Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]+1 regret ever selling my II great for sea and shore and boat and rain and muck Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Oct 14, 2010, at 6:00 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > Alastair, > If you really intend to take a number of photos underwater, get yourself a > used Nikonos II or Nikonos III. You can find them on e-Bay or in most dive > shops for well under $200. I paid $189 for mine a few years back. They are > designed for underwater photography without a housing and are unarguably > the > most rugged cameras ever made. The 35mm Nikkor lens is extremely sharp and > can be used in air as well as water. After you take pictures you can use it > to crack walnuts or drive nails. Or even sell it on e-Bay pretty close to > the price you paid for it. There is a small but remarkably steady demand > for > these cameras from divers and sailors. > Larry Z > - - - - - > > On Oct 14, 2010, at 2:02, afirkin at afirkin.com wrote: > > > I'm hoping to go to the galapagos next year: how does it do underwater ;-) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information