Best Buoyancy

Team Backscatter · Issue 115, Jul/Aug 2020 · pp. 32–34

Products mentioned: Ikelite Trim Weight System, Nauticam WWL-1, AOI UWL-09 PRO, Nauticam WACP, Nauticam WWL-C, Stix float collars, Ultralight arms, Nauticam arms, Isotta arms, Aquatica arms

Best Buoyancy by the Backscatter Team (perfect trim). If you’ve experienced these issues, this is the article for you. Small cameras can be bricks underwater Customers visit Backscatter to put their hands on housings and are always attracted to the most compact option. We always warn that “While it looks travel friendly, you’ll need to add floats so that it’s not as heavy as a brick underwater.” Experienced underwater photographers quickly learn that smaller camera systems need a significant bulk of arm floats to make them enjoyable to use underwater. While compact housings may be small in travel size, they lack air space in the housing to make them easy to handle underwater. Adding additional lenses, focus lights, and hardware can increase this underwater weight. Buoyancy on the arms is a must and you’ll definitely want additional buoyancy options if adding wet lenses. Cinema housings a…