There we were in London one day thinking about what to replace our trusty Olympus 5060's with, as they had died on our last Cozumel trip. We had taken those 8 mega pixel cameras and housed them with Ikelite plexiglass boxes and bought nice DS-125 strobes to go with them. We'd used them for several years until finally the button that takes the pictures had gone belly up.
Now, you all know what crazy photographers we are. I was all set to house my Canon 7D, but was dreading the cost of doing so; cost from purchasing the equipment and cost of carrying all the weight. You see, it would require a huge housing, two dome ports and more arms to connect the strobes. With all the airline weight restrictions, we might even have to ship it down under; a thing I was loath to do.
SO...we walked by this dive shop and saw the most incredible video playing. We wandered in and asked about the video and were told about this marvelous little point and shoot camera that the owners had used to shoot the video. They even had a book of pictures that were incredible. After a lot of discussion we decided to lighten our loads and buy this new system...although Cheri still had reservations, John was all in!
So - we bought: Canon IXUS 100 IS (in the US - 785), Canon WP-DC31 housing, an Inon S2000 strobe, a Nocturnal Lights SLX 800i lighting system (big flashlight) for the video, Inon adapter for additional lens including the wide angle (UWL 105AD) and the macro lens as well as some arms to connect it all up.
So with great trepidation we splashed in and tried out the new toys. The first dive was a bit rough and the pictures were so so. As we learned the system, we began to get spectacular results from tiny macro to wide angle and everything in between! Hopefully soon, you can check them out at www.cherylawarren.com/index.htm.
Enjoy!
Cheri & John
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