[beginner] Housing + light + wideye-lens for a Sony PC-5
Ok, here goes:
I've done some brief search in my hunt for a complete setup that would make me able to take my Sony PC-5 under water, but I'm not sure about what would be the best buy for my camera. I know that my PC-5 only is a 1-chip camera etc etc, but then I don't have the money to spend on a better DV cam.
So, what I would like you good people to answer is:
* what (apart from the housing) do a really (really) need? I guess a light or two is neccesary, especially since I live and dive in Sweden with murky waters. But what about a wide angle lens? Is that neccesary? I've heard that I can't do without it, but is that true?
Ok, so what about the brand? From what I understand, there's only two manufacturers that does housings for my Sony PC-5 and that's Ikelite and Nimar.
This http://www.ikelite.com/web_pages/sony_pc5.html looks like a good housing, and this: http://www.ikelite.com/web_pages/videolite.html looks like a pretty ok videolight. But do I need 50W or 100W to shoot decent scenes? And the wide-eye lens? Where can I find information about price and availability?
I plan to buy my setup in th US, and have emailed with B&H in the US about prices. It seems, however, that the guys at B&H doesn't know very much about their products (I got first offered one housing and two handheld divelamps!)...
Ok, should anyone feel like answering my beginner-questions I'd be a happy guy =) I really really want to shoot some uw-scenes when I go to Norway in 2 months. And then there's that trip to Bonaire in summer... and...
