The best pictures are taken with a close-up lens. The SeaLife MACRO 3X Close-Up Lens has a distance range from 2ft. - 4 ft.. In lower water visibility, the SeaLife Close-Up Lens is a must. The key to good pictures is to get close. The reason is that water absorbs more light than air. In air you could see up to 30 miles, in water your eyes can see 50 ft. at most, but film can see less than half of that and much less red and yellow than your eyes.

You will encounter strange creatures, see incredible effects of light and colors, explore wrecks, corals and plants that appear as if they were from a different planet, while you float effortlessly through space without gravity.

And after years of adventures with your SeaLife camera you will look at your albums, perhaps even at an impressive gallery of framed enlargements. And it may be only then that you discover the real treasure that you found with your camera: You have learned to use your eyes to see and experience the underwater world, one of the greatest miracles on earth.

As the manufacturers of SeaLife we believe that an easy to use underwater camera will help millions of divers and non-divers to experience and see a part of our world which is essential to our survival.

And we hope that you will enrich and enlighten your life by capturing valuable impressions in the underwater world with your SeaLife Camera.

Get a mystic blue background, an interesting little red fish and yellow coral in the foreground. These color contrasts will add depth to your pictures.

Capture rising air bubbles against the reflections of the surface water. This will indicate motion.

Use the walls of a canyon as a frame for your object, look for contrasting colors, bizarre shapes, towering kelp forests, subtle shades of water colors, sand and rock, wild structures, or dark shades of a wreck penetrated by spears of sun rays.

The primary target for most people is, of course, a good picture of yourself and your friends surrounded by tropical fish. This is actually the easiest part.

A diver should be only 5ft. to 6 ft. away for a good picture. That excludes big group shots. Portrait shots of diver and fish are best taken at 2ft. to 4 ft. with the snap-on MACRO 3X close up lens. Use MACRO 8X lens for extreme close-up of 14” to 16”.

You may chum for fish with bits of food, but pick something that does not fall apart and cloud up the water (for example, bread dissolves and clouds up the water). Check with a local dive master to select chum that does not endanger the fish.

Be very calm and patient, and let that curious fish get closer and closer. Get up-current from a good spot and just drift. motionless along with your camera in ready position. To stay in a camera-ready waiting position, approach your subject facing the current.

Always take notes of your pictures and mark your films.

It is very exciting to document every fish in your area in an album.

Once you have some expertise you might start to take slides and put a presentation together, possibly combined with music and video for dive clubs, schools and friends. Scanning your pictures into your PC and printing impressive color presentations can be fun and valuable for education or