Over Under photos

I am going to Raja Ampat in February and I wonder about techniques for over under photos. I am using a Toking 10-17 and a Sigma 17-70 in the Ikelite 8 inch port on a Nikon D300. I the past I had trouble getting the camera to focus on the over the water portion of the photo, maybe because I had a close up diopter on my lens. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

Mike

I am going to Raja Ampat in February and I wonder about techniques for over under photos. I am using a Toking 10-17 and a Sigma 17-70 in the Ikelite 8 inch port on a Nikon D300. I the past I had trouble getting the camera to focus on the over the water portion of the photo, maybe because I had a close up diopter on my lens. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

Thanks

Mike

Hi Mike

Yea you will have problems with the close up diopter and over-under shots. With the Tokina 10-17 you wont have that problem. One of the other things you can do is set the camera for spot focus. I hope you have upgraded to the new 4 port lock for the housing.

Bill

David Doubilet has written a useful article on shooting split levels, which you can read here.

Alex

Hi Mike

Yea you will have problems with the close up diopter and over-under shots. With the Tokina 10-17 you wont have that problem. One of the other things you can do is set the camera for spot focus. I hope you have upgraded to the new 4 port lock for the housing.

 

Bill

Thanks Bill.

I did do the upgrade, seems much more secure.

Is there a trick for keeping water drops from ruining the photos? I don't know if you can use Rain-X on acrylic lenses.

Mike

David Doubilet has written a useful article on shooting split levels, which you can read here.

 

Alex

Thanks Alex,

The article is very helpfull

Mike

I was told you do not want to use Rain-X on acrylic. There is a product sold for acrylic windows in small planes that you can use http://sportys.com/source/features/search/...amp;x=0&y=0

Yet to try it as I moved to a glass dome.