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Thanks everyone for all the good feedback, I ended up getting the D300. I forgot to mention that I would mainly be shooting surfing and if I do ever want to go into taking photos of widelife I'll consider that later. I'm also going to take pictures from the water to the land, if that makes sense. The hotel I work for would look really cool from the water. There were companies like Dicapac and Aquapac for $119.95 on ebay.... Ewa-Marine UB Underwater Housing from B&H $334.95, Ikelite $1,424.95, and the Aqua Tech D2 Sports Housing $1,649.95. That's what I've found within my price range, not including having to add a port to both the more expensive housings. Water damage to my camera isn't a huge issue, since I bought the no fault warranty. Just as long as my lenses don't get ruined, those aren't under that warranty. What do you think of the cheaper ones? I don't really know what to get, I suppose I got cheaper for right now, and if I want to do deep sea diving I'll buy the more expensive ones? Also for surfing, do I need to get a standard lense or can I just use my 18-55mm lense, I was also thinking about getting a fisheye or another wide angle lense, I'm just not sure what fits in where.

 

 

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Hello, I was interested in purchasing an underwater housing for a Nikon D300. Anybody know of some good quality

products at a decent price under $2000 hopefully including the ports for my lenses?

 

Thanks, Phillip

Oh yeah, I'm probably going to be taking my camera into the water for some surf photography as well as some shots of the hotel I currently work for from the ocean for extra cash hopefully. I just have to find the right housing decently priced. The Aquapac and Dicapac look really cheap and doesn't look like it could even keep out water. My other options are the Ikelite and Aquatech, anybody know of any other brands to throw out there? I have to keep the price under $2000 for the housing and the port. (I originally thought the housing came with the port, now adding more money than I expected...)

Wow! Thanks for all the great recommendations, I will definitely look into the 70-200mm. About a year ago or so my friend bought the Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED and the 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED together, he wants to sell them both to me so he can buy an 18-200mm lense. Would either lense work for me? Would an 18-200mm lense work for my case as well? Which is the better choice? Gord and Dan those are some really awesome pictures.

 

Thanks, Phillip

Hello, I'm new to photography but a lot of my friends are majoring in photography, but cannot answer my specific

questions since they don't shoot action photos. I'm an ice hockey player and I like taking photos of players.

What are some lenses that I should look into purchasing in order to capture the perfect shot. I understand the

shutter has to be fast, but should I go for a zoom or primary? I bought a Nikon D300 using my companies money, I

also am taking photographs for our new dance club opening up. Any suggestions for compatible lenses with the

D300. I'd probably want to stick with Nikon lenses.

 

Thanks,

Phillip