Dunno, but this year's winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an underwater photo, shot with a Nikon in a housing: http://tinyurl.com/v9lqh http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/Onlin eGallery/Photo.jsp?photo=2243
Digital can make a big difference underwater compared to film, because you don't have to surface after 36 frames. In this example the photographer shot 400 frames. -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of William Robb > Sent: 22 November 2006 04:27 > To: Pentax Discuss > Subject: Underwater photo equipment > > Hi; > I have a friend (I pay her well) who is into scuba diving, > and wants to > do some underwater digital photography. > She thinks she would like to use a DSLR in a housing, I am > wondering if > there isn't a decent digital UW camera out there. > I have no idea what depths she would be go to, I expect far > enough that > good flash power would be nice. > Any information, anecdotal or otherwise would be appreciated. > Thanks > > William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
