Video: Weekend Dive Getaway in Cabo

Video: Weekend Dive Getaway in Cabo

Jan 21

How is the diving where the mighty eastern Pacific Ocean meets the rich Sea of Cortez?  Excellent! I just returned from a long weekend dive getaway in Cabo San Lucas, spending two and half days diving with Manta Scuba.  There is a wide range of diving available, which varies depending on the season. You can see large schools of fish, beautiful reefs, hammerheads, wrecks, snorkel with whale...

Chasing Color in California

Chasing Color in California

Jan 06

In case you haven’t heard, we’re seeing some epic visibility in Southern California. I was able to get in a couple dives in off the beach in Malibu on Saturday and shoot some wide-angle in the kelp for the first time in about 13 months. For some reason, we usually get this vis mid-week or while I’m out of town! So grateful for this opportunity to create some wide-angle...

Best underwater cameras for X-mas 2014

Best underwater cameras for X-mas 2014

Nov 19

Best cameras for underwater photography & video For the holidays of 2014 By Scott Gietler With so many great cameras out there, it is difficult to select just a few for our holiday picks. Here’s some models that you can’t go wrong with – and we’ll mention some runner-ups at the end of the article.   UPDATED FOR 2015: Read our Best Underwater Cameras for X-Mas 2015...

Avoiding Excess Airline Baggage Fees

Avoiding Excess Airline Baggage Fees

Nov 18

Scuba divers travel with a lot of gear. And underwater photographers travel with even more gear than regular divers. When traveling to a remote dive destination it’s easy to rack up the overweight charges, but with some smart packing you’ll be flying through the airport before boarding the plane. These tips worked across Papua New Guinea and Indonesia this fall. 1)  Keep your...

Sony A7 – new full frame lenses for underwater photography

Sony A7 – new full frame lenses for underwater photography

Nov 13

Sony A7 users (and all Sony full-frame dSLR owners) will have 4 new lenses to use soon, that are excellent options for underwater photography. Owners of the Nauticam Sony A7 housing will be very excited when these lenses come out.   Sony full-frame lenses   Sony 16-35mm F4 OSS This excellent wide-angle lens will be available in the USA on Sept. 18th, 2014. OSS stands for “optical...