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Underwater photography
Hi All!
Finally, I was able to test underwater housing we wre talking about a while ago. Here are some pics - http://hlop.net/gallery/Fairlight I should tell you - I'm not experienced snorkeler and not experienced underwater photographer, so, please, don't kick me hard  Mikhail
Hasselblad 501CM, XPAN, Wista DX 4x5, Pentax 67, Nikon D70, FED-2
Hlop,
What brand of housing did you use for the D70. Were you using the kit lens and if so did you need to use a close up lens to stop the underwater refraction between the port lens and the camera lens. Cheers, Darryl. D70, kit lens, 70 - 200VR lens, 12-24 lens, SB 800, Lowe Pro Mini Trekker, Manfrotto Carbon 440 Tripod, Velbon ball head Monopod, Ikelite Underwater Housing, Ikelite 125 Strobe, 60GB X Drive Pro.
These look like it would have been terrific fun down there... Haven't gone through all pics in your gallery yet, but I'd like to see a pic of the cam in its body, not sure how the lens (which ever is used) is intergrated into the "front" of the housing...
Cheers, Mudder Aka Andrew
Don't have a good picture of camera in the housing but it looks like this:
As you can see, there is plenty of room for the SB800 but this time I used built-in flash plukaduck I used kit lens and no closeup. Actually I've got set of closeups but I didn't think about using them in this way. It might be an interesting idea and worth to try Mikhail
Hasselblad 501CM, XPAN, Wista DX 4x5, Pentax 67, Nikon D70, FED-2
Hlop - a nice collection of pics for your first attempt. I feel that the built-in flash is not strong enough and the SB800 would be better.
Just a suggestion but would try playing with WB (if you shot RAW) to get less of a green caste. Before anyone shoots me down by saying that it was green I would add that by removing the green the colours would strike out more IMO Cheers Chris Chris
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Hlop,
Tou are a more risky man than me to put your D70 into an underwater bag. The problem you face when using such a bag for anything more than a depth of 5 meters, is the pressure put on the controls. I once had a bag as such, for a P&S and found that after a depth of 5 meters the controls could not be used. I found that you were only able to take 1 picture as the shutter button would not return because of the pressure on it, however a friend of mine had overcome this by the attachment of a tennis ball and would let the camera surface then pull it back down for another pic. To much mucking around for me. With most housings you can dive to a depth of 60 meters, I have had mine to 68 meters with no problems. Cheers, Darryl. D70, kit lens, 70 - 200VR lens, 12-24 lens, SB 800, Lowe Pro Mini Trekker, Manfrotto Carbon 440 Tripod, Velbon ball head Monopod, Ikelite Underwater Housing, Ikelite 125 Strobe, 60GB X Drive Pro.
plukaduck
That's what manufacturer says about the housing:
So, accordingly to above sentences there is no pressure problem. At least shouldn't be and I didn't experience sympthoms you described You're right thare are better and more reliable housings but, firstly, I'm not going too deep - 10 meters is my limit, secondly, 390 aussiebucks vs. 1200 US bucks makes the difference for me - I'm a casual snorkeler and I'm not a diver at all. When I'll decide to dive I'll buy proper housing Last edited by Hlop on Sun Jan 30, 2005 12:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Mikhail
Hasselblad 501CM, XPAN, Wista DX 4x5, Pentax 67, Nikon D70, FED-2
bass and flinders point at cronulla is a great place with plenty of colourful fish as well. you may need a filter for different water colours. either a pink filter for green water and an orange for bluewater should take some of the milkiness away.
shoot it real.
look! and see. Shoot and feel
Thanks jethro. Do you have any examples of photos with these filters? Mikhail
Hasselblad 501CM, XPAN, Wista DX 4x5, Pentax 67, Nikon D70, FED-2
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