Help Needed - Underwater Photography

[Rob MacKillop]

My daughter, Rhona, wants to do so some underwater photography for part of her A-Level Art portfolio. She has a Canon 1100D camera. Can she make it waterproof, or should she get a specialist camera? She'll be using it in a swimming pool with models (friends) in dresses...

 

[Dave Moss]

She will need something like this Rob
DSLR SLR Camera Waterproof Underwater Housing Case Dry Bag For Sony Alpha Nikon | eBay

You can get deeper models but then the housong would be more expensve than the camer

 

[Craig Sperring]

I understand you can use a bag for this kid of shot. A lot cheaper than a full housing.
Canon 600D 550D 500D 1100D 450D 350D Waterproof Underwater Housing Case Dry Bag | eBay

Craig

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Both nice and cheap, but are they safe?

 

[Craig Sperring]

I have to admit I have never had any personal experience using these but I know this kind of bag are quite popular.
Don't know if any fellow members have had any personal knowledge of these?
Craig

 

[Dan Cattermole]

I can lend you my Fuji XP that I took around with me on Tough Guy?! Lol

 

[Rob MacKillop]

There's an idea, but all that mud will leak out in the pool...

Love your new avatar!

 

[Hamish Gill]

This section of this site is worth keeping an eye on
Refurbished cameras | The Fuji Shop

 

[Pete Askew]

There are various DIY options on YouTube and I also found a preview of the DiCAPac units. These look a bit more robust and, more importantly easier to control the camera with.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/DiCAPac-WP-S10-Marine-digital-camera/dp/B0031WQ2JM

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I suspect the big problem she will have is how to light the models. Maybe some cheap flashguns from eBay in cheap UW bags connected to photocells and fired by the on-camera flash (if it doesn't cause flare in the bag.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=1GAB6FCAWD7D70RCR1VD

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Actually that looks like it would even work. Use the flash on the camera in a fill-flash mode and have two cheap S/H manual flash guns on cells in a bag each position around the models.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, guys. She won't have much money to spend. I'm wondering what the quality is like using the clear bags, compared to the Fuji XP10 at £60...

 

[Hamish Gill]

The slr in a bag will be better quality

A water proof compact camera is also a compact camera ... A waterproof bag has limited use ...

Those would be my opposing thoughts

 

[Chris Dodkin]

You could also look at used waterproof 35mm cameras

Cheaper and generally good quality

underwater camera | eBay

Pelican Case, Genuine Reefmaster, Diving Camera, Underwater Camera | eBay

 

[Pete Askew]

That A70 looks like it could do the job.

 

[Bryan Hunt]

Rob i use one of these when I go scuba diving .they are good for 40 m depth
Olympus PT-019 Underwater Case for C-5000 | eBay

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, all. Any of those would do. We shall see what she thinks.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

We want to see the results though Rob - sounds very interesting

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I don't know if we ever will. Exam submissions, and all that...

 

[Dan Cattermole]

There's an idea, but all that mud will leak out in the pool...

Love your new avatar!

No mud on it no more, as clean as a whistle...... Or, as a camera should be anyway.

Thanks, my avatar photo was part of my light mummy saga phase I went through Light play - a set on Flickr

Maybe, it might just might frequently remind me to pull my finger out and start being creative again.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Great stuff, Dan. Amazing.

 

[Adam Lewis]

What about a Tupperware and an infrared remote control? You could even put the Tupperware inside a larger one again if you don't feel confident with the seal?

Oh wait, scrap that, you're all talking film aren't you? Doh.