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I don't know about DIR philosophy on photo equipment but you should definitely go for a housed camera system. Different housings goes to different depths obviously. Mine goes to 120m but it's only rated to 70m. The Nikonos V goes a lot deeper than rated to but i would not use it deeper than about 70-80m. The advantage with a housed camera are ease of use and you are not limited in shutter speeds as with the nik V, really important in low light deep photography. There are wider lenses for SLR cameras to. I use a 16mm fish eye for cave and wreck. If you want to shoot cave or wreck you need a wide lens, at least 20mm. 15mm is the widest you can get to a Nikonos V and that is equalant of a 20mm in a housed system. The Nikonos 15mm is very expensive to but give very sharp pictures. Auto focus might not be very useful depending on where you plan to shoot. You really do not need auto focus with a wide angle lens because of the great depth of field. -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: Ben Wiseley [mailto:wiseleyb@ya*.co*] Skickat: den 19 januari 2000 23:47 Till: techdiver@aquanaut.com Ämne: DIR on photo Is there a DIR philosophy on photo equipment? I'm debating between an SLR housing (Aquatica, Nexus, Subal) for my Nikon 6006 or a Nikonos V. Is one better at depth than the other (I've heard Nikonos are only good to 160'). I like the SLR housings because I can use the light meter and auto-focus of the Nikon. Does anyone know which housings are easier to operate with gloves/mits? Any suggestions? I've used a Nikonos V a few times and found it great for macro but guessing distances for normal shots was kind of a pain. -ben __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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