[Coral-List] Digital photo-monitoring
David Wheeler
davidwheeler at doctors.net.uk
Tue Jun 3 03:38:04 EDT 2008
I am a mere tyro having worked from time to time with Coral Cay but I
recently got excellent shots using a bog standard compact (Canon
PowerShot S50) at its "28mm" setting mounted at a suitable distance
above the frame and using the standard Canon housing. This gives an
undistorted field of view with good definition. A more modern camera
with more pixels and a shorter focal length should do even better -
possibly the latest wide angle Lumix (which has a Leica lens after
all). The only problem with the greater distance would arise if the
water clarity was significantly impaired but I had no problems off
Tobago. A small pair of side mounted strobes would help to get round
this by eliminating back scatter.
David Wheeler
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