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How Much Experience Have We Had?

Started Apr 4, 2020 | Discussions thread
picks2592 Regular Member • Posts: 271
Re: How Much Experience Have We Had?
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Picture of me and a picture of a shark I took

First “real” camera was a Sony f828 4 color sensor with tilt body I bought back in 2004 for my island wedding in grand cayman, cruise line provided 1 photographer and an assistant with our wedding package, let them “use “ my Sony for 2 days and copy the memory sticks and cards as long as they didn’t delete any pictures from wedding lol (over 100 free pictures lol) , moved up to a cannon 50d when they came out and then moved up to full frame with a 5d mkii once familiar with that.

Diving got certified in 2006 when a friend at my yacht club suggested it to me, have my dry suit, nitrox, advanced, confined space, cold water and shark endorsements since. 
 The two hobbies collided together about 2008 on this site when someone gave away (to me) on the free for you page a Canon 870 elph in an underwater canon housing which I gladly paid shipping for. After three or four years of getting used to underwater photography at that level I decided I wanted to get a little deeper involved, in 2014 I scheduled two dives ( no cage of course)  with Caribbean reef sharks on a 2015 cruise. That was the point I went all in with an aquatica housing for my 5dmkii , an 8” dome , dual strobes and a wide angle L zoom lens , still have and use my “free” setup to this day , and I bring out the big  rig for those special dives.

Fun trip down memory lane, thanks for posting and stay safe !!!

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