rrweather
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I just picked up a Canon SX1 and an ikelite housing for an upcoming trip to the keys. This is my first underwater camera.
First question: do people use some form of attachment to keep the camera semi-attached to your wrist (a wrist strap) or to your BC? I know you wouldn't want to swim around with the camera and housing hanging off of your BC but I could see the need to have something attaching you to the camera so it isn't dropped. The camera is slightly smaller than an SLR so the housing is rather large. Obviously I don't want to lose my investment on the first dive!
The second question involves a filter. Ikelite does not make a filter to fit on the front of this housing (I am assuming because the filter would be quite large). I ordered a filter attachment that screws on where the lens hood attaches. I also ordered a saltwater filter to screw on to the filter attachment. Obviously, this would all go inside the housing, forcing me to use it for an entire dive. As I understand it, using a strobe helps eliminate the need for a filter; however, the strobe will have to wait until my next birthday or until Santa rolls through in 9 months. My question is, should I install the filter and commit to using it for the whole dive? Would using the custom white balancing at depth solve the color correction problem without using the filter?
I have some basic knowledge of photography, just not underwater photography. I am going to be doing one day of diving in the Keys and then a day of diving in the West Palm/Jupiter area. With only two days of diving, I'd like to avoid some silly mistake that could be avoided.
Thanks for the information and help. Please feel free to steer me in the right direction if I am way off.
First question: do people use some form of attachment to keep the camera semi-attached to your wrist (a wrist strap) or to your BC? I know you wouldn't want to swim around with the camera and housing hanging off of your BC but I could see the need to have something attaching you to the camera so it isn't dropped. The camera is slightly smaller than an SLR so the housing is rather large. Obviously I don't want to lose my investment on the first dive!
The second question involves a filter. Ikelite does not make a filter to fit on the front of this housing (I am assuming because the filter would be quite large). I ordered a filter attachment that screws on where the lens hood attaches. I also ordered a saltwater filter to screw on to the filter attachment. Obviously, this would all go inside the housing, forcing me to use it for an entire dive. As I understand it, using a strobe helps eliminate the need for a filter; however, the strobe will have to wait until my next birthday or until Santa rolls through in 9 months. My question is, should I install the filter and commit to using it for the whole dive? Would using the custom white balancing at depth solve the color correction problem without using the filter?
I have some basic knowledge of photography, just not underwater photography. I am going to be doing one day of diving in the Keys and then a day of diving in the West Palm/Jupiter area. With only two days of diving, I'd like to avoid some silly mistake that could be avoided.
Thanks for the information and help. Please feel free to steer me in the right direction if I am way off.