Shot on Sony a7cii on a blackwater dive off Riviera Beach FL

Hey guys! I’ve been using the GoPro so far for videos but I am not impressed with the quality of images and in the Arctic waters it’s difficult to change from video to photo with gloves on. Can anybody suggest a good underwater camera that’s easy to carry and not too bulky for long term travel? And that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg? Thanks :)

Heya all, follow up on my last question seeing as I got a sweet and sour set of answers. For my TG6 should I go ikelite, seafrogs or Olympus or something else?

Okay so I have a nauticam housing for my A7riii. Possibly considering upgrading to a A7rV possibly even a A7CII or CR housing. So I have to 28 mm lens and port and the 90mm port. Would like to get something with a little zoom to it, heard that the 28-60 is pretty meh on land but underwater preforms fairly well. My goal is to keep it as minimal as possible. I know fat chance. I can’t really make out the port compatibility chart on their site. Ports, adapters, zoom rings, domes and partridge in a pair tree. Does anyone have one of these cameras and nauticam housings with a zoom type lens? While it’s never “easy” traveling with this the less pieces the better.

Bonus points for pictures of your setup!!

https://youtube.com/shorts/JsXOFHI-RIA?si=oSQVHXE1sKBm752d

Heya all getting a seafrogs housing for my Olympus tg6, anyone have this and have feedback?

Hi, I am a teacher and robotics coach for middle school. My students are preparing for a competition and to have student engaged in learning about the engineering design process, teams were asked to identify a problem with ocean exploration and my team chose underwater photography. The kids created a survey to obtain information to help them discover problems faced by underwater photographers. If you have a couple of minutes, please complete this survey to help my students. The survey does not collect any identifiable information or your email. https://forms.gle/nGobdMj4NqjJzNiX9 Thank you!

EoM we will visit the maldives and I've been looking to find a good underwater camera. As it will be 1 week use only I am not planning on buying something too expensive so Im ranging at 50-80€. Anyone has some good recommendations?

Hi all, first post to this sub. I'm wanting to do some video recording in murky water. I have used infrared (IR) light in shallow clear water from overhead using IR as a light source at night, and it worked very well. But now, I want to record in much much more murky water, and will need a light source. If I blast IR from above, below, and from the side, will it possibly work, or will it just create a constant blizzard as the light bounces off all the little algae cells drifting around? White light is a possibility in the daytime, but not at night. Thanks in advance for any insight.

Im about to buy underwater housing for my Sony and need some help because im a photography noob. Im only wanting to use it for personal instagram stuff and memories - deff not a professional haha.

That said what lens should I use? Mainly wanna take pictures of fish and larger marine life and videos of me and my friends diving through caves and stuff. I’m about to do the hammerhead dive in yonguna too that I want to use it for!!! Not really macro stuff.

I saw a website recommend the Sony FE 16-35mm f/5 ZA OSS lens working but what about the one it came with…would 16-50mm be sufficient? (I have no idea what this stuff means)

Also what settings? Like just general ones that I don’t have to adjust.

Any recommendations? Literally any advice is great haha

Also should I get a light?

I have the AOI Q1 RC strobe and the battery contacts at the bottom of the strobe have become a little rusty. Does anyone have any tips on how I can get rid of the rust? It's really narrow and quite deep so I can't quite reach it properly.

Thanks

Do you have any recommendations for a course on underwater videography? Preferably online. Thank you!

Guam, blackwater dive over 1500’ bottom, taken with Nikon D850, 2x Sea and Sea YSD3ii strobes, Nikon 60mm macro, ISO320, f25, 1/160

I have a set up with 2 strobes. Does anyone here do photography on night dives? Is that annoying to fire those off down there at night to other people?

Got some cool shots of this guy while #freediving in Tulamben Bali.

I always had a fascination with everything that is underwater, a passion for wildlife and photography. I am getting a diving license and was wondering how do you get into underwater photography:

• what kind of gear is required? Does entry level exist in this field in terms of budget? In case it exists, does entry level provide some kind of satisfaction in terms of results and is it safe for the gear?

• are there dedicated lenses?

• are there dedicated kinds of flash?

I have my trusted Nikon D750 and some lenses (14mm/ 50mm/ 300mm/ 500mm).

I genuinely would like to gather as much information as possible to understand if can ever get started in underwater photography.

Thanks in advance for any kind answer!

Edit: I am very thankful for all your great responses, I do admire your passion and I will work on being a good diver first and only after that I will slowly start to introduce new elements. I fully understand that diving is no joke and I hope one day to share here something, even if very little, to return your kindness.

Hi,
I posted a while ago about making a DIY housing. I know it's stupid but I've made it now, will post pictures of my soon to be waterlogged camera later.

It got me thinking though, are there housings that are pressurized? Using the BCD hose for instance? Since you don't really need it connected while going down it could be connected to the housing (or use an extra hose like the ones used on dry suits). If you have an over pressure escape valve (like the dump valves) there should be no risk of things blowing out. This would make everything essentially leak proof since no water can push it's way inside even if the gaskets fail.

Are there any brands that do this? Maybe for tech diving?

(I know what the BCD does and that you shouldn't disconnect the hose because what if you accidentally dump all your air and sink or something. My question is about the technical part of pressurizing a housing, not the exact way of doing it safely)