Parting Shots

Simon Brown & Nigel Marsh · Issue 44, Sep/Oct 2008 · pp. 55–56

Products mentioned: Nikon D200, Subal housing, 10.5mm fisheye lens, Nikon D50, Ikelite housing, 18-55mm lens, Inon Z240 strobes

Parting Shot 1 Sometimes events conspire to work against you and make life harder than it should be. Cameras and housings are not immune to this, and non-photographers would say that by carrying underwater camera gear you are heading for a diving life full of frustration and disappointment. Sometimes it’s a self-induced error like forgetting to take off the lens cap before jumping in, but other times the camera or housing refuses to cooperate and the pre-dive photo planning is binned. Or is it? This black and white image of my buddy shining his torch on one of the casement guns of the Markgraf certainly would not have existed if the dive had gone to plan. For those who have never heard of Scapa Flow, the Markgraf is just one of three examples First World War vintage German battleships. The wreck is big, inverted and sitting in 44 meters of water - a wreck diver’s personal nirvana. As she…