The great digital debate: An experiment in comparison

Will Postlethwaite · Issue 17, Feb/Mar 2004 · pp. 49–53

Products mentioned: Nikon F90X, Nikkor 20mm, Subal housing, Sea&Sea YS120, Fuji Velvia 100F, Olympus 5050 Zoom, INON 100 degree wide angle lens, Ikelite housing, Sea&Sea YS90

49 Even the most conservative of underwater photographers are now wondering whether they should take the plunge and go digital but the Catch 22 is that there is no simple way to try before you buy and the switch is not cheap. ScubaDiver Australasia and the pages of UWP have, more than most, helped inform us about digital phtography underwater. However, for those of you who have not yet ventured into this world, here is something which would have helped me before I went digital, some direct comparisons with film to see whether we are looking at like for like or parallel media. I have tried to be objective as possible and, while I realise that I am not really comparing two directly similar systems, the points highlighted are fairly general for both media. For those of you looking for a definitive conclusion of which is best I do not think there ever can be one. There are personal preferenc…