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The housing arrived on Friday afternoon and within an hour I had the D300 loaded up. I was hoping to have something decent as my first image in the housing (even if it wasn't underwater) well, I bumped the shutter release lever so this is my real first image:



This is what I really wanted...



On Sunday, I took the housing and camera for it's first underwater excursion. Again, I wanted to take something special as a first image. I saw a nudibranch and thought that would be nice but realised I needed to use f/22 rather than f/16. Well, the shutter release level is right next to the sub-command dial knob. So, this is my first underwater image.



I would have been much happier with this as my first image:



For those that are interested, here's a bit of a write-up on the housing: Ikelite Undewater Housing for the D300. Actually, even if you aren't interested, the write-up is still there.

At least you were out having some fun Andrew.
At least the housing did not leak
Regards Colin

The rig looks awesome Andrew - congrats!

Did you need to reconfigure the Pelican?

 LOL the second pictures in each case look great!

dviv wrote:Did you need to reconfigure the Pelican?

David, not significantly. I just had to remove a few pieces of foam.

Amazing setup you have there Andrew.

Looks like you had a great time down there and also getting ready for it

Cheers,

André

......... I think someone was excited.........

Glad the housing arrived in time Andrew, your second shots are hard to pick they are taken from a housing

Here are the processed versions of the better shots from the dive: Dive at Camp Cove on 10/02/2008

Some nice shots Andrew, especially the cuttlefish, seahorse and tunicate. PS liked your photography site too!

I saw a nudibranch and thought that would be nice

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What kind of party were you having?

Nice - you will have a lot of fun with it.

What strobes and arms did you set up on your new kit?