Little miracles

Peter Rowlands · Issue 28, Jan/Feb 2006 · pp. 17–18

Products mentioned: Olympus C40, Olympus PT-012 housing

I think it’s fair to say that there has never been an easier time to start underwater photography and also that it has never been simpler to get good results straight away. When I started, disposable flash bulbs were the order of the day, the Nikonos 15mm didn’t exist and most of us made Perspex housings as there was very little commercially made equipment. We had to invent solutions as we went along and this made producing good shots very frustrating but, when it worked, very exhilarating. Nowadays with the advent of compact digital cameras and, more importantly, their amazing plastic housings, underwater photography is not only easier but first timers can also get good images at the push of a button for very little money. The result is that more and more divers are taking cameras underwater and again, more importantly, are encouraged by the pictures they see so they keep taking picture…