UNDERWATER CAMERA for SCUBA

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

In article <71fc6b93.0310280623.36c2a1a@posting.google.com> , Leicaddict
<Leicaaddict@uwphotographer.net> 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?
€
€-Zeke

yes

Go to the library, take an underwater photo course, rent some cameras in
different format......

"Leicaddict" <Leicaaddict@uwphotographer.net> wrote in message
news:71fc6b93.0310280623.36c2a1a@posting.google.co m...
> 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

Leicaddict left this mess on 28 Oct 2003 06:23:33 -0800 for The Way to clean up:
>
>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?
>

Lemme see...a guy comes on here from uwphotographer.net and asks a newbie
question like that...

Do I smell...troll cooking?

Tao te Carl

"It takes a village to have an idiot." - Carl (c) 2003

On 28 Oct 2003 06:23:33 -0800, Leicaaddict@uwphotographer.net
(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?
>
>-Zeke

This guy is a notorious troll (rec.pets, rec.photo and
rec.woodworking). Watch out for further postings, frequent name
changes, and posted links to pr0n sites.

Just look at the crossposts line here:
>Xref: sn-us rec.scuba.equipment:99221 rec.scuba:585026 rec.photo.equipment.35mm:797974 rec.woodworking:958013 uk.rec.scuba:105711

I suggest you killfile him, or abuse complaints can go to Google and
to his ISP: abuse@icgcom.com

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?


If you already own a 35mm camera, visit Ikelite for a housing. If not, the
Nikonos is always good. Why did you ask in a woodworking group?



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

mschnerd@BARFcarolina.rr.com
http://www.mortimerschnerd.com

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.

"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

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

"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