by Admin | May 31, 2018 | Photography
It is hard to imagine that the world used to rely on film. Photographers, on land and below the surface, were forced to shoot scores of ‘frames’ to get the perfect shot. Imagine being limited to either 24 or 36 shots, and horror of horrors, having to wait days or... by Saltwater Smarts | Apr 30, 2017 | Equipment, Photography
Underwater camera rigs can be quite diverse and range greatly in price This article is a bit of a departure from the typical reef aquarium topics I cover. Photography is a big part of Tidal Gardens, and sometimes we like to take the camera underwater. To do that, we need an underwater camera rig. A rig consists of the camera itself, an underwater housing, and accessories such as strobes or video lights. The build of the camera rig is going to depend a great deal on how hardcore you want to get. Camera rigs can range from action cameras such as a GoPro to $50,000 RED cinema cameras. I haven’t taken my cinema camera underwater, but my first underwater rig was a robust unit built around a small Panasonic camera. The underwater housing was an overbuilt block of aluminum
