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Over/Under photos.

Started Sep 20, 2021 | Discussions thread
PHXAZCRAIG
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Re: Over/Under photos.

I've tried this a number of times, and mostly failed miserably.   Without some sort of float on the housing, my rig (30+ pounds dry) is simply too massive to hold half out of the water.   My attempts mostly involve a bit of momentum and total luck.

Here was my first attempt, at the end of a dive when I simply shoved the camera up and hit the shutter release.  Not much under.

Here is a better result on another attempt.  I took several images as I was ascending, with this being the last one.

I once tried to practice over-unders in a shallow area next to my dive resort.  Figured if I was standing on the bottom I could simply hold the camera as needed.

The reality was that it was almost as hard to stand up with fins on with all that weight and a bit of current as shoving the rig out of the water.  I got nothing from the attempt as I fell over repeatedly.   Sigh.

My advice:  get some sort of float for the camera

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