Leicaddict left this mess on 28 Oct 2003 06:23:33 -0800 for The Way to clean up:

Lemme see...a guy comes on here from uwphotographer.net and asks a newbie
question like that...

Do I smell...troll cooking?

Tao te Carl

"It takes a village to have an idiot." - Carl (c) 2003

yes

Go to the library, take an underwater photo course, rent some cameras in
different format......

This guy is a notorious troll (rec.pets, rec.photo and
rec.woodworking). Watch out for further postings, frequent name
changes, and posted links to pr0n sites.

Just look at the crossposts line here:

I suggest you killfile him, or abuse complaints can go to Google and
to his ISP:  abuse@icgcom.com

If you already own a 35mm camera, visit Ikelite for a housing.  If not, the
Nikonos is always good.  Why did you ask in a woodworking group?

Go to the following site:

http://www.splashdowndivers.com/photo_gallery/underwater_photography/index.html

This was put together by Peter Schulz who is an extremely bright guy,
and only recently took up underwater photography. His pics (elsewhere on
the same site) prove he knows whereof he speaks.

Whatever you get you'd best get one of these
http://www.mares.com/categorie.asp?cat=8&menu=0 to go with it...

CAS

I hope your checkbook is up to the strain you are about to put on it.
Underwater photography is expensive, somewhere in the range of 4 times as
expensive as land photography of comparable quality.

A 35 mm camera will work, but the trend is moving toward ditigal.  There are
some cameras designed for use without a housing and some that require one.
If you're going with a housed camera, I strongly suggest you shop for the
housing first.  They are usually as expensive or even more expensive than
the camera that goes in them and are not available, off the shelf, for all
cameras.  Once you have a good idea on what housings are available, shop for
cameras that are compatable and offer whatever features you prefer.  If you
want good photos and true color, you're going to want at least one and
probably two strobes.

None of this is cheap.

Lee

That really depends. The best way to find out is to take your camera on a
dive - if the photos come out then you don't need a housing. If they don't
then you'll need an enclosure... ;-)

Leicaaddict@uwphotographer.net (Leicaddict) pounded away at his
keyboard resulting in:

Go digital.

Check out the SeaLife Reefmaster.  Good piece of kit.  I have one of
their original digital cameras, the 1.3 megapixel version.  The
cameras are even better now and the housings, strobes, etc were always
good.

Dan Bracuk
If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure.
The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/

hi
there are several different ways  u can go, re: 35 mm, u can buy a 35 mm
Nikonos V camera which doesnt need a housing or u can get a 35 mm SLR camera
and buy a housing to fit it.    but before u go out and by a 35 mm SLR land
camera, first u need to make sure that u can get a nice housing, several
different UW companies make housing for SLR example Sea and Sea or Ikelite.
Second u might want to take a UW photo class, rent or buy a cheap snap
camera before u spend the $$$ for a nice system.   the sea and sea UW set up
i have for my Nikon N90s total for everything i need was about $7000.

u might want to get into digital equipment its the new thing now days in UW
photos.  take care