Kirby-Morgan
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Hello there
This is my second post. The first is in the travel/Africa section today.
I'm employed in commercial diving but I'm about to rediscover scuba after a twenty-year break because my kids are keen to try it. We're going to Tofo, Mozambique next month and I want to take pictures.
Now I've been lurking on the board long enough to realise that the digital revolution is perhaps even more active in underwater photography than it is on the surface. However, left over from my former life I have a Nikonos 2 in perfect condition and right now I'm not ready to buy housings for my surface cameras if I can get by with the old Nik.
The trouble is I don't have a flashgun for it. I used to use (-Now then, no s******ing from you luminous green fins types-) a BULB flash! I'll have you know that it was actually considered very cool to be swimming around with a mesh bag full of chickens-egg bulbs floating from your wrist. And it worked well too. But the bulbs are obsolete and anyway I have a sneaky suspicion that it might not be quite so cool nowadays. Sooo, my questions are.
Is it worth my while to use the old Nik or are the advantages of digital so great that I would be dissatisfied with the results it produces?
If I go with the Nik what light/flashgun would suit it. I really don't want to buy new so what could I buy on the secondhand market that would be compatible, reliable and cheap? Also is there a sync cable suitable for the Nik 2?
My film of preference for prints used to be Fuji 100 but there must be a better one by now. Any suggestions.
Thanks in advance for any wisdom. I'm really looking forward to my comeback.
Colin
This is my second post. The first is in the travel/Africa section today.
I'm employed in commercial diving but I'm about to rediscover scuba after a twenty-year break because my kids are keen to try it. We're going to Tofo, Mozambique next month and I want to take pictures.
Now I've been lurking on the board long enough to realise that the digital revolution is perhaps even more active in underwater photography than it is on the surface. However, left over from my former life I have a Nikonos 2 in perfect condition and right now I'm not ready to buy housings for my surface cameras if I can get by with the old Nik.
The trouble is I don't have a flashgun for it. I used to use (-Now then, no s******ing from you luminous green fins types-) a BULB flash! I'll have you know that it was actually considered very cool to be swimming around with a mesh bag full of chickens-egg bulbs floating from your wrist. And it worked well too. But the bulbs are obsolete and anyway I have a sneaky suspicion that it might not be quite so cool nowadays. Sooo, my questions are.
Is it worth my while to use the old Nik or are the advantages of digital so great that I would be dissatisfied with the results it produces?
If I go with the Nik what light/flashgun would suit it. I really don't want to buy new so what could I buy on the secondhand market that would be compatible, reliable and cheap? Also is there a sync cable suitable for the Nik 2?
My film of preference for prints used to be Fuji 100 but there must be a better one by now. Any suggestions.
Thanks in advance for any wisdom. I'm really looking forward to my comeback.
Colin