Hello from Alaska!

[Jan Anne]

Hi Tom, good to have you back onboard.

[fish_shooter]

Tom, great to see underwater photographer on this site! That's my passion too.
I'm thinking of getting the Sea&Sea internal corrector lens too. Will use it on the Nikon 17-35/2.8 behind a Zen 230 dome port. The 17-35 is quite old. The new 16-35/4 is supposed to work better underwater, but it's a expensive lens. I will start with the corrector lens, and then I will take it from there.

The 17-35 has been a popular lens for underwater photography. However, several people who owned one switched over to the 16-35 VR lens once they tried it. That fact speaks volumes about the advantage of the newer lens. I have the VR but have only used it on APSC under water. I will try the underwater correction lens on it at some point. The correction lens may help the 17-35 under water but very likely it won't make the lens work better than it does in air.

[fish_shooter]

Hi Tom, good to have you back onboard.

Thanks and glad to be back.

[elsa hoffmann]

Things have changed so much since I did U/W photography.
10 years ago digital was quite basic and limited - and no TTL available. But then again - anyone shooting film underwater knows what he is doing 

Perhaps you know of this -
There is a company in Italy (if memory serves) that makes a universal housing - different houses - and each fits a range of cameras of similar size - (eg D800, D810 etc)  and you have them "chip" the body for the particular camera. It connects the camera controls to the housing controls. If you upgrade - you just get them to chip the housing for your next camera. Saves a helluva lot if you don't have to keep buying houses every time you upgrade a body.

[fish_shooter]

Things have changed so much since I did U/W photography.
10 years ago digital was quite basic and limited - and no TTL available. But then again - anyone shooting film underwater knows what he is doing 

Perhaps you know of this -
There is a company in Italy (if memory serves) that makes a universal housing - different houses - and each fits a range of cameras of similar size - (eg D800, D810 etc)  and you have them "chip" the body for the particular camera. It connects the camera controls to the housing controls. If you upgrade - you just get them to chip the housing for your next camera. Saves a helluva lot if you don't have to keep buying houses every time you upgrade a body.

I am not familiar with this company. What first brought me to Seacam was their interchangeable viewfinders. They were the only housing company to offer them when I was looking into taking a DSLR under water. Since then there has been an explosion in interchangeable finders so that most housings now have them. Seacam finders may still be the best as they have a high enough eyepoint that the entire field can be easily seen while under water and wearing a diving mask. As well it is easy to line up ones vision with the finder. I understand some others are more tricky. The second thing was the introduction of their remote control system at the time I ordered my first housing. Remote control is at the center of my salmon technique. This is not an option with most other housings. Changing housing brands is also expensive since a collection of ports, port extension tubes, and viewfinders soon exceeds the cost of a housing. By sticking with Seacam I can use a large range of accessories with several cameras as well as with both Nikon and Canon. Yes it is very expensive to have to buy a new housing when buying a new camera which is why I am still using my D2X under water!

This video shows the Seacam housing for the D4 with a bunch of accessory wiring as used in the London Olympics. These options are not available for most other housing brands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuXMmm8aGjQ

[elsa hoffmann]

I remember how much my U/W housing cost for my D70...

I didnt keep up with the technology as I stop diving a couple of years ago due to ill health. I am simply not dive-fit.

But I am keen to see your stuff and hear about the gear etc.

[fish_shooter]

I remember how much my U/W housing cost for my D70...

I didnt keep up with the technology as I stop diving a couple of years ago due to ill health. I am simply not dive-fit.

But I am keen to see your stuff and hear about the gear etc.

I did not house my D70 because it would not accept a remote control. However I used it to do topside documentation of the last dive trip I did with the RS - to British Columbia. ;->>

[Frank Fremerey]

Fish. Very interesting. We have a lot of expert birdshooters here.

looking forward to your contribution!!!!

well come .....

[fish_shooter]

Fish. Very interesting. We have a lot of expert birdshooters here.

looking forward to your contribution!!!!

well come .....

Thank you. I shoot a few birds as well. This dipper has a taste for salmon caviar (sort of combining fish with birds!).

[elsa hoffmann]

of caviar I know nothing... how popular is salmon caviar commercially?

[fish_shooter]

of caviar I know nothing... how popular is salmon caviar commercially?

My understanding is that the market is strong.

[elsa hoffmann]

In SA we also have snail caviar - apparently a huge export market !
I have had a guy come collect snails in my garden

[fish_shooter]

In SA we also have snail caviar - apparently a huge export market !
I have had a guy come collect snails in my garden

Combining escargot and caviar!
The closest thing to snails that we have here is the banana slug, mostly the black variety. Have not seen their eggs. Salmon eggs are fairly large about 5mm in diameter - larger than sturgeon eggs. So a range in size seems to be OK and still be called caviar.

[Erik Lund]

Welcome to NikonGear! That RS is an amazing machine! Would love to see Nikon do a revised digital version...