Canon have an Underwater Photography Guide which shows reasons for using a digital camera over a film camera, Marine Techniques, Pre-Dive Preparations, Understanding White Balance, taking Macro Shots and Wide Angle Shots, Panorama Shots about Movies, Maintenance on the Boat and Post-Dive Maintenance.

The guide also has tips for Viewing and Sharing Images with Friends, Basic Retouching Techniques for Better Images and a Canon Water Proof Case Line-up.

A waterproof casing has been made for a mobile phone. It’s called a Wave Case and allows for the phone to be taken down to a depth of 4 metres. So, it’s for snorkelling and other water sports.

However, they could also make one for Scuba Diving. For now, people are using their phones to take photos while in the water.

WAVECASE is suitable for use with many different mobile phone models. Depending on type, all mobile phones can be used which do not exceed the following dimensions:

Height 110 mm / width 55 mm / depth 22 mm.

X-ray mag is a free online magazine packed full of articles and spectacular photo shots of whales, dolphins, sharks and other marine life. They have articles about wrecks just discovered or sunk, treasures found, the worlds smallest fish, and much more..

They also have a section on photo and video bits. Subscribe and download the magazine here

The Sony Cybershot DSCW7 has 6.4 Megapixels, can take 137 images. The size of the LCD screen is 6.4 cm, it has an optimal zoom of 3x, with a battery life of approximately 300-400 shots. The Sony Underwater Casing is rated to 40 meters. Buy the Sony Cybershot DSC-W7 Digital Camera

Read more about the Sony Cybershot DSC W7

The Nikon D70 digital SLR is used by both novice and experienced photographers. It has 6.1 Effective Megapixels: For exceptional resolution that can produce very high definition 3008 x 2000-pixel images for printing 11 x 14-inch photos.

It has Continuous shooting mode: With 3 frames per second and a dynamic buffer that lets you capture up to 144 pictures in sequence with no buffer stall using selected CF cards. Top Shutter Speed: Featuring a 1/8000 second shutter speed.

There are many different Underwater Housings for the Nikon D70 - see some reviews below.

Buy the Nikon D70

Read more about the Nikon D70 Digital SLR Camera and Underwater Housings

Darren Rowse over at Digital Camera Reviews posted about an article named 10 Things You Should Know About The Nikon D70.

The article is by Dan Richards an it’s published in the Photography Magazine.

There’s nothing in the article mentioned about Scuba Diving. However, there are quite a few housings which support the Nikon D70:

• Zillion ZAP-D70,
• Zillion ZAP-D70 Custom,
• BS Kinetics Dahna Digital,
• Fantasea Line FD70,
• Hugyfot HFN-D70,
• Bruder BUW1 ND70,
• 10bar Nikon D70/D70S,
• Seacam silver Nikon D70,
• UK-GERMANY UK-D-D70

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More about 10 Things You Should Know About the Nikon D70

Review of the Nikon D70

Read more about the Sony Cybershot DSC W7

UnderwaterPhotography.com have announced the winners of the Photo Contest for 2005, and there’s some beautiful shots there too.

Underwater Photography Contest Winners