Underwater Digital Cameras Do you enjoy swimming, scuba diving or snorkeling in the sea or fresh water? If you do, then I am sure that you have seen some lovely things. The problem is that, you are not able to show them to anyone, can you? it is that old adage: the things you see when you have not got your camera with you. Which is why professional photographers always have a camera with them, even if it is just a small one. Anyway, going back to swimming. There is a way of taking photos underwater, as you well know, but what you may not know is that underwater digital cameras are not as costly as you almost certainly imagine. The first thing to comprehend about underwater digital cameras is that not each underwater camera is the same. You almost certainly realized that, but what I mean is that underwater digital cameras are like waterproof watches. Some watches are waterproof to 10 feet, others to 30 feet and others to 30 fathoms. The same is true of underwater cameras. If you want to save money when purchasing an underwater digital camera, purchase one that will function a couple of fathoms below where you are going to use it.. A fathom is six feet, so if you are a free swimmer or even a snorkeler, you almost certainly will not go far deeper than three fathoms or twenty feet. If you are a scuba diver, you will have to spend more. The easiest and cheapest underwater digital cameras come as a quite regular camera encased in a waterproof and pressure resistant housing. The camera is attached to external buttons by wires and these buttons operate the camera from outside the casing. A camera and its casing or housing like this costs about $250 and is guaranteed to be waterproof to about 180 feet or 30 fathoms. This is far deeper than 99% of unassisted swimmers ever go in their whole lives. In fact, many scuba divers hardly ever go deeper than 30 fathoms either. When you use an underwater digital camera you ought to keep in mind that the lighting underwater is not as strong as it is on top of the water. Therefore, the settings on your camera should be such that the lens admits enough light. In order to do this the shutter speed will have to be slower or the aperture larger. These settings can be set automatically by changing the ASA setting. When you have purchased your underwater digital camera, test it in the bath first to see if the casing leaks otherwise you may be really disappointed when you come to use it for real. A few pointers are to prevent the casing and the lens from steaming up. Rub some spittle on the front glass and the camera lens, like divers do with their mask and put a few packs of silica gel in the casing to soak up the humidity.
If you are a keen swimmer and a keen photographer, price is no longer a real barrier stopping you from taking beautiful underwater shots of what you see with an underwater digital camera. Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on many topics, but is at existing involved with pofessional portrait photos. If you have an interest in photography, please go over to our website now at Photography Studio Cameras