HaraldL Posted February 27, 2007 Share #21  Posted February 27, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Jaap,  At this moment I'm still waiting for my m8 to be delivered. Although expensive I can tell you I'll use it as much as possible. But on the beach, with sand and salt water environment are you serious?? Are you also driving on the beach of Oostvoorne with a Morgan? My advice buy one of the Nikonos cameras, they're made for that purpose, will very likely give you better images then a m8 in a plastic bag and it's a great new toy too... Have a nice holliday and please send us those eventual underwaterworld-out-of-a-plastic-bag-images with at least €6K equipment.  Harald Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wlaidlaw Posted February 27, 2007 Share #22  Posted February 27, 2007 Jaap, At this moment I'm still waiting for my m8 to be delivered. Although expensive I can tell you I'll use it as much as possible. But on the beach, with sand and salt water environment are you serious?? Are you also driving on the beach of Oostvoorne with a Morgan? My advice buy one of the Nikonos cameras, they're made for that purpose, will very likely give you better images then a m8 in a plastic bag and it's a great new toy too... Have a nice holliday and please send us those eventual underwaterworld-out-of-a-plastic-bag-images with at least €6K equipment.  Harald  Jaap,  Even the youngest Nikonos V is now old and unless very recently serviced, will need all the seals and O rings plus lens seals replacing. This has to be done by very experienced Nikonos technicians, who understandably, don't come cheap. If you are into using vintage underwater gear, like quite a few people are (I could not believe how much someone paid for my early 1970's Siebe Gorman Merlin Mk VI twin hose regulator) this is fine but otherwise, a modern small digital and housing will cost about the same as a good Nikonos service. You also need a strobe flash for the Nikonos if you are going to use it under about 5-7 metres down. If a small digital has a reasonable flash, you can use them down to about 15 metres and still get reasonable results. The ones I took with my Canon below that, would again have greatly benefited from a strobe, like one of the smaller Sea & Sea Duo slave guns. The images were VERY blue. I bet you have had so much advice now, you wish you had never asked.  Here is the sort of thing my little Canon is capable of  Wilson Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/17018-swimming-with-the-m8/?do=findComment&comment=184987'>More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share #23  Posted February 27, 2007 Jaap, At this moment I'm still waiting for my m8 to be delivered. Although expensive I can tell you I'll use it as much as possible. But on the beach, with sand and salt water environment are you serious?? Are you also driving on the beach of Oostvoorne with a Morgan? My advice buy one of the Nikonos cameras, they're made for that purpose, will very likely give you better images then a m8 in a plastic bag and it's a great new toy too... Have a nice holliday and please send us those eventual underwaterworld-out-of-a-plastic-bag-images with at least €6K equipment.  Harald  Not a Morgan- a TR4, but they don't allow it any more. I drove a Moggie for twenty years btw - drove it everywhere for over 250000 km, and yes- on beaches and through seawater too. As I posted earlier however, I decided to substitute a D2 for the M8 under water, for practical purposes, i.e auto-everything, flash and live view.. The M8 got half covered in snow a few weeks ago btw. No ill effects.Welcome to the forum too, It is nice to see a near-neighbour, with similar interests as well! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grober Posted February 28, 2007 Share #24 Â Posted February 28, 2007 Jaap, Â With even a modest lens, the thought of putting my US$6,000 investment under any salt sea, no matter how secure the enclosure promises to be, gives me the shakes just thinking about it. I'll probably have a nightmare or two tonight... Â You are a far braver man than I, that's no mistake. Â -g Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaraldL Posted February 28, 2007 Share #25 Â Posted February 28, 2007 Jaap, Â Wise decision. Photographing underwater is a real challenge but takes time. It's quite different from dry imaging. I once encountered more then a 100 wild dolphins, actually I was in the center of them, which was so impressive that whatever your photographing experience is, you'll be focussed on the dolphins, not on your camera. And enjoy that moment, maybe it's an once in a lifetime encounter. Â Harald Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 28, 2007 Share #26  Posted February 28, 2007 Jaap, Wise decision. Photographing underwater is a real challenge but takes time. It's quite different from dry imaging. I once encountered more then a 100 wild dolphins, actually I was in the center of them, which was so impressive that whatever your photographing experience is, you'll be focussed on the dolphins, not on your camera. And enjoy that moment, maybe it's an once in a lifetime encounter.  Harald  ....and remember to turn the flash OFF when really close - South Africa 2006.  Wilson Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/17018-swimming-with-the-m8/?do=findComment&comment=185546'>More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share #27 Â Posted February 28, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) You were in a cage - right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaraldL Posted February 28, 2007 Share #28 Â Posted February 28, 2007 You were in a cage - right? It's a raggie, sand tiger tooth shark, actually very timid. Even without scuba equipment you can take this picture, in Cape Town's Seaworld. Yes, there you should turn flash off and do not rely too much on auto focus... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 28, 2007 Share #29 Â Posted February 28, 2007 You were in a cage - right? Â No - in the tank but they apparently don't like to eat people very much - or so they told us. Â Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bap Posted March 2, 2007 Share #30  Posted March 2, 2007 Jaapv saw this on leisure pro page and thought you might be interested Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/17018-swimming-with-the-m8/?do=findComment&comment=187829'>More sharing options...
bap Posted March 2, 2007 Share #31 Â Posted March 2, 2007 forgot to mention $149.00 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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