Doing Our Part to be a Sustainable Business - By Adam Gibson We are excited to announce we have been awarded the Culver City Sustainable Business Certification from Balanced Approach & the Culver City Government. After spending the last few months going through a checklist of requirements, and …

Fantasea Canon G7X Mark II Wet Wide Angle Lens Test   We conducted a wet lens showdown using the Fantasea Canon G7X Mark II and a few popular wet lenses available on the market. We wanted to test the image quality; if there was any vignetting, sharpness of images, zoom capabilities, wider vs narr …

Sony RX100 Series Wet Wide Angle Lens Test We recently did some testing on some of our popular wide-angle lenses, in conjunction with the RX100 series.  We believe that these results are valid for the RX100 III, IV, V, & VI in a short port, in the Nauticam, Ikelite, Recsea, Aquapaz …

One of the coolest new products showing at DEMA this week has to be Sea & Sea's new Optical YS Converter. This is what people have been waiting for - an internal TTL converter that plugs into the camera hot-shoe and works for fiber optic cables. Now get the best of both worlds and bypass the interna …

What's New @ Dema 2016 It's that time of year again, DEMA, the big industry show that occurs each fall. As always, Bluewater Photo hit the show floor to check in with all the underwater photography manufacturers and see what great new gear will be coming to you over the next few months. Here's a r …

TTL Converter and Flash Triggers GuideTTL Converters and Flash Triggers are electronics that trigger your underwater strobe to fire when using your underwater camera. They replace using your camera's internal flash to trigger the strobe. What is a Flash Trigger?This is a small electronic com …

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II Review Looking at the new E-M1 Mark II for Underwater Photography by Kelli Dickinson Finally! After years of waiting, and seeing the releases of E-M5 Mark II and E-M10 Mark II cameras, Olympus has released the E-M1 Mark II. Building on the successes of …

Bluewater Photo's Dema 2017 Product Roundup     Every year DEMA showcases some of the latest and greatest innovations in the Scuba Diving world. As always we hit the show floor to find what our great vendors have coming up, or being updated so we can bring you the best and most exciting produ …

Nikon D500 Review & Underwater HousingsAfter shooting with the Nikon D500 in the pool for several hours, I can say that the high-speed shooting capability of this camera truly puts it in a class of its own. No longer having to worry about missing the best composition of a sequence, my mind races …

What makes Anilao a great underwater photo destination?One of our favorite locations for underwater photography workshops is in Anilao, Philippines. Let's take a look at what makes diving Anilao so special, and then showcase some of the underwater photos taken during our workshops. Every critte …

Best Full-Frame Options for Underwater A guide for the brave new world of megapixels & 4K video Sony A7R II, Canon 5DRs, Nikon D810By Scott Gietler Megapixels are backIn case you didn't already know, the megapixel war is back on. For all the details, read our Megapixels are back blog articl …

Snoot Showdown Which snoot is best for you? Reefnet   |   10Bar   |   Retra   |   Video Reviews   |   Final Thoughts   Underwater photographers sometimes employ a creative lighting tool called a snoot. A snoot is simply a tube or device that is used to form a narrow beam of light. For underwat …