Extreme Wide Angle in Lembeh: Experimenting with super-wide angle

Will Postlethwaite · Issue 23, Mar/Apr 2005 · pp. 48–51

Products mentioned: Nikon D70, Nikon 10.5mm fisheye, Ikelite housing, Ikelite DS125 strobes, Ikelite eV controller, INON auxiliary lens

I had just finished a muck dive with Kungkungan Bay Resort in the Lembeh Strait and when I got back onto the boat all the photographers were asking me why my strobes were so far away from the camera and subject? Was I mad? Did I have no idea? (maybe they were right!) When I explained that I was using a fisheye lens they were still not impressed and were just even more convinced that I was mad and had no idea what I was doing. At least, however, they now understood my strobe positioning. I have to admit it does seem like madness but that is part of the reason I was trying out the lens in this situation. A number of factors had led up to me using the fisheye on these dives and rather than waffle on around them I thought I would list them below; 1.Ever since I started to shoot digital underwater I have been tempted to experiment and, inspired by Alex Mustard and his talk at Visions 2004, I …