Hello everyone!

I'm Paul, an ex-professional photographer, shooting for luxury fashion brands like Hugo Boss, YSL and then into motosports specifically for Petronas motosports in MotoGP and F1. That all got me to where I am today - founder of a Marketing Tech company.

A long time ago, I used to shoot with a 5Dm3 and a long list of canon lenses;
underwater I was shooting with the 8-15mm / 100mm macro in an Ikelite housing, but that was perhaps 10 years ago!

Fast forward to today, I'm looking to get back into underwater photos (but a bit more interested in videos!), so I bought a Sony A7v, Seafrogs Salted Line but have not decided on lenses I will use, and that's why I'm here to get some opinions!

Hi Paul,

Welcome aboard!

You are in the right place. We are professional consultants in the art of burning through cash and liquidating bank accounts 😁

4 minutes ago, Davide DB said:

art of burning through cash and liquidating bank accounts

Haha! Thanks for the welcome :)

and well, aren't we all pretty good at spending our life savings on beautiful images 🤣, love the candid nature of this forum though!

Welcome!

You might find yourself bumping up against the limitations of the Salted housing in the long term, but good news is that Sea Frogs now produces an aluminum housing for that camera which is compatible with Marelux and with an adapter I believe Nauticam ports.

-Grant

Thanks for your input @Grantmac. Yea, I think I'm pretty aware that if I really want to get serious seafrogs isn't really the deal, but let's see! Wasn't ready to spend a fortune yet!

Edited March 31Mar 31 by Paulkzk

16 hours ago, Paulkzk said:

Thanks for your input @Grantmac. Yea, I think I'm pretty aware that if I really want to get serious seafrogs isn't really the deal, but let's see! Wasn't ready to spend a fortune yet!

And here’s one of the dilemmas of u/w photography. I think we’ve all been there: don’t want to spend big bucks, compromise, get more experienced and….. then realise you should have spent the big bucks. Argh. Not easy. But if it’s any consolation, which it isn’t of course, you’re not alone.

your CV to date is making me feel pretty pedestrian.....

On 4/1/2026 at 4:45 PM, TimG said:

And here’s one of the dilemmas of u/w photography. I think we’ve all been there: don’t want to spend big bucks, compromise, get more experienced and….. then realise you should have spent the big bucks. Argh. Not easy. But if it’s any consolation, which it isn’t of course, you’re not alone.

You're right! Some 10 years ago I was using Ikelite housings with a 5D III - without vacuum pumps or sensors, and very meticulous greasing and cleaning! So the Seafrogs with a vacuum pump already sounds like an upgrade! 😂

But let's see, time will tell when I'll have the regret of "oh, i should have gone for smth better!" haha

On 4/1/2026 at 4:59 PM, Mike Saunders said:

your CV to date is making me feel pretty pedestrian.....

🤣 you might be a better underwater image maker than me! It's been 10 years since I've took any serious camera underwater and from what I recall, very little of my on-land knowledge gets transferred underwater! In fact, I'm having to watch videos now of experts sharing tips :P