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Subject: [Leica] Underwater in the Galapagos
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:12:48 -0500
References: <AANLkTingzDeF4e2qnF2O-PEr7K9uKDWdRLmvN=i8Ajuz@mail.gmail.com>

+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
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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 ;-)
> 
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Underwater in the Galapagos)