Capturing Moments Underwater
An underwater digital camera is not just used to capture underwater memories; some professional marine photographers also use them in their business. Even marine biologists and scientists use underwater cameras to capture marine life and thus be able to study the life and properties of the marine life.
But I think it is safe to assume that you, my reader, are neither a marine scientist nor a professional photographer. Like me, you are just some photo junkie who wants to capture underwater moments and just can't figure out how without ruining your cameras.
Underwater Digital Cameras
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Just because a camera is waterproof, does not mean that it is suitable for underwater photography. It has to be waterproof enough to resist the water pressure at certain levels.
Now if you're really serious about using an underwater digital camera, I suggest that you buy speciality cameras.
Vivitar VIVICAM-6200W 6.0 MegaPixel Underwater Camera with 4x Digital Zoom 2.0" LCD
6.0MP Underwater Camera with 4x Digital Zoom.
Image resolution up to 2816 x 21124x digital zoom.
Specifically designed for divers to take brighter, colorful pictures underwater up to 30 feet.
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Amazon Price: $119.00 (as of 07/10/2009) 
VuPoint DC-ST531TBLK-VP - Digital camera - compact - 5.0 Mpix / 12 Mpix (interpolated) - supported memory: MMC, SD
This versatile lightweight model can be used as a digital camera, video camera or Web cam and is waterproof up to 50 ft. Hightlights include a 2-inch LTPS LCD Display, 8 X digital zoom, built-in 16 MB memory and SD memory card slot up to 2 MB
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Amazon Price: $67.99 (as of 07/10/2009)
SeaLife SL 320 Reef Master Mini Digital Camera
Compact, rugged, easy to-use-the ReefMaster Mini will accompany you on any dive or adventure you have in mind. The Land and Sea exposure modes ensure great pictures on land or underwater. The Ext Flash mode allows for easy expansion with one or two SeaLife external flashes and results in bright, colorful underwater images. The Sea mode color booster corrects for the underwater blue color effect.
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Sealife 6 Megapixel Underwater Digital Camera (DC600)
The new DC600 is Action Ready, with a fast shutter response so you never miss the action. 6.1 mp for sharp, crisp enlargements. Easy to expand with up to two SeaLife flashes. Enhanced Land and Sea exposure modes for the brightest, most colorful images.
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Underwater Cameras Cases
True underwater digital cameras are quite rare and expensive, as cameras cannot withstand the water pressure. The closest manufacturers have ever got to producing underwater digital cameras are underwater casings for digital cameras. These casing will turn your conventional digital camera into an underwater digital camera.
Underwater Cases for Canon Cameras
Taking Photographs Under Water
If you are shooting with your underwater digital camera, you need to take note of a few things to help you come up with the best images underwater.
Remember that as you go deeper under water, light diffuses. This means that your underwater digital camera will produce images darker than those images you took while on land - this is because of the light diffusion the red spectrum seems darker. To avoid this, use white balance come up with natural colors. Also, pictures taken underwater will come up larger than pictures taken on land with the same zoom effect. Be sure to check your underwater digital camera's viewfinder to check the right picture angle and size that you want.
An underwater digital camera with its built-in flash will produce marine show phenomenon. It is a phenomenon wherein your pictures come out as blurry and with white particles floating above it, to avoid this phenomenon it is advisable to use external flash for your underwater digital camera.
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How do You Take Your Underwater Photographs?
Using Your Digital Camera Underwater
Most underwater digital cameras come with optional lenses. Don't be afraid to add these lenses to your underwater digital camera kit. Macro lenses will help you capture small things without getting too close and startling your subject.
Also, remember to always wash of salt when you've used it under salt water. If the salts are not washed off, in time they will crystallize; act as sands and cause leaks for your camera case. In cases when sands seem to get into the case, they are better washed off with streams of water.
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Underwater Filters
When you are underwater, the color that you see isn't really the true color when you take it in land. This is because the very first color that diminishes underwater is the color red. The color is distorted and therefore, will look dull. Because of this, underwater photography has different filters to adjust the lighting and color to help you to take accurate and clear pictures of the underwater subject.
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The light also diminishes when you go deeper. In this case, special flashes and lights can be installed together with your underwater camera in order to create the best quality photos possible.
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Since underwater photography requires different kinds of equipment, you will also need a different kind of camera bag in order for you to better protect these sensitive electronic devices. Underwater photography nowadays will require you to have a digital camera and a specific underwater housing for it in order for you to protect your camera from water, and underwater pressure.
The camera bags are also very different. It will usually be on a hard camera bag because underwater equipment is extra sensitive. Special underwater lenses are also available for underwater photography. These lenses will be able to give you high quality and true color underwater pictures.
Getting the right camera bag for your underwater camera equipment is also a must. You should look for a camera bag that has a hard case, waterproof and one that can fit all of your underwater photography equipment. And, it should be positively buoyant because if you accidentally drop it on the water, it will float and can be easily retrieved.
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If you're still not sure about underwater photography, then these books will give you a lot more tips and advice before you take the plunge.
Master Guide for Underwater Digital Photography
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An Essential Guide to Digital Underwater Photography: A Complete How-To Guide
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The Beginner's Guide to Underwater Digital Photography
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Fotografia Submarina / Underwater Photography: Tecnicas Fotograficas / Digital and Traditional Techniques (Ocio Digital / Leisure Digital) (Spanish Edition)
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Underwater Photography Blogs
- SCUBA Underwater Camera Goes To The Zoo - The Photo Forum ...
- Last weekend, I was planning to SCUBA dive, but I woke up in the morning in St. Louis and was WAY congested, which means I had to cancel my dives (divi.
- Fujifilm ScubaSnap Weekend 2009 | PhotographyBLOG
- Fujifilm UK have announced their first underwater photo festival, ScubaSnap Weekend 2009. The festival will take place in Looe, Cornwall on the 12th and 13th September. In association with local dive operators Looe Divers, the weekend ...
- balikbayan diver here; help me plan a trip! - ScubaBoard
- We regularly dive in Monterey, California and have dived in Southern CA (Catalina Island) and most recently Hawai'i (Oahu and Big Island). We're both into photography. - I'm looking for colorful corals, walls, and some wreck diving. ...
- Beattie's Book Blog
- We usually see the Kingfisher's dive as a flash of blue and a splash as it aims headlong from its perch into the water to capture its prey and arrives back on its perch in just 1.5 seconds. So the photographer has begin shooting his ...
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I've always been fascinated by underwater photography, and I'd love to give it a try someday, thanks for the helpful guide.
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