Ikelite Wide Angle Port Grants Access to Wet Lenses for the Canon G-15
Feb 07
Looking to use a WET wide angle lens with your G-series Canon camera? In all housings, the port is too long to make effective use of wet wide angle lenses. If you’re using the Ikelite housing, however, you now have access to wet lenses via their wide angle port. By swapping the existing flat port with the shorter, flat, wide-angle port you gain access to a number of wet wide angle lenses,...
Todd Winner’s Wednesday Photo – Skeleton Shrimp
Feb 06
Image and text by: Todd Winner One of the things I love about macro and supper macro is being able to show a subject in a way you never could with the naked eye. In fact, many of our super macro subjects can hardly be seen without magnification. We often catch some of these subjects in our normal macro shots only to discover them when viewing the image on a large screen. (Photography bycatch.) It...
Fast 1/320th sync speed with Nikon D7000 & Nikon D300
Jan 16
Many people don’t realize that you can get a 1/320th sync speed when shooting with the Nikon D300, D300s, and the D7000. By default, the sync speed is 1/250th. However, if you go into the flash / bracketing menu, setting E1 will you to set your max sync speed to 1/320th. Read more about sync speed and shutter speed. This is useful when shooting into the sun. By setting your camera to ISO...
Story Behind the Shot: Black and White Sea Krait
Jan 15
Black and White Sea Krait, Raja Ampat, Indonesia; Canon EOS 7D, EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye lens, 2 Ikelite 160 strobes; ISO 100, 1/200 sec, f /8.0 As divers, we often get so caught up with the subjects we find on the reefs that we forget about all the incredible photo opportunities near the surface. Shooting close to the surface is one of my favorite places to shoot. You can capture reflections and...
Local Bluewater Photo Trips for 2013
Jan 11
Last year was a busy year for us with eight Southern California trips and the popular SoCal Shootout. 2013 is shaping up to be just as strong with ten local photo trips already on the books, including the 3rd annual SoCal Shootout set for Sept 13-15. Here’s a look at how our local trip calendar is shaping up: February 10th – Catalina Island (Little Farnsworth, Valiant wreck, Long...
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