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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Underwater photography: Canon 5d4 vs 1dx mark ii & Q on lenses | |
I will echo what everyone else has said.
If you are going to put a dslr in the water you really need an aluminum housing such as a Subal, Nauticam, Aquatica, Seacam, etc. The reasons are many. handling, durability, image quality, ease of use.
Most photos underwater are taken between inches to about 5 feet or less from the subject. There are exceptions of course shipwrecks, big animals and other large things. The point is you need to be as close as you can. Extreme Wide angle and fisheye lenses are the standard lens. a 70-200 is out of the question underwater.
Even with the really stellar technical capability, high ISO ability and everything else a modern DSLR offers, you still need a strobe. Two actually.
If you add it all up, a 5d Mk 4 underwater package will cost you about $10,000. Even if that was not an issue for you, you'll want to take a lot of pictures uw before you head to a fabulous place like the galapagos.
All that said, I was on a trip to Cuba recently and some of the folks had GoPro 5's, They used the set of filters BackScatter sells and got some very nice looking footage. I was very impressed. That might be an option to consider.
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