Underwater Cameras Blog by Mozaik

Underwater housings for DSLR and high-end mirrorless cameras can cost more than the camera itself. Once you add ports, zoom gears, strobes, wet lenses, trays, arms and video lights, the full system can become expensive fast.

The good news is that you do not need a full DSLR housing to start taking strong underwater photos and videos. In 2026, many divers can build a ...

Bad visibility does not always mean bad photography.

If you dive on the West Coast, in California, in temperate water, around plankton blooms, during seasonal shifts, or after rough weather, you already know that the ocean does not always give you clean blue water. Some days the visibility is low, the background is green or brown, and the wate...

Underwater camera housings can look confusing at first. They have buttons, dials, levers, plugs, windows, threaded openings and connection points that all serve different purposes.

Some ports are used to trigger underwater strobes. Others connect monitors, support vacuum checks, hold upgraded viewfinders or allow remote triggering. A few openings are simple optical win...

Good buoyancy is one of the most important skills for underwater photographers and videographers. It affects your stability, your air consumption, your safety, your ability to avoid the reef, and the sharpness of your images.

For underwater shooters, buoyancy has two parts: your body position in the water and the balance of your camera rig. A diver with poor buoyancy w...

Underwater videos often look blue, flat, shaky, distant, or repetitive because filming underwater is very different from filming on land. Water absorbs light, reduces color, lowers contrast, and makes it harder to capture subjects clearly.Most beginner underwater videography problems come from a few simple mistakes: filming too deep, staying too far away, using automatic white b...