Split from "Bonaire Sept 2007" Trip Report

[Celcius]

Hi Scuba Girl!
Nice eport. Great photos!
What camera / housing are you using, please?
Marcel

[scubagirl]

Thanks, Marcel!

I'm using the Nikon D80 with the Ikelite housing.

[Terry]

Just got my Ikelite housing! What are you using for lights?

[owlbill]

Terry, maybe you should start another thread in the Photo Equipment or Techniques area to ask about strobes........maybe.

[scubagirl]

Terry, I'm using a Sea & Sea YS-110 strobe; it has a nice LED focus light built-in which is perfect for macro. I'm planning to get a second strobe soon, and then more lenses.

[marc g]

Very nice pictures Nat. I did pickup a 10.5mm last week and a Tameron 90mm micro like they call today (macro) this week. It was a toss up between the 60mm Nikon and the 90mm price was about the same, so the Tamaron won but 30mm more optics. I was quite suprised with the lens itself. The housing and the strobes will be coming soon.


Marc

[Tom Falardeau]

Terry, I recently acquired an Ikelite DS-125 strobe for my set-up, to work in tandem with the DS-50 I already own. Quite solid, good price, and it has a nice bright modeling light that will do wonders in the water.

You need a strobe to take any sort of picture with a DSLR in an Ikelite housing, so I suggest you get on it soonest, seeing that Utila is coming up fast :D

[scubagirl]

Very nice pictures Nat. I did pickup a 10.5mm last week and a Tameron 90mm micro like they call today (macro) this week. It was a toss up between the 60mm Nikon and the 90mm price was about the same, so the Tamaron won but 30mm more optics. I was quite suprised with the lens itself. The housing and the strobes will be coming soon.


Marc


Thanks, Marc!

I'm toying with getting the Tokina 100mm macro lens as my next lens (vs. the Nikon 105mm), and I will also be picking up the 10.5mm for next season's wreck shots. In the meantime, the flexibility of the 60mm lens is that you can also do fish portraits, whereas with 100mm you're exclusively shooting macro.