Class Shot
Crocodilef_i sh Close and Crocodilef_i sh Far: These two
Top tips on buying
shots illustrate how a wide angle or fi sheye lens can create
a completely diff erent picture of the same subject. Here
and using a wide-
you get a feeling of the crocodile fi sh’s habitat.
angle lens
INON make adaptors
which fi t onto most makes
of compact cameras and
allow the use of its brand
of macro, wide-angle and
fi sheye lenses. However,
such cameras with a 28 mm
fi eld of view can only take
the UWL 100-28AD lens
which gives a 100 degree
fi eld of view. An extra dome
port can be added onto it
to give it a fi sheye eff ect
of 150 degrees. They also
make screw on lenses to
attach to Ikelite housings.
Sea & Sea, Sealife and
Intova make their own wide
angle lenses to fi t onto their
models of housings.
Epoque make wide
angle lenses for those
with Olympus or Ikelite
Housings.
Fantasea have introduced a
new range of Bigeye Lenses
Cave St John: This photo illustrates how a wide-angle
Giannis D Wide and Giannis D Fisheye: These two
with an 80 degree fi eld of
or fi sheye lens can create striking shots when in a cave,
photos show the diff erence in the fi eld of view between
view for the newer Canon
especially silhouette shots of other divers
a wide-angle lens and a fi sheye lens of the same subject.
Notice how the barrel distortion has made the straight line
Powershot G range or the
of the wreck appear bent.
Fuji Finepix F100 and F200
EXR range.
Snell’s Window: Another creative eff ect with a fi sheye
Important
lens taken just underneath the surface of the water.
Calm water conditions are needed to create this ‘Snell’s Wide-angle lenses bring
Window’ eff ect. in an extra amount of light
to your photograph, so
make sure that you have
your camera set to a lower
fi lm speed between 80
and 400. Using a higher
fi lm speed can result in an
overexposed photograph,
especially when using a
strobe.
When using fi sheye lenses,
fl are marks can sometimes
appear at the bottom left
able to zoom through your fi sheye lens and use it as a a strobe (which will be covered in the next issue of BLUE)
of your photograph. Always
macro lens for close-up shots. gorgeous, punchy, vivid colours of the stunning reefs
remember to use the black
with glassfi sh swirling all around can be captured.
At their widest settings, wide-angle lenses can add both
sticker which comes with
drama and ambience by being able to fi t in more of Finally, always make sure that your wide-angle lens is
the lens and place this on
the scene. From only half a metre away, it is possible to secure. A cable tie secured around the ridge of the lens
the rim of the camera lens
photograph a full shot of a diver. Close focus wide-angle and tied onto your camera’s housing will save you a heap
to stop the light refl ecting
shots can also be achieved - the subject is right in front of money in the event of it falling off . And for any of you
off it.
of the lens, pin sharp and in focus, and the habitat where diving at the Brothers Islands, you may just be lucky
Finally when using screw-in
it lives is also in shot as a creative background. These enough to fi nd the one that I lost there which taught me
lenses, remember to put a
lenses are an essential to capture the gorgeous, colourful the value of cable ties the hard way.
little grease on the rim to
reef scenes that the Red Sea is so famous for. Used with
stop the lens sticking to the
port of the housing. Mine
Maria’s forthcoming book Underwater Photography for Beginners is now available to buy. From the beginner got stuck once and the
through to the more advanced snapper, this book will inspire and show you how to take beautiful underwater whole port of the housing
photographs in an easy-to-understand way. For more information on ordering the book, email Maria at came off with the lens. An
maria@oceanvisions.co.uk.
expensive mistake!
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