On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Daniel Mitchell wrote:
> http://www.danielmitchell.net/gallery/index.php?currDir=./Trip/hawaii/hanaum
> a_bay for underwater shots with the same sort of thing -- the water's the
> problem, not the camera.
Actually, it's partly the camera's "fault" (the water does look a bit murky).
The key to good underwater photography is lots and lots of light. You need
to have either a huge flash or several smaller ones. Even perfectly clear
water absorbs light at a very rapid rate. If I remember correctly, most
of the red spectrum is gone by 3m (10'). If you don't have some way of
replacing that lost light, you'll never get excellent photos. Unfortunatly
that means investing in (or renting) something like a Nikonos with a
dedicated underwater flash. Those little disposable cameras are really
only good at the surface or a few feet down.
-mark
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