Re: Going Crabbing With The D3!!

TRoss wrote:

>> If you're looking for the ultimate crabbing rig to catch those crusty
>> crustaceans look no further than the D3!  Why can't Canon build a
>> rig that has such high-ISO performance and able to withstand the
>> rigors of a hostile environment?
>>
>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q22fxYe9Vk>
>
> Paul Nicklen shoots Canons. His website has galleries of underwater
> images from the Arctic and the Antarctic.  www.paulnicklen.com
>
> As for "high-ISO performance," I have never seen any photography load
> Kodachrome 6400 in a Nikonos or ReefMaster. I've seen folks using K64,
> but never K6400. I've never been to the Arctic, so maybe that's what
> they shoot there. I've also never seen K6400....

That's because it follows the old logic of blasting the subject with flash
instead of having high-ISO film grain.

> As for the "rigors of a hostile environment," my 300D has the same
> operating temperature range as the mighty D3, and both can operate at
> 0-degrees C. The temp range of the Arctic Ocean is 0-1 degrees C., so
> if you wrap either in a suitable underwater housing (Yngve from the
> video uses Subal) you're good to go.

No doubt!  That's not what is in question.  Most photographers that are
going to be taking their Canon rigs in an environment like that are going
to
be using Nikon or Sigma lenses since Canon's L glass starts delaminating
at
that temperature.





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