Digital Camera HELP needed

[Mark]

John R,

Check out www.digideep.com once on the site, go to the list of underwater housing manufacturers and select the brand of camera that you have (not EWA-Marine!!). The Ewa bags work but the rigid housings are more durable and take UV abuse better.

Most of these new housings for the consumer digital cameras are really cheap compared to what the 35mm housings run.

Once you have found the exact housing you want, see if B&H in NYC has a better price or not.

Good luck/
mark

[Scott]

Briguy ...any Luck ??? I want to see that transom work/and engines !!!!

John

The housing I have is an Ikelite U/W housing rated for a depth of 200 feet .... Its built to house the 20xx,30xx, and 40xx series of Olympus cameras.... There are a few other manufacturers including Light and Motion Tetra , and the Olympus PT-010 .... the Tetra (is cast out of aluminum..2 or 300 foot rating) is over $1,000 and the Olympus (depth rated to 98 feet) is $300 the Ikelite falls in the middle....Its a very well built housing !!!

the picture shows the housing plus an add on lens and an external strobe


and these are a couple of pics that were on the card and taken using it

Napoleon Wrasse


and a couple of Clams

[John R]

Thanks guys - I'm looking to go to 6-8 feet and get some shots of some of the holes I fish [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] - I failed my test dive - problems with the ears as a kid and can't equalize for crud now....

thanks for the info...

[Mark]

John,

One thing you will have to be careful with when using a housing for a consumer digital and using the built-in flash on the camera is what is referred to as "back scatter". Because the flash is in line with the lens, you will potentially have images that look as though it is snowing (all of the particles in the water lit up by your flash).

Unless you have a flash on a bracket like pictured above, you can pretty much be guaranteed of this effect.

Just something to be aware of/
mark

[Briguy]

I am going to switch over to verizon as my internet provider and see if that works. Thanks for all the help.

[Rich]

Briguy check your email. I can help you get those picture up. I sent the message to the address in your profile.

I also sent you a private message on this site check your profile.

Rich

[ February 07, 2003, 02:03 PM: Message edited by: Rich ]

[Scott]

Hey Mark .....Dont you think that John would be well suited with one of those EWA -Marine "housings" ....

I have thought of getting one ....not so much for use Underwater but rather as protection for the camera on the boat (spray and such) I have seen video that was filmed using one of those "bags" was impressed .... I think they are rated for something like 40 feet ....

John ...Just something to consider since your not going to any depth with the camera plus they dont cost what the "real" housings cost.....If not I'm sure we could plan an U/W photo trip/expedition [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]