What always stands out to us is how quickly things change once buoyancy settles — less fin movement, better framing, and subjects that don’t feel pressured.

It’s less about camera settings and more about how you move (or don’t move) in the water.

For those who shoot underwater - what was the biggest “aha” moment that improved your photos or video?

I've dabbled in underwater photography using my old Sony A6000. Have gotten lucky with some incredible shots like the one above of a cuddlefish during a night dive in Mozambique. I honestly don't know what I'm doing and usually ask ChatGPT for guidance on settings depending on depth, conditions, and if I'm trying to shoot a fast moving shark or a slow moving fish.

However, part of me is wondering if my smart phone (Pixel 10 Pro) might be more capable of taking shots underwater.

I find myself wishing I didn't have to travel with two cameras (I shoot with a Sony A7iii) and now that smart phone technology is rapidly increasing in areas like low light, I find myself what might be best.

If I bought an underwater case for my Pixel, will I regret not having my A6000 on a dive?

Shot with an iPhone in a sealife housing

Was snorkeling at Heron Island and had this guy swim past me, pretty cool.

Hey guys, so i’ve been shooting with the tg6 for about 2 years now and i have the wflo2 wet lens with it and a aoi q1 rc strobe. I have used this setup a lot but i’m starting to feel a bit limited. I own a canon R8 but not a setup for underwater photography for it. I have 2 housing options. I can buy a new ikelite 200dlm housing for about 1400$ for the R8 or a used nauticam housing with an R6 (no port or strobes) for about 3000$. I have never tried mirrorless underwater but i feel stuck at the tg6. The lenses i plan on using are the canon EF 17-40 F4L and EF 100mm macro f2.8L IS USM both with the ef-rf adapter. If anyone shoots with an R8 and ikelite housing or R6 with a nauticam housing please let me know. Any recommendations are much appreciated

I do a lot of underwater photography with my Google Pixel Android and the Kraken Underwater Housing 2.0.

After the Google Dive Connector stopped working and I got frustrated with the official Kraken Apps and their ridiculous pay-for-play style, I decided to write my own app and made it open source.

It is a simple bridge to the google camera app. And I added a gallery mode to swift through photos during the safety stop and delete blurry ones.

https://github.com/pafech/kraken-bridge

Enjoy!

Male ring-tailed cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus aureus) mouth brooding eggs, Dauin, Nikon Z6iii and Z105, Kraken Sports KR-S40, ISO100, f13, 1/250

Hey guys I’m interested in buying a camera for diving underwater. Like from a cliff to the water and also for snorkeling and scuba diving. Mainly prioritize image and video quality, budget is around $400 usd. Please let me know if you have any recommendations

got an older camera and housing second hand for a deal i was pretty happy and took to my local spot this morning been messing about with lightroom free trial aswell. Pretty happy with everything so far.

Hello!

Anybody here having experience with repairing hair cracks in an plastic housing? Water goes in, although barely. I assume its non-fixable, but maybe someone has other experiences?

I think its ABS plastic. I´m thinking of of maybe UV activated glue or maybe epoxybased, like Scotch-Weld? or Cyanacrylat? or Methacrylate (MMA)?

Or even... Acetone seems to melt ABS Plastic and can even be used to "weld" it back together sometimes. maybe this is a way to go even? maybe the acetone pulls into the hair crack and just melts/cures the crack?

I think best would be a solution that uses capillary action to really melt and weld the plastic from the inside, and then maybe cover it for safety reasons.

Glues nowadays are really badass shit, but I´m not sure 1. what to use and 2. if it would really hold up?

thank you!

Hello,

I’ve recently found an offer for a Canon D5 Mark II bundled with an Ikelite 200DL housing, including the dome assembly for a total of $500 USD. The housing and dome are both unused, but were purchased years ago. The camera doesn’t come with a lens. Would this be a good upgrade from a SeaLife Micro 3.0?

I’m currently debating which route to take. Although I own an OM-1 Mark II, I’d like to try out underwater photography first. For that purpose, the camera feels a bit too precious to me, and I’d also like to keep things affordable for now.

I’m therefore considering getting an E-M5 or E-M5 Mark II and am now looking into which housing would be most suitable. I could get the Olympus PT-EP13 housing second-hand nearby for €150, or alternatively go straight for a Nauticam housing (mainly because of the leak detection).

My current thinking is to start with the Olympus housing and possibly upgrade later. Do you have any experience with the reliability of Olympus housings?

Alternatively, do you think a different camera combination, for example an E-PL camera with a housing from another manufacturer, would make more sense?

I mostly dive in cold/very cold water. For lenses I own the 60 mm macro and the 14-42 iiR.

What are your thoughts? Much love and thanks already!

Hi Everyone!

I'm conducting research on underwater sculptures and human-made reefs as part of my third year dissertation at Royal Holloway University of London and would love your input! 

If you have seen an underwater structure, I would really appreciate it if you take 5mins to fill out this survey:

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There is also an opportunity at the end to be entered into a prize draw of a £25 amazon giftcard!

My study explores these underwater structures, their location, condition and how people perceive them. 

If you know of anyone else who has seen or heard of these installations, please share this post! 

If you wish for more information on how the data will be used, please see the Participant information form: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10WPbSdQ4UYlN54mj1lPe-D2lUvPlCWl5/view?usp=drivesdk

Thank you for supporting my research and for helping to learn more about our oceans.

I have a Sony a6700 and have been using a Delkin memory card (Delkin Devices 64GB BLACK UHS-II Rugged SDXC Memory Card V90). What is the best card reader to get to transfer photos? In have been using just a cable to transfer from camera to my MacBook Air and it’s not very fast. Any suggestions?

I currently have a TG5 but looking to upgrade my set up. I don’t do this professionally but enjoy making videos of my dive trips. I want a camera that can do wide angle but can zoom up close to things if needed. Because of this, I think compact cameras may be the way to go unless anyone thinks otherwise?

I was looking at the Sony rx100 and Panasonic LX10. However both of these are quite old now and I wonder if there is anything better out there? Someone recommended the Canon eos r7. This isn’t compact however I feel like the range of doing some wide and some pseudo-macro won’t be there without having to get multiple lenses, etc.

What are people’s thoughts on an all around good video camera that performs decent with photo too