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Technical Information

 

 

 

Cameras

All of the pictures on this site were taken with one of the following:

Olympus OM1 SLR - Primary cave photography camera, fully manual.

Yashica FX-D SLR - Primary surface photography camera, electronic shutter release.

Ricoh RDC-6000 2.1 Megapixel Digital Camera - used both above and below ground.

 

Lenses

 

Zuiko 28mm (Olympus OM1)

Yashica 28mm (Yashica FX-D)

Yashica 50mm (Yashica FX-D)

Tamron Telephoto/Macro 80mm - 210mm (Yashica FX-D)

Ozeck Telephoto/Macro 80mm - 205mm (Olympus OM-1)

 

Flashguns

 

Miranda 650 OM (Guide Nuber 36)

2 x Cobra 210's (Guide Number 21)

Cobra 240 (Guide Number 24)

Sunpack Auto 140 (Guide Number 14)

Praktika 1600 A (Guide Number 16)

Hanimex Mini 2 (Used with infra red filter to trigger slave units)

4 x Firefly Slave units (specially designed for cave photography)

 

Film

 

Fuji Fujichrome Sensia II ISO100 & 200 (Slide)

Fuji Provia 400F

Fuji Velvia ISO50

Kodak Kodachrome 200

 

Cases

 

On each photographic trip the required equipment is packed into a Pelican 1400 specialist camera case. These cases, although expensive, are light, almost indestructable and completely air tight.