07/29/2025
This is my camera. It is a Canon G7X Mk I. For those that do not know, it is a compact (point & shoot) camera. I choose this camera because it gives me a crazy flexibility to switch between macro and wide-angle photography during my dive with the help of amazing wet-mount lenses that attach to the outside of my camera’s underwater housing.
During our most recent dive trip, I was shown (yet, again) just how invaluable this ability is, when I took two shots back-to-back, just a matter of seconds apart. The first photo was a pipefish, which I used my wet macro lens for. After taking that shot, I took off the macro lens, and switched to my wet wide-angle lens. It was just a few seconds later that a massive Goliath grouper emerged from the bow of the ship through a school of baitfish.
I was grinning ear to ear after taking the grouper photo because I knew that those two back-to-back photos were only possible because of my specific camera setup!
