UNDERWATER CAMERA for SCUBA

"Leicaddict" <Leicaaddict@uwphotographer.net> wrote in message
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> Hi. I want to buy a camera for underwater photography when I dive. Any
> suggestions? Is 35mm OK for this? Would I need special housing for the
> camera?
>
> -Zeke

Whatever you get you'd best get one of these
http://www.mares.com/categorie.asp?cat=8&menu=0 to go with it...

CAS

Please don't feed the trolls.

In article <RAvnb.18138$Ec1.1636918@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, "mike
gray, CID" <mikegrayCID@worldnut.nut> wrote:
>Leicaddict wrote:
>
>> Hi. I want to buy a camera for underwater photography when I dive. Any
>> suggestions? Is 35mm OK for this? Would I need special housing for the
>> camera?
>
>Go to the following site:
>
>http://www.splashdowndivers.com/phot...phy/index.html
>
>This was put together by Peter Schulz who is an extremely bright guy,
>and only recently took up underwater photography. His pics (elsewhere on
>the same site) prove he knows whereof he speaks.
>

what are you talking about doug. that was a very good link.


"Doug Miller" <spambait@milmac.com
Please don't feed the trolls.
>
> In article <RAvnb.18138$Ec1.1636918@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
"mike
> gray, CID" <mikegrayCID@worldnut.nut> wrote:
> >Leicaddict wrote:
> >Go to the following site:
> >
>
>http://www.splashdowndivers.com/phot...tography/index.
html
> >
> >This was put together by Peter Schulz who is an extremely bright guy,
> >and only recently took up underwater photography. His pics (elsewhere on
> >the same site) prove he knows whereof he speaks.

"beanie" <nospam@diving.ukdiver.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Nick Bown" <nbown@nospamthanks.ixcg.com> wrote in message
> news:3f9e9407$0$12711$fa0fcedb@lovejoy.zen.co.uk.. .
> > In uk.rec.scuba CAS <calumscott@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Whatever you get you'd best get one of these
> > > http://www.mares.com/categorie.asp?cat=8&menu=0 to go with it...
> >
> > And don't forget one of these either:
> >
> > http://www.spareair.com/product/index.htm
> >
> > Nick
> >
> er one of these
>
> http://www.subeo.com/inside.htm
>


There's actually all kinds of good stuff at
http://scuba.dvdesign.com/Toy/ActionMan/

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 16:17:09 -0000, dixit "beanie"
<nospam@diving.ukdiver.com>:

>er one of these

>http://www.subeo.com/inside.htm

*whoosh*

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"Leicaddict" <Leicaaddict@uwphotographer.net> wrote in message
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> Hi. I want to buy a camera for underwater photography when I dive. Any
> suggestions? Is 35mm OK for this? Would I need special housing for the
> camera?

That really depends. The best way to find out is to take your camera on a
dive - if the photos come out then you don't need a housing. If they don't
then you'll need an enclosure...

Leicaaddict@uwphotographer.net (Leicaddict) pounded away at his
keyboard resulting in:
:Hi. I want to buy a camera for underwater photography when I dive. Any
:suggestions? Is 35mm OK for this? Would I need special housing for the
:camera?

Go digital.

Check out the SeaLife Reefmaster. Good piece of kit. I have one of
their original digital cameras, the 1.3 megapixel version. The
cameras are even better now and the housings, strobes, etc were always
good.

Dan Bracuk
If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure.
The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/


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"mike gray, CID" <mikegrayCID@worldnut.nut> wrote in message
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>
http://www.splashdowndivers.com/phot...phy/index.html
>
> This was put together by Peter Schulz who is an extremely bright guy,
> and only recently took up underwater photography. His pics (elsewhere on
> the same site) prove he knows whereof he speaks.

So that's what Boynton looks like with decent viz. The water is actually
blue!

"Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com> wrote in message
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> "Leicaddict" wrote
>
> > Hi. I want to buy a camera for underwater photography when I dive. Any
> > suggestions? Is 35mm OK for this? Would I need special housing for the
> > camera?
>
> I hope your checkbook is up to the strain you are about to put on it.
> Underwater photography is expensive, somewhere in the range of 4 times as
> expensive as land photography of comparable quality.
>
> A 35 mm camera will work, but the trend is moving toward ditigal. There
are
> some cameras designed for use without a housing and some that require one.
> If you're going with a housed camera, I strongly suggest you shop for the
> housing first. They are usually as expensive or even more expensive than
> the camera that goes in them and are not available, off the shelf, for all
> cameras. Once you have a good idea on what housings are available, shop
for
> cameras that are compatable and offer whatever features you prefer. If
you
> want good photos and true color, you're going to want at least one and
> probably two strobes.
>
> None of this is cheap.
>
> Lee
>
>
I picked up a PT-016 housing I for an Olympus mju400 (digital) - £59.99,
special offer while stocks last from:
http://www.cameraworld.co.uk/Accesso...ProductId=1178

Also fits the mju300 and allows full operation of all the camera functions.

Next thing will be to get a strobe.

Nic.

NJ wrote:
> I picked up a PT-016 housing I for an Olympus mju400 (digital) -
>
> Also fits the mju300 and allows full operation of all the camera
> functions.

Except, of course, the front shutter that turns it off
so it sits there and slowly times out and when you push
something when it goes through its start up sequence
before being ready. The battery is always flat after
a day's diving.

Also I have lots of good pictures of the inside of my
goodie bag as I seal the case shut before going near
a RIB and the shutter is a bit vulnerable.

Either way I much prefer the mju400 to the old MX10.

nigelH
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