Hi all,

My name’s Geoff Ward, last time I took any real Underwater Pics was back in 2005 @ Tavueni in Fiji, looking at going to Raja Ampat in October this year and trying to decide whether to switch from slide (which nobody uses these days) to digital, which will require buying an entire new rig, and adapting to it before October.

I used to use Velvia 50 ISO very comfortable with it and loved the results, also very comfortable with my Nikon F90 in a Subal Housing, SB25 in a Subal Housing.

Also used Fuji Provia and Kodachrome 100/200 ISO.

I can discuss more if interested.

Kind Regards

Geoff Ward.

Hey Geoff!

Great to have you with us and welcome to Waterpixels.

Film in Raja eh? Not too many folks think about doing that these days. I can well understand you hesitating though over the switch to digital given the timing. I have to say though, it's not a difficult transition. Well, other than on your bank account of course! THat's pretty painful.

We hope you enjoy the forum.

Hi Tim,

Thanks for the advice/support lol, it's gonna be hard letting go of a rig I've loved for yrs, maybe its time to move on...🤔🤔🤔🤿🌊🦈🐠

Thanks for the warm welcome as well Tim 🙏🏻🌊🤿🦈🐠

7 hours ago, Geoff said:

Hi all,

My name’s Geoff Ward, last time I took any real Underwater Pics was back in 2005 @ Tavueni in Fiji, looking at going to Raja Ampat in October this year and trying to decide whether to switch from slide (which nobody uses these days) to digital, which will require buying an entire new rig, and adapting to it before October.

I used to use Velvia 50 ISO very comfortable with it and loved the results, also very comfortable with my Nikon F90 in a Subal Housing, SB25 in a Subal Housing.

Also used Fuji Provia and Kodachrome 100/200 ISO.

I can discuss more if interested.

Kind Regards

Geoff Ward.

Welcome aboard. Hope you find the forum useful. If you haven't done much UW photography for 20 years I would venture that you might struggle equally with film or digital and you might as well take the leap now, assuming you know what you want to buy. At least with digital you can review your pics immediately and make corrections. In general terms the settings you use on film will translate across to digital directly, though the images won't necessarily look the same.