Anyone using or know someone who is using the Sony RX0 II camera for tide pool photography? Everyone treats this camera like it’s just for vlogging, but it seems like it might be a great nature camera. It can be immersed to 30 feet, is rugged and shockproof, focuses down to 7 inches, and has a one-i…

I don’t have experience with the Sony RXO II, but I got an Olympus TG-6 for this purpose and am generally happy with it. I carry around a large tupperware to temporarily detain tidepool critters for observation photography , so I can see the attraction of an even smaller camera to stick under water (…

Thanks for your thoughts and experiences! I’ve never used the Olympus, but it sounds useful for this environment. Good point about the flash. Probably a small immersible LED light might replace it with the RX0 II. But that reduces the size advantage.

Haven’t used that, but I’ve used a GoPro (the RX0 is essentially a GoPro clone) for similar purposes. A friend of mine does work with turtles and carries a small aquarium into the field so he can put it in streams and ponds to get shallow underwater photos with his non-waterproof DLSR. That’s kind…

I’ve used an Olympus TG5 and a Nikon W300 (the latter much more often) in tide pools. Both are great for this purpose. The TG5 had the advantage of focusing much closer. I’m not fond of the flashes on these compact cameras, so I used torches (if shooting in the dark) or just plain daylight with very…

Thanks! Great to know. Will check out both cameras.

Having destroyed my camera in a tidepool once (fifty years ago), I confess it would not have occurred to me to put one under salt water.

I have noticed that you use an iphone for some of your observations - correct? Although I used a Samsung, you might consider exploring an inexpensive hack I did and mentioned here: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/life-hacks-for-naturalists/4636/95 I used video screen grabs for this observation: htt…

Nice! Where there’s a will there’s a way.This question was posed by my husband Don, but I do use an iPhone for my own photographs. Both of us are eager to go tide pooling as soon as we can travel, but in the meantime there are streams and ponds to explore so we can at least test the concept.

I’m not that familiar with iPhone video setting (with apologies to enthusiasts) but the video was shot in FHD. One could possibly do a higher resolution? The other limitation is that this is for portrait shots rather than landscape. I had my tube a little longer because I was going off a dock while …

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botanicaltreasures January 10, 2021, 11:55pm 5

Interesting approach. Agree that an aquarium is a bit bulky! Thanks for the info!

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