The Lens that Changed My Life

Pat Baker · Issue 123, Nov/Dec 2021 · pp. 39–43

Products mentioned: Nikonos, Canon FL 19mm f3.5, UW-Nikkor 28mm, Rollei-Marine, Exa underwater camera

photographer and good dive buddy Dan Bolt who opted to shoot conventionally (and vertically) with overlapping frames.His experience was that the software he used afterwards, given frames with very few straight lines to reference, struggled to come up with an acceptable result. It was only by using a combination of apps that he was able to achieve an end result. Now this all takes time and needs to be done on a shot by shot basis. The beauty of the iPhone is that it is live and saves the images to your Photos folder. I have always dreamt of being able to shoot in this mode underwater and it has been quite a while coming but now that it is as simple as pressing a button and panning, the underwater experience and possibilities are very exciting. The big attraction of Panos in limited viz like the UK is that you can achieve images which have much more space in them. The longer you pan, the w…