Macro shooting made easy

Ee wan Khoo · Issue 9, Oct/Nov 2002 · pp. 43–46

Products mentioned: Subal housing, Inon Z-22 quad flash, Nikon F100, Nikkor 60mm lens, Nikkor 105mm lens, 2x teleconverter, Fujichrome Velvia, Kodachrome 100VS, 66mm extension ring

At the end of the day, it’s results that matters. Never mind the inconvenience of dragging a 10kg camera system against a 3kt current, never mind the countless times of strobes adjustment and certainly never mind the 40 minutes of searching for an elusive critter as long as I have RESULTS!! But what if the results remain and all the inconvenience is reduced to a minimum? Too good to be true? Not anymore. The Subal housing and the Inon Quad flash combination is just a pure joy to operate. I first saw the system at Oceanoptics and immediately knew it’s potential under water. It makes sense for one thing, when it comes to macro, you would want a system that is as compact as possible without sacrificing results. Naturally I bombarded the guys with tons of questions and finally the only left to find out, is to bring it underwater. My opening ceremony was in the Maldives. Though not a popular …