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I am looking to rent a housed Nikon 35mm to take with me on a trip to the Gallapagos in August, and need a site referral or contact info for someone who will rent this type of equipment. I will also want to rent a 18mm or 20mm lens with the housing & camera. Any help locating a shop to rent...

Joe: I understand the problem, but consider selling the CP 880. To understand the difference go take a look at the Olympus 3030 or 3040. You switch from full auto to either semi-auto (aperture or shutter speed preferred) or manual with a turn of a top mounted switch--just like a shutter...

Joe Check out the Light & motion Tetra housing and the Olympus 3030 instead. The Tetra is made of cast aluminum and has a substantial feel to it. It's only a little bigger than the Nikonos V and handles like an SLR underwater. The ikelite is simply a remanufactured version of their lexan...

Ron: The Olympus 3000, 3030 & 3040 all come with fixed lens. My guestimate is that the widest setting is about equal to a 28 or 30mm nikonos lens. Light & Motion has a wide angle lens/port for the Tetra housing. From my use of it, I estimate that it is in the 24mm range. On land my field of...

to jump in on this on-going debate, I must agree with "100 days". I traded my beloved Beauchat Gold Fins--which I still find give me more power for less air consumption than any other normal fin I had ever used, for the ScubaPro Twin Jet Graphite split fins. After using the ScubaPro twin jets...

Joe: As "locals", my wife & I regularly dive the BVI's, Saba, and throughout the eastern caribbean.Baskin is a great operation as is Dive BVI. Blue Water is relatively new. The dive sites around the US & British Vrigins are typical caribbean reefs with max depths of around 80 - 90 ft. Saba...

I've now got about 15 photo's posted, including a bunch from Coco's

Joe: We went to Palau in Dec. 1996, just before Xmas; then we did the Truk Aggressor during Xmas week, and finished off in Hawaii at the Princeville for New Years. We overnighted in Guam on both legs and it's truly a strange place--"where the sun rises first on America". We stayed 2 nights...

Dee: Great site. Palau is definately world class diving. My wife & I frequently argue over which is better Coco's or Palau. I rate Palau as # 1, she rates Coco's # 1 & Palau #2. If you haven't been to Palau, make plans to go. Peter Hughes has some special discount prices for last minute...

Dee Why not both????? or keep the S&S 35 and go to Coco or the Galapagos. Much better than Roatan. By the way, I saw your photos at photo point, they are really good. Your results are much better than I was able to get with my old Nikonos. Probably has to do with the frequency of use...

Ron To repond to your questions: What do I like most about the Tetra system? The quality of the housing is a primary factor; along with it's small compact size and ease of use. It feels like using and holding an SLR, as opposed to a bulky housed U/W camera. What do I dislike about the...

carlislere: To repond to your questions: What do I like most about the Tetra system? The quality of the housing is a primary factor; along with it's small compact size and ease of use. It feels like using and holding an SLR, as opposed to a bulky housed U/W camera. What do I dislike...

Dee: I haven't experienced any problems seeing the LCD screen underwater. Both the Nikon CP 990 and Olympus 3030 screens were more than acceptable u/w for framing and composition. I wouldn't want to rely on them for focusing, however. To my knowledge you cannot adapt the ikelite...

I have just finished uploading some of the Coco's series. All of these photos were taken using the Nikon CP 990, an Ikelite Housing and a Nikonos SB-105 strobe. The Camera was set for "SHQ", with the autofocus "on". looking back on the diference between the Olympus 3030 & the Nikon, I would...

Nice Photos. If you process them with Adobe Photoshop, even an LE or Business version, you can easily sharpen, add contrast and increase the color definition of any scan. This should bring the scans back to near slide quality while maintianing the digital format. You can also clean up and...

Dee The "Coming soon shot is taken with the CP 990 at the SHQ setting, using the Ikelite housing, off Coco's. From what I can tell from MircoWarehouse's page on digital cameras, the CP 880 looks similar to the Olympus 3030. If the controls match, you might be able to use a Tetra housing...

For those interested in checking out the quality of digital underwater photographs, I have finally got my web site up and running. All of the photos posted were taken in the last 3 months using an Olympus 3030 and Tetra Housing. I'll be posting some shots taken with a Nikon 990 & Ikelite...

As Joe noted the future is housed cameras. After years of using a Nikonos V and getting the majority of slightly out of focus shots, a few excellent pictures and lots of aggravation from camera flooding, I finally ditched mine for an Olympus 3030 digital and a Light & Motion Tetra housing. I...

The answer is not as easy as one would think. Your camera has a 1.3 megapixel resolution. This is limiting if you are trying to recreate 35mm film quality. If you are only interested in displaying your underwater photos on your computer monitor, or emailing them to friends, 1.3 megapix...

Hey I take it all back. I just returned from diving St. Lucia and OH MY GODDD the size of dem Queen Triggers was frightening.............One was SO aggresive it ran into my wide angle lens, while chasing me..........not! But seriously folks, St. Lucia Diving was awesome, even if the dive...