Underwater shots are even more hit and miss than general photography. I had
an Nikonos V for a few years and was lucky to get 3-4 decent shots per roll,
per dive. I started feeling that working that hard for a great shot or shots,
started to take away from the diving. So setting aside the camera and doing the
next dive without it started getting easier and easier. I have dove in Belize
before, all of us were previously certified, or certifiable, so all our dives
went off without a hitch. That was the first time I was within 3-4 feet of a
big barracuda, framed him up and took the shot. I remember looking though the
shots after getting back home and I couldn't find my barracuda, looked though
the pack 4-5 times before I finally noticed a tail fin in an otherwise empty
shot. It took me that long to realize that in that 1/60th the camera took, that
cuda had turned 90 degrees away from me and had shot off 6 feet or so. The
shots didn't seem to get any
easier, but the diving was always beautiful.I had always wanted to house one
of my OM's but couldn't never afford the housing, if you have the chance give
it a try.Jerry
Life is not a race, it is a ride. Enjoy it!!
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--- On Wed, 11/12/08, WayneS <om3ti@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: WayneS <om3ti@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] underwater photography
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 8:18 PM
At 08:33 AM 11/12/2008, you wrote:
>I've got an Ikelite housing for OM that I picked up on ebay a couple
years
>ago, just because it was too cheap to pass up and I've always wanted to
try
>scuba and underwater photography. I still haven't tried scuba, or had a
>chance to use it, but hope to some day.
>
>Darin
I think snorkeling is actually more fun, and I have better photos from
snorkeling
than from diving, but diving has a more macho bragging rights quality.
Something
I need to acquire as I get older and more seasoned.
Belize is very loose on requirements for diving, and you need to
watch yourself. I know some people, with maybe one or two days
of training, taken out to the Blue Hole for a 200+ foot dive. Crazy
I actually had some problems after 4 dives and had to stop. 130-150
foot dives are easy to come by, but my body had a hard time adapting
and I had to stop after the 4th dive in 3 days.
I'll take good snorkeling any day.
Wayne
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