Newbie with canon A80

[amateur_photographer]

Hi...
I'm a newbie here, currently using canon A80.

Want to seek for guidance from the gurus here,
is it worth to buy underwater case for A80?

Is it enough to take good underwater picture only with this two item
(camera+ u/w case) ?

Thanks

[kthan]

first , welcome to this sub froum.

I believe you can take decent pictures with just the housed camera, provided you shoot within the limits of the system.

Coincidentally (coincidently?) , we are running a u/w photography contest on using just the internal flash of the camera or ambient light shooting. I am sure you can find some nice pics soon.

Regards
Eric

[Gildow]

**come ** come** join the dark side **...now an underwater housing...next will be add on lenses, strobe and then dSRL...kekeke....

[kng]

Originally Posted by amateur_photographer Is it enough to take good underwater picture only with this two item (camera+ u/w case) ? Thanks

Yes... as kthan said, provided that you shoot within the LIMITS of the equipment. You can get beautiful results of small fishes and animals in close proximity. In shallow depths and good visibility (lots of sunlight), you can also take very decent wide angle shots. Check out some of my A70 shots...

[beivied]

Originally Posted by kng Check out some of my A70 shots...

uncle... url for him to see leh ...

[kng]

Originally Posted by beivied uncle... url for him to see leh ...

yes MOD! A sample at the 'photo competition' thread http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=78723

[chinaik]

What do you mean by within the limits? For A80, what is the limits for UW photography?

Me know nuts about UW photography and would like to know more stuff before buying the housing

cheers!!

[kthan]

With just camera + housing , the limits refer very much to macro, ambient light (no flash) and "prob" head and shoulder shots (i.e diver or some fish portraits)

Eric

[chinaik]

Thanks!