About my Cameras
It's a fun thing these days, the digital world has made us all a little sceptical. Oh you did that in Photoshop right? Well not always. My aim is to try and create an image natural as possible using the my tools while underwater. The funny thngt I hear is the silence when I tell other divers that my underwater images have all been take using a compact camera system. That's right a compact. Why you may ask, well it's simple, I can honistly say I have take a shot of a nudibranch and a whale on the same dive using the camera. You can't do that with a DSLR!
Look everyone knowns a DSLR is better, but as a beginner and someone who can not afford all the bells and whistles that need to accompany the larger format. It's big conversation and I'm not going to start here, but all I can say is I really enjoy my compacts and one day I will go DSLR... just not yet!
My First camera for diving was actually a Canon A1, released in 1978 and now regarded as a modern classic. I bought the system in 2000 it included a stainless steel and acrylic housing I named the bisciut tin. It really did look like mum cookie tin. I remember my first and only competition using slide film, the developer killed the flim,so I received no points and came last. The great news was last prizes was much better than 4th. I traded my camera for my first laptop and I have been try to get it back ever since.
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