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Underwater Photography Primer
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● fun with decompression illness
● Q&A forum threads on this subject
● Camera Tech, a San Francisco shop specializing in underwater photography
● ewa-marine, German plastic bags
● Ikelite, makers of SLR housings
● Subal USA, importers of Austrian SLR housings
Underwater photography is an equipment-intensive endeavor. If you need to add to your
armamentarium, check out the photo.net recommended retailers.
Text and images copyright 1991-1998 Philip Greenspun.
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Reader's Comments
At last! A page on u/w photography! It is interesting to see a 99 and 44/100 percent land photographer's
view on this subject.
The fact of the matter remains that the lens is the most important part of u/w photography. The Nikonos
V is a good camera, but with the standard 35mm lens it is useless. A good lens (at around $1600) is the
15mm wide angle.
If you are serious about getting good photos u/w, you will need a housed system. Yes, a Nikon F90s/
N90x with an Ikelite/Subal/Nexus/or one of the many other housing manufacturers. This is a clear cut
situation where yes, Nikon wins over Canon, although in Japan there are many housings for the Rebel G
(New Kiss) body.
Whereas all the serious land photographers are arguing about ballheads for their tripods, u/w
photographers are debating the merits of synch cords for their strobes and dome ports for the housings.
Come over to the uw-photo mailing list to see for yourself.
For the casual photographer, the best solution seems to be the Ikelite Aquashot 3e housing which accepts
the Fuji Endeavor APS camera. Dave Read has an excellent resource page at http://www.ph.utexas.edu/
~read/aquashot/aquashot.html and Ike of Ikelite frequently posts on uw-photo. His customer service is
equalled by none.
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