I
purchased my first underwater camera in December 2003. This was an
Olympus C5050 compact camera and I was forced to replace it eight
months later after failing to correctly fit the underwater housing’s
o-rings.
My Olympus C5060 compact camera fared better than its
predecessor and was only “retired” in June 2006 when I purchased my
present camera, a Nikon D200 digital SLR.
I found the transition
from a compact camera to a digital SLR far from easy and must thank
Steve Warren of Ocean Optics, London as well as Alex Mustard and Martin
Edge for their patience and advice.
I am fairly careless so my
SLR is housed in a robust Subal ND20 housing and I also use two Inon
Z-240 strobes held by Inon arms. I have found Inon strobes to be very
reliable and I prefer to have two strobes rather than one as I consider
this gives me more lighting options.