Dennis Higgens wrote: >3) Buy a Nikonos! As was noted in another post, these are waterproof >period! The biggest problem is learning to focus and adjust exposure >with the older models and getting along with a minimal choice in lens >size for above and below water (the optics differ in either instance - >so does your breathability) Used models of the Nikonos II & III are in >the $200 range. The 35mm is an amphibious lens. The 28 may show a little distortion when the subject is within a few feet, unless underwater. Any lens wider than the 28 is exclusively an underwater lens (and very expensive at that.). BUT this camera is a work horse. Focusing is really not very difficult...the wide angle gives you plenty of depth of field, go guessing is easy...bump that up with a higher speed ASA and you've got lots of depth of field. For the price, I don't think you can beat them. As for fogging lenses, I've never had a problem with them...not like the camera in a bag system. Even in a bag...you have problems with corrosion. I've used a Canon F1 for year in an Ikelite housing. The lightmeter went long ago due to exposure to the salt air... I had it replaced once, but it soon went out again. The SLR was great for U/W photography, but with Kayaking... bouncing around in the water, unless you have a "sports finder" I'd think you would be hard pressed to find an advantage of a SLR over a range finder because of the difficulty of framing. Robert Robert *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Feb 01 1999 - 21:56:10 PST
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