Sea & Sea Optical TTL Converter – Amazing Demo

Sea & Sea Optical TTL Converter – Amazing Demo

Nov 25

Last year, 2013, at DEMA Sea & Sea announced their upcoming innovative Optical TTL YS Converter. Several other manufacturers had also been releasing information on other strobe triggers, but what set Sea & Sea apart was that theirs actually worked with TTL on Sea & Sea strobes. Other strobe triggers or converters so far only allow you to get faster recycle speeds by bypassing the...

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...

Nauticam GH4 underwater video footage & settings

Nauticam GH4 underwater video footage & settings

Nov 11

Bluewater Photo recently took some underwater video in the Channel Islands, Southern California with the new Nauticam GH4 underwater housing and the Panasonic GH4 camera. Lenses used were the Panasonic 7-14mm F4, Olympus 60mm macro lens and the Olympus 12-50mm lens. We think the footage looks great, check it out. Bobby Arnold shot the video and he did a great job. We’ll be performing some...