Please Nikon make us a digital Nikonos V
Dec 7, 2012 19:15:40 #
I started scuba photography back in the days of the Nikonos II and underwater bulb flash! I've flooded five Nikonos cameras so far but still have one beloved Nikonos V and lots of interchangable Nikon Underwater Lenses. Why won't Nikon make a digital body to take the Nikonos lenses and Flashguns... They're still very good! And I wish they'd ask a diver to design underwater cameras... most of the uw compacts are hopeless. Getting flash well off camera is essential if you don't want a snowstorm effect.
Peacock Wrasse in Seychelles
Octopus in New Zealand
Golden Bar in Red Sea
Dec 8, 2012 08:36:13 #
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Jan 1, 2013 07:32:05 #
I spent the Holidays with my Grand Kids and I too left the Nikon DLSR and lenses at home in favor of my P 510 Bridge. Shooting included Parties, Sleep Overs, Dance Lessons, Horseback Riding Lessons, A Trip to the Gun Club and Christmas Morning. Technically the camera performed well but suffered from two significant problems that affected composition: Excessive Zoom Speed resulting in Hunt and Peck zooming to compose and more critically shutter lag. Attempting to catch the moment when horse and rider are jumping, dancers are in flight or children have that magic glow becomes an issue of luck not control. The faster electronics in our better DLSRs make the photographic decisions so much quicker that the photographers focus can remain on the art not on trying to anticipate when the shutter might actually expose the image.
I'll use the P510 when the shots are not so important... The results will be worth the weight. My bridge camera takes great pictures, just not the ones I wanted.
I'll use the P510 when the shots are not so important... The results will be worth the weight. My bridge camera takes great pictures, just not the ones I wanted.
Jan 1, 2013 21:02:20 #
Hi Andy, I agree with you. I have a Nikon 7000 for land and use an Olympus epl-1 for underwater.. I can't see spending 4000 for a 7000 case and risk a flood. Great photos , keep up the good work.
Jan 20, 2013 15:40:38 #
Lenf wrote:
Hi Andy, I agree with you. I have a Nikon 7000 for land and use an Olympus epl-1 for underwater.. I can't see spending 4000 for a 7000 case and risk a flood. Great photos , keep up the good work.
Actually over the years I've managed to flood three out of the five Nikonos cameras that I have owned!
This is weird... two golden trevally hiding in a cave together... unusual for swift ocean swimmers. Perhaps they only wanted a quiet place to have a kiss & cuddle.
Trevally in a cave (Seychelles)
Jan 20, 2013 16:00:42 #
Hi Andy ,flooding cameras are no fun for sure. I spent an hour photographing sharks on this dive and the he kept knocking the camera out of my hands
Jan 28, 2013 21:44:19 #
Lenf wrote:
Hi Andy ,flooding cameras are no fun for sure. I spent an hour photographing sharks on this dive and the he kept knocking the camera out of my hands
Nice to get the shark between you and your buddy. Well done, it's very dramatic.
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