Photos Taken with the Best Damn Underwater Camera Ever
On the market, off the market, it doesnt matterask an underwater photographer what the best underwater camera is and theres a good chance youll hear the word Nikonos .
Not Nikon, mind you: Nikonos. A series of underwater film cameras by Nikon that havent been made since 2001, and yet maintain their popularity. Cameras that can trace their lineage to Jaques freaking Cousteau . Cameras that still, to this day, sell very well on the used market.
Whether its the Nikonos V, or the RS, or even the very old I, II and III that were basically just modified versions of the Calypso (a camera designed by none other than Jacques-Yves Cousteau) the Nikonos cameras represent something truly special.
Portable and easy to use, these cameras represented the cutting edge of underwater photography when they were released. In fact, the RS was the worlds first Auto-Focus underwater SLR.
No true underwater camera since has been able to match it. Housings, yes. Stand-alone cameras, not even close. And so we thought it was about time we pay tribute to the old Nikons, and the golden age of underwater film photography.
Scroll through these 15 photos for inspiration. And if you happen to go troll eBay for used Nikonos cameras afterwards well lets just say we wont judge.
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These are the best underwater pictures that I have ever seen
Unbelievable !
DITTO!!!
A whole other world.
Nona
Glad you liked them
Buzz
Indeed and better pictures than I could ever take above the water level.
AMazing
Immersed in photography literally.
Absolutely - the clearly have jumped into their work with both feet