The Digital Camera Revolution By Kevin Sweeney

I have been shooting underwater and topside with conventional film camera systems for over 30 years now. For the last 15 years I have been using Nikonos cameras and some SLR cameras in housings. I really enjoyed the SLR cameras in housings because of the variety of available lenses that work above and below water. Nikonos camera systems work great too but most lenses only work underwater. After years of buying film and waiting for processing, I have recently (going on 2 years now) made the move into the digital era! I started with the smaller digital cameras in housings but found them limited with the lenses offered by the manufacturer and very limited battery life. The one big advantage to digital is the number of shots available on a dive! No longer am I limited with 36 exposures to a dive and wondering if they turned out or not. With digital you have as many shots as your memory card can hold (some over 1000!) Today I have graduated to the Digital SLR camera system above and below water! With my Canon SLR cameras I am able to great awesome photos above and I have a housing to use the same camera and lenses underwater! I get instant viewing of my shots and with a one-gig memory card I am able to take over 300 photos at high resolution! Also I now use only rechargeable batteries in my cameras and strobe systems so I have no waste at all! Also, you can download all your pictures on a laptop or home PC, view them, delete the bad ones and play with the good ones! Playing- meaning sending them to friends over the internet, making slides shows to view on your computer and printing them at home! My results with my digital camera systems are simply beyond belief. Stop by the store and see our camera systems and photo display or visit the photo gallery on this site.

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