Underwater Photography

[GeekDive]

I am looking into camera equipment for underwater photography. Ikelite has an interesting body and lighting setup. Who participates in the hobby and is there pointers that one can follow?

Mark from Fark!

 

[justleesa]

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[mikerault]

I use the Canon 20D with Ikelite housing and strobes.

 

[Diver Dennis]

I'm jealous of Mike because I use a 350D in an Ike housing with DS-125 strobes. Were you looking for a DSLR system?

 

[Big Fic]

I use a Nikon D50 in Ikelite housing and 2 125 strobes. My LDS only sells Ikelite and there are about 8 of us with the Ikelite housing and strobes. We very highly recommend Ikelite although I can't speak for other brands because I don't use them.

 

[dogenia]

Well I use a Sealife DC600 with two Pro strobes and a Nikon L6 in an Ikelite housing with fantasea focus light and arms and hopefully an Ikelite DS51 strobe with manual controller in the near future.

Check out these guys for more info :

Reef Photo & Video!, The Underwater Photo Pros
Fantasea Line Underwater Camera Housings, Sea & Sea Strobes, Arms, Trays and More!

Don

 

[mikerault]

I lost my rig for 8 weeks at 50 FFW when I found it no leaks in the housing or the strobes. What more can I say.

 

[diver 85]

How much are you wanting to/planning on spending??........

 

[Diver Dennis]

How much are you wanting to/planning on spending??........

It's never enough...

 

[hammerhead man]

I think you have to decide how much you can spend and then look at your options. However, I agree with Diver Denis that UW photo is a black hole that you will dump lots of money into once you start . I have used Sea&Sea UW cameras for years and have gotten great results. Check my "view gallery" to see some of the pics that I've taken with these cameras. My current camra is the Sea&Sea DX-1G with a Sea&Sea YS-110 strobe.

I believe that the quality of the pics is largely dependent on the person taking the picture rather than the camera. all of the cameras that are mentioned on this board are capable of taking great pictures. I would suggest that you take a few courses to improve your technique. I have taken three courses from this website The Underwater Photographer, Underwater Digital Photography Classes: Improve your underwater photos and found them to be very helpful. The cost is reasonable and both Marty and Bonnie are incredibly responsive if you have any questions about the course.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at jamescrew6@verizon.net

Regards,

Bill