Re: Going Crabbing With The D3!!

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:46:24 -0400, "Rita Berkowitz"
<ritaberk2008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>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.

Flash serves more than one function in underwater photography.
Illumination is one. Restoring color is another -  if you review the
YouTube video you'll notice Ynvge's rig had strobes, and you'll see
how strobe helps to restore color. 

BTW, are you allowed to use "logic" in a sentence?

>> 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.

That would explain you don't see many Canon shooters at winter
s****ting events. Oh, wait. You do see a lot of Canon shooters at
winter s****ting events....

In that case can you provide examples where exposure to 32F
temperatures will cause Canon lenses to delaminate?

TR