Testing the Waters
Posted by Shelby White
In the past we’ve talked about shooting underwater photos and wanting to experiment with it. These photos are from photographer Steven Taylor with musician Devan DuBois as the pictured subject. These images are a testament to the cool things that can result from experimenting with underwater photography.
I still would love to rent a housing for my Canon 1dmkII or even a cheap film camera and go for a dive into the ocean or a lake.
Can anyone recommend a decent waterproof film camera?
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Brendan says:
June 15, 2011 at 9:04 amI think scott mentioned the canon d10 powershot is really great a while back. the footage he got filming surfers for that new song he put on his new live set looked great.
Shelby says:
June 15, 2011 at 12:35 pm@Brendan Thanks for reminding me about the Canon d10. I’m looking for a film camera not digital. I really would like to shoot both but film sounds more appealing to my first attempts underwater right now—the results could be really interesting.
Mackenzie says:
June 15, 2011 at 1:20 pmThose shots are amazing.
Frank says:
June 16, 2011 at 5:46 amI have seen some awesome underwater photos shot with a Nikonos V (Nikon) camera and some black and white film. You can see examples of what I am talking about at http://www.oceanicdreams.com
Dan says:
June 16, 2011 at 7:37 pmI have to agree, my friends and I joint own a Nikonos V and it’s not only a great camera but a beautiful object! The original model was designed by Jacques Cousteau and it was improved until the V, which takes wonderful pictures!
Taylor says:
June 17, 2011 at 2:11 pmSuper rad idea. Love it!
Steven Taylor says:
June 17, 2011 at 2:15 pmFrank. I actually took these on a NIkonos V. Really great camera.
Frank says:
June 21, 2011 at 6:30 pmThese came out great Steve. Didn’t realize you shot them on Nikonos! What type of film did you use?
Brett says:
June 21, 2011 at 11:14 pmNikonos V is the funnest underwater camera I’ve ever used. Kudos Steven for these rad photos
Steven Taylor says:
June 23, 2011 at 1:45 pmFrank I shot it on fuji 400.
Thanks Brett.
Keith says:
June 30, 2011 at 6:48 pmThe GoPro with modified lensing is cheap option. Not for stills, but high res video. But only with the mod. Mad photographs. I take it it’s the bubbles that give it the snow-like effect?