Parting shot

Rob Galkoff · Issue 24, May/Jun 2005 · pp. 52

Products mentioned: Canon EOS, Canon IXUS 500, Ocean Optics housing

Parting shot Do you have a nice shot with a short story behind it? If so e mail me and yours could be the next “Parting shot”. peter@uwpmag.com I have always enjoyed photography and finally made the leap to digital a couple of years ago. The flexibility of being able to delete and easily store images was the main motivator for the move. Before I had a digital camera, I went to the Coral Reef on my first scuba dive and bought a Kodak underwater camera. I was so excited to get the pictures back and so disappointed with the results. The colour wasn’t there and I’d missed most of the shots I wanted to capture. Things move on and digital cameras have become smaller (I have a Cannon EOS and my wife and Cannon IXUS 500) and the quality is much better than before. In February this year I took my family to Eilat and was keen to not only go scuba diving and get some better pictures, but also to ca…