Camera Underwater Housing
Need help choosing an underwater camera housing for scuba diving?
I am going scuba diving in a month and need to take some underwater photos. I am considering buying a hard plastic case for a digital camera which run around $250. Or I am thinking about trying these soft plastic cases that run around $30. Has anyone used either of these before? Did the photos turn out okay? I will be going in shallow water, probably no deeper than 60 feet. Do you think I need an extra flash to take good pictures?
Thanks.
You get what you pay for. It's your camera. Personally I'd spend whatever it takes to keep that camera safe and able to take decent shots.
As for a flash, you'll probably find that you'll want to put a piece of tape over the flash if there's no option for turning it off. Most of the time, a flash will produce back scatter in images ( looks like a snow storm) as the light from the flash hits suspended particles in the water and bounces back. If your camera and housing allow it, the use of what's called a strobe will be better. It's a type of flash that's mounted and pointed off to the side, reducing back scatter.
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First came the camera. Then there was the camera underwater. Then came the digital camera - and we now have under appliances digital cameras. Digital Cameras diving are ideal for capturing the beauty of the underwater world (or the bottom of your pool if you have that special eye art!). They are used by scientists and divers. The digital cameras available in most well known brands such as Kodak, Canon, Nikon, Sony and Olympus. Somewhat surprisingly, the cheapest brands cost less than $ 200, although prices rise sharply for high-quality cameras.
Some advantages of underwater cameras digital:
- You can plug into a TV.
- They are smaller and lighter that movie cameras
- Bad shots can be easily removed
- They can change the resolution, which is useful for photography wide angle in low light conditions underwater
- They produce higher resolution plans
- They never run out of film (because they do not use film!)
- They have better depth of field (up to 4 times that of film cameras)
- They have a shutter speed strobe as fast as 1/800th of a second, much faster than even the best film cameras
- The Applications include sea mode, land mode and external flash mode
Here are some examples of best digital cameras underwater:
1. The Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z1000
It has a 2. 8 inch LCD screen and 10 megapixels. Housing is needed. Up to ISO 3.2000. Optical Zoom 3x, and it even includes an anti-shake feature.
2. The Pentax Optio
It features a 2.5 inch LCD screen and 7 megapixels. It requires any additional housing. Usable up to half an hour at depths up to 5 feet. It can even be used for shooting video underwater. Up to ISO 1600.
3. Fuji Film FinePix A400
Complete with waterproof housing, 4.2 megapixels. Moreover, it's cheap - under $ 200 at the time of writing).
4. SeaLife DC500
Includes both terrestrial Maritime and flash modes. 5 megapixels, 3x optical zoom. Has an Anti-Shake function which compensates for movement by either the photographer or the subject.
The above is a small smaple range of brands, cameras and features available for photographers of almost every budget and level of sophistication.
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