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Spring has Sprung! It’s time to gear up and jump into the water with our state-of-the-art diving equipment and camera systems.

Hold on, folks. Don’t’ jump to soon. Most of us have been out of the water much too long during these winter months and our gear, including our precious underwater photo systems, have been lying dormant in storage.

My suggestion is to check over all your diving equipment. If it’s been over 18 months since the last service date of your equipment, I suggest taking it in… Continue

What does it mean? What are they talking about? Here’s help

Back to Photo Basics

Trying to make sense of all those articles on digital cameras? Hard to if you don’t know what the words mean. So it’s back to basics. Defining the terms.

Just a few years ago, terms such JPEG and pixels were just as foreign as reproduction ratio and depth of field. My, how things have changed. One thing remains the same: there are so many frequently used terms in underwater imaging that many shooters don’t know.… Continue

What You Need to Know to Go Digital
The winter months are upon us. Many divers are planning their once in a year trek to a tropical paradise to bask in the sun and explore the warm, clear tropical waters. Many will be diving the chill local waters close to home. No matter which category you fall into, the way to remember a vacation or a day of diving is to have a camera in hand to capture scenes and sights underwater.

Are you ready? If so, let me enlighten you on how to go select a digital came… Continue

In the beginning there was a hole in the wall that allowed light from outdoors to pass through into a room that was completely darkened. This ray of light projecting on the opposite wall created obscure views of the scene outside. Thus was born the first camera.

Then came a small wooden box with a small hole in the center with a glass lens that allowed light to pass though. The image was projected to the opposite side of the box and recorded on a sheet of pewter coated with light-sensitive comp… Continue