Introduction of underwater photography

Introduction

Since the introduction of the digital camera to consumers, the technology of digital cameras has improved and the prices for these cameras have come down a great deal. Many of the entry-level digital cameras are capable of producing an eight-by-ten photograph at the same quality or better of that of a film camera. And camera makers like Nikon, Canon, and Olympus have devoted quite a lot of attention to making underwater housings for their respective cameras, allowing consumers to take their digital cameras underwater with them at a very reasonable price.

In the past, underwater photography was for the very experienced photographer with a rather large budget since it was such an obscure hobby. Up until the 1990’s the only major camera company that had an underwater line was Nikon, and it was very expensive and extremely complicated.

But now, most of the digital cameras that are available have an underwater housing dedicated to that specific camera at a very reasonable price. And scuba diving is becoming very popular as well. This means that more and more consumers will begin taking underwater photographs with their digital cameras. But taking good digital underwater photographs is a lot different than taking good above-water photographs. I hope this manual will help you understand what you need to do in order to take great digital underwater photographs.