Editorial

Staff · Issue 121, Jul/Aug 2021 · pp. 4

Editorial Find your level Richard Yorke’s excellent article about his underwater photographic equipment journey makes poignant reading, is full of valid points and I think should apply to the majority of UwP readers. At the back of his mind before considering any new purchase is ‘What do I need from it or What do I want it for?’. Those are much more intelligent questions than the more often ‘This is going to improve things for me’. The marketing department’s dream is to create a desire which can overrule rational thought. It also helps to be individualistic in your thinking and not swayed by those in your group who have upgraded to bigger and supposedly better outfits. The other attribute to develop, and Richard has done this very well too, is to be underwater photographically contained and by that I mean non dominant on a dive. He is a keen marine biologist and Seasearch volunteer so hi…