Tips for Shooting Wide Angle

Steve Norvich · Issue 2, Oct/Nov 2001 · pp. 27–31

Products mentioned: Nikonos V, Sea and Sea, Nikon F5, Nikonos 15mm lens, 18mm lens, Nikonos RS, SB104 strobe, Velvia 50, Provia 100

Tips for Shooting Wide Angle with Steve Norvich If you are like me, you probably started out in underwater photography by shooting a Nikonos V (or Sea and Sea) with framers and extension tubes. As time goes by, however, certain limitations of this system can get frustrating. As such there is a tendency to move to a Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera which is either amphibious by nature or is housed in a metal or Lucite housing from one of the many good vendors in the business. An SLR allows more creativity and control over the results since in most cases you see what you are shooting in the viewfinder (in certain cases, however, less than 100% of the image is in the viewfinder),but it also requires more skill than simply placing a framer over a subject and pressing the trigger. While this will certainly remove many of the limitations imposed by not using an SLR camera, it also will whet you…