With a heavy dose of inspiration from you guys.....I have finally put together the U/W outfit. The goal here was to to have a camera / housing with most of the bells and whistles while keeping it in a small package. If it's big and cumbersome, I don't think I would use it a lot. I do a lot of backpacking so this setup will hopefully mesh with that activity. Here's the details:

Canon S90 point and shoot....very impressive camera I must say. Too many features to list but it does have RAW, aperture ring and full manual control.

Fisheye Fix S90 Housing....quality housing machined from solid bar-stock aluminum. All camera functions can be operated via the housing.

Fisheye Fix Dome and fisheye lens (UWL-04)....jury still out on this as I've only snapped a few photos but it seems to be a quality piece of equipment.

I hastily pout together a homemade tray to allow for a better grip of the small housing. I may ditch the tray if I see I can handle the housing without it.

I'm headed to Alaska in a few days so it should get a workout. I'll dump a load when I get back.

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John....I was reluctant to make the initial investment but needed to upgrade my point-and-shoot camera anyway. After perusing numerous underwater photography websites....I'm seeing that "used" UW gear does not depreciate that much. With that said....if I don't use it, I should be able to recoup most of my investment on the used market.

At least that's what I'm telling myself.  

That's a sweet looking setup Steve, I'm interested to see the results.  Have fun in Alaska.

Thanks guys. I'm leaving in the morning....I'll post back in a couple of weeks.

Fisheye Fix S90 Housing and Canon S90 P&S
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I'm really pleased with this setup. Lightweight, small and compact....perfect for the itinerant angler!


As you can see in this photo(below)....droplets on the top half of the dome are problematic. Note to self...spit on dome. This was shot in an alpine lake so I had to be careful not to stir up sediment. The angler in the boat helped avoid this issue.
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I prefer the totally UW photo so as to add an abstract look and avoid the aforementioned droplet problem.
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I guess you could call this an underwater grip and grin.
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I'm still trying to perfect the action shots that Tim captured in his salmon photos. The weather was mostly cloudy during the trip....which meant slower shutter speeds and higher ISO settings. I'm still striving for the blue sky and fluffy cloud backgrounds. I also found it difficult to get the tack sharp action shots.....but with better weather....this should improve.

Thanks for all the great advice on this message board.

Steve, your shots look great! I am amazed at the water clarity but I guess thats another reason that Alaska is so special. How was the fishing?

Cool, Morsie - is that a queenfish?

Zach

Adam...the fishing was off the charts as expected. We caught some rainbows that were right at 30 inches. The downside was the salmon were not dropping eggs yet....and the fish were on the skinny side as a result. The fish below will be a pig in another month.

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Morsie,

Thanks.

It's the FIX UWL-04 Fisheye Lens w/dome port...... 0.42x magnification with a 160° field of view. The zoom lens on the S90 was pulled back to 28mm.

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