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@humu9679 @ChipBPhoto thanks for your advice, I appreciate the insight! I’ll do as I’m told and take another look at getting a strobe. I’m continually finding new inspiration and will definitely check Kate Jonker out, thanks again

Thanks @TimG you make some good points. I’ll be using it as sold to start with so I guess I should do the sensible thing and see if I need to go wider before buying a conversion lens 🙂

Hi all, I have in my possession a TG-7, PT-059 housing, seafrogs tray/handles and some cheap-ish arms/clamps. On the firm advice of members of my local dive club I have two video lights on their way from China (LetonPower L15) and this will at least get me started. Most of the divers in my club who shoot lean towards what I’d call generic point and shoot, or macro whereas my natural interest leans more towards wide-angle stuff but I don’t know how realistic a goal it is to be aspiring to capture close focus wide angle shots in UK waters and typically those in the North England & Scotland. The reading I’ve done so far (I think) seems to suggest that cfwa is appropriate in poor vis so should be something I can work on but I’d like to check I’m on the right track. I guess my questions are: 1) Am I going to be able to scratch my wide angle itch in my local diving environment (weather permitting) 2) is my setup going to work, at least for now? Long term I’d look at getting either a 120 degree wa lens or the weefine fisheye (I love fisheye) 3) can I get away without strobes for now? again long term I’ll get some, probably backscatter atoms Thanks, Jon

Yep no probs @TimG not really looking for an answer and will ensure any questions are raised in the appropriate section

Thanks for the warm welcome both 👍 @humu9679 I’m starting steady 🙂 I had considered getting a second hand housing for my Nikon D700 as it doesn’t see any use these days but decided that was probably too ‘all the gear no idea’ even for me so bought a tg-7 and housing on a prime day deal this week to get my feet wet with and will go from there. I’m a sucker for wide angle so may well end up getting the 120 degree backscatter wet lens but am in no rush as I’m not sure how useful it’d be in local water, and I fully appreciate I need light before glass anyway. I’m trying to do some reading before making a purchase in that area.

Hi, I’m a long-time overland photographer just starting my journey into capturing images under the surface. I came across waterpixels whilst trying to find out what was happening to what had appeared to be a major online resource for underwater photography and I’m glad to have made the discovery! I’m in full information consumption mode and very much looking forward to the learning curve of applying what I’ve learned in the last 25 years to a very different environment. I’m based in the North of England so a lot of my diving is in cold water with less-than-ideal vis but I occasionally to manage to get abroad and out of my dry suit