, even though they have become reasonable in cost. I would not consider any product from Pioneer Research, at this point, though their service was good when the first strobe died on its second dive in Hawai'i.