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>According to Nikon, the Nik V body is rated to 50 metres. Mine's been that
>far with no trouble, but (as yet) no further - UK conditions normally don't
>justify carrying a camera deeper than about 30-35m, due to lack of light
and
>narcosis - in fact, following from a recent thread, I'll confess that I
>notice narcosis more when I'm carrying a camera, because I have to think
>straight enough to play with exposures, strobe angles/settings etc rather
>than just have a cruise round a wreck- I think the correct terminology is
>'task loading'.
>Has anybody taken a Nikonos much deeper than 50m ? I'd be interested to
>know any special preparation required, plus any info on housings that have
>boldly gone...
Keith,
I've been on dives to 240 fsw where an unmodifed Nikonos V was used.
Seems like they inspected the main o-ring between dives, but nothing else.
I've heard of others that have made similar dives to about the same depth.
- Wayne
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