OrcaTorch D900V review

Kate Jonker · Issue 106, Jan/Feb 2019 · pp. 40–44

Products mentioned: OrcaTorch D900V, Olympus TG5, Olympus PT-058 housing, Canon 7dmkii, Sea & Sea Housing, Tokina 10-17mm fisheye lens, Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes, Inon Z240 strobe, 60mm macro lens

The biggest problem I had when I started out in underwater photography was getting my camera to focus. I soon realised that in order for my camera to focus, it needed to see contrast and in the often dark and dingy underwater world, there isn’t always sufficient light to create enough contrast for the camera’s sensor and the camera really struggles to focus. This was easily remedied by attaching a focus light to my housing. And voilà - I pointed the light at my subject and the camera focussed quickly and accurately. Problem solved! As divers, we are taught how to keep neatly trimmed to prevent drag and to help with air consumption. As photographers, we tend to scupper all of that by adding focus lights, strobes, snoots, snoot torches, snoot torches with multi-coloured filters, UV lights and video lights. And sometimes we dive with all of these together so as not to miss ‘that’ shot – or …