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OK, enough !
Your photos are so good, truley amazing, I can't stand it !
How much to take me with you next time ?? 
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Ken..what is a fair underwater camera these days? I still have my cheap old Minota...the yellow floating one about twice the size of a pack of
cigarettes. Bought that in 1979 or so for not much money. I think $90...and, of course, it did not take very sharp pictures, either. Or could I
just improvise and put a ziplock on my digital?
My use would be strictly for snorkeling around Bahia de Concepcion. Still some seacritters out there to enjoy.
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I would not recommend putting your digital in a ziplock. Take a look at http://www.ikelite.com, they make good, relatively inexpensive housings for most all of the popular point-and-shoot digital cameras now on the
market. Alternatively, if you can live with film, you can buy an excellent Nikonos V underwater camera now on eBay for very little dinero. They were
at one time the workhorse of underwater photography, Nikon made several outstanding underwater lenses for them (35mm, 20mm, 15mm). Excellent quality,
but of course film not digital. Hope this helps,
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Wow! Amazing pics Ken! I wonder if I will be able to actually eat shrimp after seeing those photos.Truely beautiful photography! Thank you!!!
Happiness is just a Baja memory away...
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Look at those superb photos!
Ken, muchas gracias for the helpful info on the Nikonos V and various housings. Hopefully, I will find one for the Nikon D50 I just bought.
I will also check eBay for the older Nikonos V . I don't mind using film at all. I still use my trusty old Canon AE1 on hunting/fishing trips.
Just kidding about the baggy thing, although years ago I did exactly that with an old 8mm movie camera..I filmed us snorkeling for rock scallops,
chocolates, yellows, and other menu items at Santa Barbera Cove in Conception Bay, a real treat.
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Pompano
Ikelite makes a housing for the D50, see
http://www.ikelite.com/web_pages/2dslr_dttl70.html
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Bondy
All of you have made my day! Mil gracias for the flattering comments.
elgatoloco, I'll try to answer your questions:
1) Yes, that's exactly how I got the eyeball shot of the gray whale. It was in San Ignacio lagoon and I just hung over the edge of the panga and
fired away with a Nikonos V, 15mm lens, no strobe. It was a low batting average endeavor, mostly I got just water or a few square feet of whale skin,
but a few frames worked.
2) Being underwater with humpbacks was incredible, life-changing. That was from the Silverbanks area north of the Dominican Republic, one of the few
places that, under strict control, you are allowed to get in the water with them.
3) Silvertips are not considered dangerous, the few times I have seen them they have been pretty spooky. That photo was from a location in PNG where
they are regularly seen. You sit still on the reef and hope one comes close. I think they are the most beautiful species of shark I have seen.
4) The nautilus photo was made at about 60 fsw but that is misleading. As a regular feature on the boat I was on, a baited trap is dropped down to
about 800 fsw at the edge of a reef known to have a big nautilus population, and left overnight. The next morning it comes up with usually 4-6
nautilus (nautili??). The photographers have their way with them for awhile at 40-80fsw, and then wave them goodbye to wobble down to 800 fsw again.
I am told, by reliable sources, that because of their unique chambered architecture, the huge change in pressure does them no harm. They are
occasionally seen naturally at 80-100fsw so they don't spend all their time at great depths. Some have been marked and individuals have been trapped
and photographed on numerous occasions.
Have a great time in the Red Sea!
++Ken++
[Edited on 3-19-2006 by Ken Bondy]
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Thanks for the answers and for all the great shots. We are very much looking forward to diving the Red Sea. We are drawn to Egypt because we hear it's
just like Baja (desert/ocean interface) without the Tecate and Tequila.
March 29th we will be on the beach right next to the Libyan border watching live.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/2006/index.html
MAGA
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I absolutely LOVED Egypt when I did my trip to the Red Sea (1992). Our group stayed in Cairo for a few days before and after the dive trip. We were
bussed to and from Cairo and Sharm al Sheikh, which was great because we got to see a lot of the Sinai Peninsula. Plus you go UNDER the Suez Canal,
passing from one continent (Africa) to another (Asia). Cairo was awesome, big crazy noisy city. Don't miss the Giza pyramids, the Antiquities Museum
(of course), and the Khan al Khalili marketplace. You will love it. The desert/ocean interface is similar to Baja but the Sinai desert is much more
barren, IMHO, than the Baja desert. Have a great time.
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