Posted by Dennis (66.87.145.76) on February 12, 2004 at 10:20:16:
In Reply to: CANON EOS D10 LENSES posted by PAT on February 09, 2004 at 08:05:17:
: RECENTLY BOUGHT A CANON EOS D10 AND ARE WAITING FOR THE IKELITE HOUSING--WHAT IS THE BEST LENS FOR MACRO, AND WIDE ANGLE TO USE UNDERWATER WITH THIS CAMERA?
: THE CAMERA IS AMAZING !!! i CAN'T WAIT TO GET IT
: IN THE WATER.
: HAS ANYONE USED THIS CAMERA UNDERWATER YET?
: THANKS FOR ANY SUGGESTIONS OR EXPERIANCES.
: PB
PB:
There isn't a great deal of difference between lenses for a digital SLR and an analog SLR underwater, except for that digital lens factor. You want a wide angle optic (ideally 94 degree angle of view) used behind a dome port, and a 1:1 macro lens used behind a flat port.
With your Canon 10D (1.6x lens factor) that means either the Canon 50mm (equivalent to 80mm with 35mm film) or 100mm (160mm equivalent) macro lenses, and a wide angle lens. Now, that wide angle lens has to be very wide to give you any decent angle of view. The Canon 14mm (22mm equivalent) is about as wide as you can go, and it isn't cheap. This is why many are using their digital SLR's for macro/close-up work, and keeping their Nikonos camera/15mm lens combo for the wide angle photos.
#CA2537A003 CANON 50MM F2.5 MACRO EF LENS
$279.00
#CA4657A006 CANON 100MM F2.8 MACRO EF USM LENS
$569.00
#CA2508A002 CANON 14MM F2.8L EF USM LENS
$1999.00
#CA7261A002 CANON 16-35MM F2.8L EF USM ZOOM LENS
$1479.00
#CA8806A002 CANON 17-40MM F4L EF USM ZOOM LENS
$799.00
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Dennis
Helix UW Photo Dept