Hope that subtitle doesn't attract the wrong sort of people!
Having a flash on your camera gives you a number of options beyond shooting available light which I discussed earlier in the blogs about Custom White Balance and shooting RAW.
What makes a good underwater camera ? Part 4 A full Manual Mode
What makes a good underwater camera ? Part 3 The ability to add a wide angle lens
When shown someone's underwater pictures and asked how to improve them the most common thing the Alphamarine team find themselves saying is 'get closer'. Reducing the distance between you and your subject means less water between the camera and what you are photographing. What a wide angle lens allows you to do is frame the same subject in your picture but from a much shorter distance.
