Aquatica AD7100

Tim Rock · Issue 76, Jan/Feb 2014 · pp. 41–45

Products mentioned: Aquatica AD7100, Nikon D7100, Aquatica AD7000, Sigma 8-16mm, Nikkor 10.5mm, Nikkor 14-24mm, Tokina 10-17mm, Sigma 8mm fisheye, Nikon 10-24mm, Sigma 50mm macro, Tokina 100mm macro, Aquatica close-up kit, Ikelite strobe, L&M Sola, Aqua Viewfinder, Galileo eyepiece

diving situations and shallow diving quite well. I frequently read Thom Hogan. His take on DX vs. FX is pretty much mine, that is, manufacturers make more money selling full frame bodies so they promote them more. Thus, they push them as being better in quality. As Hogan says, “Basically what’s happening right now is that camera makers are preying on your “wants” and not your “needs.” Put another way, if everyone wasn’t so lusting over full frame bodies Nikon would have had to have come out with the crop sensor D400 and some more DX lenses by now.” I have a pretty full range of lenses that work fine, especially underwater, with DX including the Sigma 8-16, Nikkor 10.5mm and 14-24, Tokina 10-17, Sigma 8mm full frame fisheye, A Nikon 10-24 and a few others. With a wide array like that to choose from, FX looked too limiting for my underwater needs. (… and as I write, Nikon has announced yet…